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Sweden's "Mr Fix It" offers crisis lessons for Europe
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A property bubble, banks near collapse, a currency under pressure and the future of a cushy European social welfare state in question. This is not Europe 2012 but Sweden 1992. And Bo Lundgren, the fast-talking politician and financial official known as "Mr. Fix It", who then helped rescue Sweden from its worst crisis since the 1930s, says history lessons are being forgotten ...   full story

Sweden to support EU fiscal pact but sets terms
(STOCKHOLM ) - Sweden will support the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline at an EU summit next week but will demand several conditions be met, the opposition said Thursday after it struck a deal with the minority government.   full story

Not about medals for cash-splashing Sweden
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's sports and culture minister has told Reuters the government does not expect a gold rush of Olympic medals despite investing almost 200 million euros (166 million pounds) in sport. "It's not about medals, it's about the public health and engagement," Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth said in an interview at her Stockholm office. "That's the way it's been through the history ...   full story

Sweden's lessons for Cameron on boosting women in business
Cameron soaks up Nordic ideas to boost women in business   full story

Hospital in Sweden advertises for 'hot' nurses to spice up summer recruitment search
Bosses at Stockholm's South General Hospital say on an internet advert they are looking for 'TV-series hot' staff to work during the summer holidays.   full story