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 UPDATED: A 19-year-old model from Sweden has told The Local she is thrilled to have raised concerns about the fashion industry, after using a video to reveal how agencies said she was "too big" despite her being underweight. https://www.thelocal.se/20150825/swedish-model-i-am-too-big-for-the-industry Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:46:02 +0200 swedish-model-i-am-too-big-for-the-industry An elderly woman has been found dead in her central Sweden home one month after a doctor forgot to pass on information that he had already pronounced her dead. https://www.thelocal.se/20130910/50166 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:36:00 +0200 50166 A woman who was last seen over three weeks ago in western Sweden is now believed to have been murdered, police announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130723/49210 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:50:00 +0200 49210 As police continue to question a man being held overthe disappearance of a 20-year-old mother of two, divers have taken to the lakes and storm drains around Trollhättan, western Sweden, in the hopes of finding her. https://www.thelocal.se/20130704/48866 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:32:00 +0200 48866 A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of having kidnapped a 20-year-old mother of two who was reported missing on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130703/48846 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:10:00 +0200 48846 Swedish police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the woman found murdered at a Stockholm hotel over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20130423/47504 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:36:00 +0200 47504 A family in southern Sweden was “deeply concerned” after receiving letters from local authorities about their elderly mother, who had mistakenly been reported dead. https://www.thelocal.se/20121011/43750 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0200 43750 A 77-year-old woman who fell in her home in southern Sweden had her call for an ambulance refused when she told the duty nurse she had felt better after drinking some whiskey. The woman was found dead the next day. https://www.thelocal.se/20121001/43548 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:36:00 +0200 43548 A disgruntled tenant was evicted this week from her apartment building in Stockholm after neighbours complained that the angry notes she had been posting in the stairwell became too rude and threatening. https://www.thelocal.se/20120907/43082 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:32:00 +0200 43082 A 53-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in northern Sweden on Tuesday night, with police suspecting foul play. https://www.thelocal.se/20120808/42490 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:23:00 +0200 42490 A hospital in southern Sweden has been reported to Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) after a 55-year-old woman died from double pneumonia double pneumonia after doctors had diagnosed her for a panic attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20120717/42078 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:19:00 +0200 42078 A woman on trial for blackmailing a doctor after their love-affair turned sour has been acquitted by a Swedish court due to a lack of evidence. https://www.thelocal.se/20120712/41980 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:11:00 +0200 41980 A man who attempted to rape a woman has been cleared of the charges by a Swedish court after it turned out that the woman he tried to rape was biologically a man. https://www.thelocal.se/20120704/41822 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0200 41822 A transgender woman who was the victim of an attempted rape has appealed a Swedish court’s decision to clear the offender of the charges after the court argued the rape was "impossible" because the victim was still biologically a man. https://www.thelocal.se/20120706/41870 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:02:00 +0200 41870 A woman from western Sweden is facing a hefty fine after she tried to get a free lift home by telling police she had just committed a murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20120621/41586 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:11:00 +0200 41586 A doctor in southern Sweden has reported a woman to the police after she blackmailed him for over one million kronor ($149,059) following their love affair. https://www.thelocal.se/20120515/40840 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:44:00 +0200 40840 A 101-year-old woman fought back when a thief intruded into her home in northern Sweden, beating him over the head with a stick and frightening him from the house. https://www.thelocal.se/20120514/40830 Mon, 14 May 2012 18:14:00 +0200 40830 A Swedish woman who was pulled over for driving too fast but managed to walk away without a ticket, was shocked to find this was not the last she would hear from the amorous “policeman” that night. https://www.thelocal.se/20120426/40490 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:27:00 +0200 40490 A 19-year-old woman from central Sweden who accused a 13-year-old boy of raping her has instead been convicted for sexually exploiting a minor. https://www.thelocal.se/20120419/40352 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:49:00 +0200 40352 An "active" 87-year-old woman was gobsmacked to read a letter from the Swedish tax agency informing her of her own death, forcing her to call the authorities and explain that she was, in fact, alive. https://www.thelocal.se/20120329/39976 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:22:00 +0200 39976