Residents gather to protest car park killing
More that 1,000 people assembled in the southern Swedish town of Landskrona on Monday in an anti-violence protest after a 78-year-old woman was killed in a car park assault last week. thelocal.se |
Police busy on alcohol-soaked Walpurgis Night
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses. thelocal.se |
Fires, floods and tornado winds as storm rolls in
Fires, floods, overturned trees and a tornado all hit western Värmland in central Sweden within the course of an hour on Monday as a storm front pushed in at around midnight. thelocal.se |
Break in at Stockholm royal palace
Thieves broke into the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm Palace - the home of Sweden's king - in western Stockholm on Thursday night. Police have not yet established what has been taken but believe that it was a contract job. thelocal.se |
Swedish flat prices continue upward climb
Apartment prices in Sweden have risen 10 percent overall in the last quarter compared with the same period in 2009, according to new statistics. thelocal.se |