https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One of the four men facing terror charges for allegedly helping the gunman in last year's Copenhagen shootings said that Swedish artist Lars Vilks "deserved to die" in the violence. https://www.thelocal.se/20160415/swedish-artist-deserved-to-die Fri, 15 Apr 2016 18:48:24 +0200 swedish-artist-deserved-to-die Security was stepped up at an art school in central Sweden ahead of a high profile lecture by Swedish cartoonist and freedom of speech campaigner, Lars Vilks, a year after the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. https://www.thelocal.se/20160107/threatened-swede-speaks-on-hebdo-anniversary Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:47:28 +0100 threatened-swede-speaks-on-hebdo-anniversary The man, who was travelling with an Irish passport, is wanted by authorities in the US for being part of an al-Qaeda cell suspected of planning an attack on a Swedish cartoonist. https://www.thelocal.se/20151211/jihadist-in-swedish-cartoonist-plot-arrested Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:34:48 +0100 jihadist-in-swedish-cartoonist-plot-arrested Vilks on Saturday made his first public appearance in Copenhagen after surviving an attack last month in the Danish capital, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20150315/cartoonist-lars-vilks-in-first-public-appearance-since-copenhagen-attacks Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:55:54 +0100 cartoonist-lars-vilks-in-first-public-appearance-since-copenhagen-attacks UPDATED: The controversial Swedish artist who was the presumed target of one of the Copenhagen terror attacks last month was set to make his first public appearance on Friday. But the talk has been cancelled over security concerns. https://www.thelocal.se/20150304/lars-vilks-first-talk-since-copenhagen-in-doubt Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:00:00 +0100 lars-vilks-first-talk-since-copenhagen-in-doubt Up to a 1000 Swedes turned out to form a human shield around Stockholm's synagogue on Friday as a protest against extremism. Here are some images from the event. https://www.thelocal.se/20150228/in-pictures-swedes-in-ring-of-peace-synagogue-protest Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:44:00 +0100 in-pictures-swedes-in-ring-of-peace-synagogue-protest A human shield of up to a 1000 Swedes staged a protest against extremism outside the Stockholm synagogue Friday in response to the Copenhagen shootings earlier this month in which two people died. https://www.thelocal.se/20150228/swedes-protest-against-extremism Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:10:00 +0100 swedes-protest-against-extremism A man has been arrested for "complicity" in the Copenhagen shootings that killed two people earlier this month, with the Swedish artist Lars Vilks among the presumed targets of the attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20150227/third-arrest-over-copenhagen-shootings Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:20:00 +0100 third-arrest-over-copenhagen-shootings A planned lecture at Sweden's Karlstad University by the controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the presumed target of the terror attack at a cultural event in Copenhagen earlier this month, has been scrapped by organisers. https://www.thelocal.se/20150227/swedish-artist-talk-stopped-after-terror-attacks Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:48:00 +0100 swedish-artist-talk-stopped-after-terror-attacks UPDATED: Witnesses to a fatal shooting in Denmark's capital, of which controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks is believed to have been the target, have criticized police. https://www.thelocal.se/20150224/witnesses-slam-police-over-copenhagen-shooting Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:37:00 +0100 witnesses-slam-police-over-copenhagen-shooting Police officers armed with machine guns have been stationed outside Jewish buildings in Sweden this week in the wake of the attack on a Copenhagen synagogue. The Local speaks to the President of the Jewish Council, Lena Posner-Körösi about rising anti-semitism in Scandinavia. https://www.thelocal.se/20150220/jews-havent-experienced-this-since-the-holocaust Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:02:00 +0100 jews-havent-experienced-this-since-the-holocaust Lars Vilks, the controversial Swedish artist said to have been the target of one of the fatal Copenhagen shootings this weekend has slammed Danish police for underestimating the terrorist threat. https://www.thelocal.se/20150217/vilks-danish-police-underestimated-terror-threat Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:14:00 +0100 vilks-danish-police-underestimated-terror-threat People across Denmark gathered on Monday to pay tribute to the victims of this weekend's attacks and show unity in the face of terror. The Local followed the commemorations as they happened. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/shots-fired-at-lars-vilks-meeting-in-copenhagen Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:31:00 +0100 shots-fired-at-lars-vilks-meeting-in-copenhagen A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent into hiding, police said on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/swedish-cartoonist-in-hiding-after-shootings Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:43:00 +0100 swedish-cartoonist-in-hiding-after-shootings As Denmark reflects on the two fatal shootings that shook the nation, The Local quizzes the Danish Ambassador to Sweden Kirsten Malling Biering on security at home and abroad and how to stem a rising tide of extremism in Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/we-will-live-our-lives-the-way-we-always-have Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:17:00 +0100 we-will-live-our-lives-the-way-we-always-have Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who is believed to have been a target of the Copenhagen shootings, has described a feeling of incredulity after the attacks which left two dead and several wounded in Denmark over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/swedish-artist-describes-shooting-as-unreal Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:21:00 +0100 swedish-artist-describes-shooting-as-unreal Swedish police are ramping up security outside synagogues and mosques as Danes deal with the aftermath of two fatal shootings in Copenhagen that left the country stunned. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/swedish-police-beef-up-security-after-shootings Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:46:00 +0100 swedish-police-beef-up-security-after-shootings Jewish communities in Sweden were on their guard on Sunday following a deadly attack on a Copenhagen synagogue which followed an attack on an event featuring Swedish artist Lars Vilks. https://www.thelocal.se/20150215/jewish-leader-vilks-attack-a-threat-to-democracy Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:13:00 +0100 jewish-leader-vilks-attack-a-threat-to-democracy Danish police have confirmed that they have killed the man whom they believe opened fire on a free speech event attended by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks in Copenhagen on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150215/danish-police-kill-vilks-shooting-suspect Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:32:00 +0100 danish-police-kill-vilks-shooting-suspect Bomb technicians were dispatched to the home of Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has previously received death threats after depicting the prophet Muhammad as a dog, for what turned out to be a false alarm. https://www.thelocal.se/20140204/bomb-squad-sent-to-home-of-lars-vilks Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:10:00 +0100 bomb-squad-sent-to-home-of-lars-vilks