Sweden

Sweden

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven loses no-confidence vote

Lofven lost the vote with 181 MPs backing the motion, 109 supporting him and 51 abstaining.

21/06/2021

My Europe Series

Sweden's government could be about to collapse in a row over rent

Stefan Löfven has been given an ultimatum: abandon his plans to allow landlords to set their own rents, or face a vote of no confidence.

18/06/2021

Eco-Innovation

The €3 billion biochar industry is transforming green energy in Sweden

Sweden is the latest country to use biochar, generated from green waste, to power its homes.

14/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Sweden

Sweden have not won a knockout game at a European Championship since 1992, could they finally break their drought?

10/06/2021

Sport

How one young football fan is tackling cancer head-on

In partnership with Gazprom

Dominic, a young Swedish player, represented his country in this year's Football for Friendship programme.

04/06/2021

Sweden

Philharmonic fitness: new workout videos feature Stockholm orchestra

If you’re starting to get weary of the electronic dance beat in your fitness centre - a Swedish sports club may just have come up with the perfect solution: working out to classical music.

28/05/2021

World

Chelsea and Barcelona head to Gothenburg for UEFA women's final

Barcelona are undefeated this season. But Chelsea can count on the coaching experience of Emma Hayes.

14/05/2021

Next Series

"H&M has responsibility to lead on green issues": head of sustainability

In partnership with Accenture

Pascal Brun, the head of sustainability for clothes retailer H&M, talks of the company's goal to become climate positive, how fast fashion is nearing an end and how the industry should shape a new environmentally friendly era.

13/05/2021

Sweden

Foreign-born citizens less likely to be vaccinated in Sweden & Norway

Official statistics show that foreign-born citizens elderly citizens in Sweden and Norway are much less likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

12/05/2021

World

Sweden's registers increase in infections in young people

The Swedish Public Health Agency says the rise could be linked to a recent increase in testing. Among the elderly, there was a clear drop in newly reported cases, which the agency believes is largely due to the impact of the vaccination rollout.

07/05/2021

Sweden

Don't approach whale carcass it may explode, Swedes are warned

The whale carcass has been beached on the southeast coast of the island since last week.

28/04/2021

Sweden

Former Swedish LGBT activist convicted of raping four migrants

A former employee of a Swedish LGBT organisation was convicted of raping four migrants and two more charges of sexual assault.

22/04/2021

Sweden

Sweden to ease COVID-19 restrictions for those who've been vaccinated

Sweden's Public Health Agency says they will ease restrictions for those citizens, mostly elderly, who have had at least one vaccination shot against COVID-19.

16/04/2021

Sweden

Sweden sees sperm deficit as COVID deters donors

Medical practitioners have sounded the alarm that Sweden's sperm shortage could drive up wait times for assisted pregnancies

15/04/2021

Sweden

Swedish region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as COVID cases soar

Officials have largely blamed the spike in instances of the virus on the spread of the UK variant.

14/04/2021

Sweden

China's embassy in Sweden under fire over 'threats' to journalist

China's embassy in Sweden has engaged in a public spat with Swedish politicians after its ambassador was accused of “threatening” a journalist.

12/04/2021

Sweden

Sweden's ex-PM angers Norway and Denmark with Nazi resistance tweet

"The defence forces of Sweden in 1940 weren’t stellar, but still stronger than Norway and in particular than Denmark," Carl Bildt said. "Had [Adolf] Hitler decided to invade Sweden it would have been a fight."

12/04/2021

Sweden

Swedish government proposes tightening immigration laws

The Swedish government has proposed a bill that would tighten immigration rules after five years of temporary measures.

09/04/2021

Eco-Innovation

Can a huge balloon dropping chalk from sky help slow climate change?

Scientists at Harvard University say the chalk would reflect sunlight and, in turn, slow down global warming.

23/03/2021

Sweden

How ISIS and coalition airstrikes combined to terrorise Raqqa

Amid Syria’s civil war, Raqqa became known the world over for being the stage of some of the most horrific episodes of violence perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State.

18/03/2021

Green News

Meet the volunteers removing toxic trash from Stockholm's waters

Everything from lead batteries to scooters has so far been removed from these fragile ecosystems.

11/03/2021

Sweden

Dramatic footage shows train crashing into a bus in Sweden

Remarkably, only three train passengers reported minor injuries in the incident.

08/03/2021

Sweden

Sweden: Terrorist motive probed after seven injured in axe attack

Police in Sweden are still investigating a possible "terrorist" motive behind a stabbing incident in Vetlanda on Wednesday.

03/03/2021

Sweden

Egyptians rejected asylum in Sweden and fearing persecution back home

A number of Egyptian asylum seekers - some facing life imprisonment in Egypt - are making a last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation following decisions made by Sweden’s asylum agency.

02/03/2021

Sweden

Sweden charges man for selling information to Russia

Sweden's Security Service says that Russia is "one of the main intelligence threats" against the country.

22/02/2021

Sweden

Stockholm City Hall transformed into vaccination centre

The hall in Sweden is known for hosting the Nobel Prize banquets.

21/02/2021