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Rioting in Stockholm's Husby suburb

Published: kl 09:17 , Radio Sweden

Cars were set on fire in the Stockholm suburb of Husby on Sunday night. An eyewitness says to Swedish Radio News that the rioting is linked to the police's shooting of a 69-year old local man on Monday.

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Swedes celebrate ice hockey victory

Published: kl 08:48 , Radio Sweden

Sweden are the ice hockey champions of the world, after beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday night. This is the ninth time Sweden have taken the title.

Swedish Radio Sport reports that the game was effectively decided five minutes into the third period, when Simon Hjalmarsson put the puck past the Swiss goalkeeper to make it 3-1.

"It felt like the match was over. I think we played an incredibly good defense," says Sweden's Daniel Sedin to Radio Sport. After that goal Sweden easily increased their lead to 5-1.

Zlatan named top player in France

Published: kl 10:02 , Radio Sweden

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named player of the season by his fellow players in France, reports news agency Reuters. The striker from Malmö is at Paris St Germain and has also scored the most goals this season in the Ligue 1 top league. Zlatan's 29 goals is the highest anyone has got since 1990.

Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill.

Banns of marriage published before wedding

Published: söndag 19 maj kl 14:36 , Radio Sweden

The banns of marriage were published on Sunday at Stockholm’s Royal Chapel in advance of the June 8 wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill.

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New union district could boycott Ryanair

Published: söndag 19 maj kl 11:33 , Radio Sweden

Another chapter of the Swedish Trade Union Federation (LO) plans to vote on Tuesday whether its members should boycott the airline Ryanair for what they say is the company’s unfair treatment of its employees.

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