| Chef hurls meat cleaver at fleeing thief A chef at a Stockholm restaurant rushed out of his kitchen on Thursday afternoon and threw a meat cleaver at a departing thief as his restaurant was robbed for the second time in a week. thelocal.se |
Swedish library unearths rare German law book Sundsvall library in northern Sweden has discovered a rare item in an inventory of old books in its cellars - the Sachsensspiegel from 1481, thought to be only the second existing copy of the hand-written German legal code. thelocal.se |
Swedish soldiers escape Afghanistan firefight A Swedish patrol was involved in a firefight in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning as the soldiers were towing a vehicle west of the town of Mazar-e-Sharif. The Swedes are reported to have escaped unhurt. thelocal.se |
Poll lead continues for Alliance parties The centre-right Alliance has extended its lead over the opposition in a poll released on Friday, while the nationalist Sweden Democrats saw their support climb to 6 percent. thelocal.se |
Sweden leads Nordic youth unemployment While youth unemployment has increased in all of the Nordic countries, it is highest in Sweden at 29 percent, according to a new report from the Nordic Council of Ministers. thelocal.se |