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'We must fight the evil of tomorrow' 27 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Holocaust eyewitnesses are becoming fewer, making it our responsibility to pass on their stories, especially with racist parties in many of Europe's parliaments, argues Sweden's Democracy Minister Bir...
Swedish textile buffs shock staid fashion world 27 Aug 2013 | 04:25 pm
Design graduates from the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås set the catwalk alight on Tuesday with a dazzling display of carnival and rebellion, reports The Local's Victoria Hussey from the bench ro...
Sweden marks first-ever Raoul Wallenberg Day 27 Aug 2013 | 03:38 pm
Sweden celebrated its first official Raoul Wallenberg Day on Tuesday to honour the famed Swedish diplomat who rescued thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, an event hailed as "important" by one of his...
Union gives Swedish job agency failing grade 27 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
Sweden's powerful metalworkers union, IF Metall, has launched its own job-placement scheme, saying the country's scandal-hit jobs agency is too slow in helping job seekers find work.
Mystery revealed behind Hercules plane crash 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 pm
Poor air traffic control and crew miscalculations have been labelled as two of the key reasons why a Norwegian military plane crashed into Sweden's highest mountain last March, killing all five passen...
Pictures: World's largest ship docks in Sweden 27 Aug 2013 | 01:29 pm
A massive container ship considered to be the largest of its kind in the world saddled up to a pier in Gothenburg in western Sweden on early Tuesday morning.
Carin Wester's gypsy flamencoes to Sweden 27 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm
Stockholm Fashion Week kicked off with the cornerstones of the Swedish fashion repertoire. The Local's Victoria Hussey reviews Carin Wester's Women's SS14 collection.
Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week 27 Aug 2013 | 12:56 pm
This week's property is a five room cottage out in the countryside of Karlstad, central Sweden. You might not guess from the outside, but the interior is open and fresh. Have a look inside.
Dagmar pacifies urbanity into deluxe wearability 27 Aug 2013 | 12:47 pm
House of Dagmar avoided a literal expression of metropolitan highs and lows with graffiti etchings, but instead, ikat prints mimicked mapping and played to the idea of the urban jungle as a fusion of ...
J. Lindeberg's sugar plum fairy is a bloke 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 pm
The Local's Ann Törnkvist reviews J. Lindeberg's latest offering at Stockholm Fashion Week, where the women took a subdued backseat to the boys parading in plums, khaki and midnight blue.
