The State Wins Against Secretly Filmed Vaccine Opponent
A woman who sued the Swedish state after being filmed with a hidden camera in the SVT documentary "Documentary from within: The Vaccine Warriors" loses in the Court of Appeal.
Entertainment
Cousin marriages proposed to be banned in 2026
The government's investigator proposes that cousin marriages be prohibited. Foreign cousin marriages should not be recognized in Sweden either. Even marriages between, for example, an uncle and his nephew/niece may become illegal from 2026.
Sweden
Flashback CEO charged with neglecting hate speech
Calls for violence. Insults such as "bastard" and "plague germ". Flashback's founder and CEO Jan Axelsson is being prosecuted for not removing potentially criminal posts on the site. And the case may come to have great significance, experts say.
Sweden
Convicted of Rape of Prostitute Appeals
A man who has been sentenced to prison for two aggravated rapes and three robberies against prostitutes in the Stockholm area is appealing.
Sweden
Court of Appeal: Lay Judge in Murder Trial Not Biased
Two boys were sentenced to prison in August for a high-profile triple murder in southern Stockholm. The defense accused one of the lay judges of bias and demanded that the trial be retried. That will not happen, announces the Svea Court of Appeal.
Sweden
Life imprisonment confirmed for double murder in Farsta
Six people were hit by shots and two died when a man fired an automatic weapon directly at a crowd in Farsta, southern Stockholm. The life sentence is now being confirmed for two murders and 17 attempted murders against the 21-year-old shooter and his accomplice.
Sweden
Difficult for Bonnesen to get a new trial
The prison sentence against the former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen will be appealed to the Supreme Court, assures her lawyer. However, the odds are against the Supreme Court taking up her case. You have to go through the eye of a needle to get a leave to appeal, says Daniel Stattin, professor of civil law.
BusinessTop news
Gardell: Bonnesen's verdict may push up CEO salaries
The prison sentence against the former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen surprised financier Christer Gardell, co-owner of the activist fund Cevian Capital – one of the Stockholm Stock Exchange's largest owners. Demands for higher executive salaries may be an effect, he believes.
Business
