2007 - Rutger Roger

DN Headline:

• Swedish - Utpressning drabbar fler företagare
• English - Extortion effects more companies
• Explain, please - It used to hit just the criminal world, but lately it's a problem for 'ordinary' people.

The Official Website to find Madeleine McCann
http://www.findmadeleine.com/

We’re wet again: The water came back on mid-afternoon yesterday. No problem making/drinking/eating my coffee and oatmeal with rain water, though. Do I qualify as a Viking now? Ha. I don’t think so.

Dinner last night: My sister Linda’s stir-fry recipe, more or less. Instead of putting it on rice, I put it on matvete this time. (Don’t remember what that is in English.) But the best part is the Hoisan-style dressing. Delish.

Forest Walk: Here are some photos from a forest walk with Trixie a few days ago.

Some ravens having a meeting. Noisy, noisy...

Not so many steps from our house,
you can go DOWN to the seaside or
you can go UP through the forest to views like this.

They've been fixing up this house and it's pretty darned
cute now. And surrounded by lilacs.

Aunt Elna’s curtain: Don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this. The curtains in my home-office were made+embroidered by Hasse’s beloved Aunt Elna. She was a spinster school teacher and handworker extraordinaire.

And the photo my dad took that’s usually there in the
window is me explaining how it's gonna be
to my older sister and younger brother. :)

mmThe Local - Swedish News

Social Democrat reports for attacking journalist
An employee at Social Democrat headquarters in Stockholm has been reported to the police for a derogatory blog post about a well-known journalist.

Swedish brand worth a fortune
Volvo, IKEA, Absolut and Ericsson all contribute to Sweden having the strongest brand in Scandinavia, and one of the strongest in the world.

Google likens Sweden to dictatorship
Google's leading privacy expert has alleged that Sweden's proposed wiretapping legislation is more befitting of a totalitarian regime than a western democracy.

Man sent secret sex films to ex’s mother
A man who filmed his ex girlfriend having sex with her new partner and emailed the footage to her mother and family friends has been fined 125,000 kronor and given a suspended jail sentence.

American tourist leaves massive tip
Staff at a nightclub in central Stockholm went home with their pockets overflowing at the weekend after an American tourist left an unusually generous tip.

Major Stockholm rail project given go-ahead
A plan to build a rail tunnel under Stockholm was approved by the government on Thursday, in a move that should allow the relief of one of Sweden's worst rail bottlenecks.

Chinese President to visit Sweden
Chinese President Hu Jintao is travelling to Stockholm on June 8th to begin what will be the first ever Chinese state visit to Sweden He will meet King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Church lands garner record profits
The Church of Sweden's forests, agricultural lands and funds are providing greater profits for the organization than ever before.

Boom time for bars and restaurants
Business is booming for Sweden's bars and restaurants with customers spending considerably more than before on drinking and dining out.

Swedish attitudes harden on immigration
A new survey from the Swedish Integration Board has shown an upsurge in support for restrictive immigration policies. 14 percent want native Swedes to have precedence for jobs, housing and benefits.

More Swedish beaches fail quality test
Seventeen Swedish beaches have been given the thumbs down by the European Commission after failing water quality tests.

Swedish firm sells virtual world to China
Sweden-based Entropia Universe is on its way to China after owners negotiated a deal with the Beijing government.

Sweden virtually first in Second Life
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has cut a virtual ribbon to open a Swedish Embassy that only exists in cyberspace. But toasting the opening with virtual champagne could not beat real life diplomatic receptions, he opined.