Sweden

Sweden

Sweden to ban sale of alcohol after 10pm to curb spread of coronavirus

PM Stefan Lofven said that Sweden “currently is risking a situation like the one we had last spring."

11/11/2020

World

Sweden's COVID-19 death toll passes 6,000 with PM in isolation

“The developments are going in the wrong direction fast," wrote Stefan Lofven. "More are infected. More die. This is a serious situation.”

06/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden introduces new coronavirus measures amid Europe second wave

Austria and Greece also introduced new measures yesterday and England will introduce a near-total lockdown from Thursday.

04/11/2020

Sweden

Sweden to boost military spending amid growing tension with Russia

Russia's been accused by Sweden of entering its airspace and territorial waters without permission.

28/10/2020

Sweden

Thousands of sensitive documents stolen in Swedish data hack

Swedish security firm Gunnebo said the incident was "extremely regrettable".

27/10/2020

Sweden

Sweden bans Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

Swedish regulators have banned the use of telecommunications equipment from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE in its upcoming 5G network.

20/10/2020

Sweden

Sweden vs France: Contrasting COVID strategies and pandemic fatigue

Has Sweden's strategy served to protect its citizens from becoming tired of lockdown restrictions, while the thought of another lockdown leaves their European neighbours climbing the walls?

19/10/2020

Sweden

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Science

12/10/2020

The Cube

Swedish restaurant removes 'racist' art installation of Xi Jinping

A Swedish restaurant has apologised and removed a controversial "Bat Man" art installation featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping after critics said that the work was racist.

12/10/2020

Sweden

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Born in 1943, Glück has won many awards in the United States including the Pulitzer Prize.

08/10/2020

Sweden

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna win Nobel Prize

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded for discovering 'genetic scissors', a tool for 'rewriting the code of life'.

07/10/2020

Sweden

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists for space discoveries

A University of Oxford academic scooped one half of the prize for his work on black hole formation theory while a pair of scientists won the other for their discovery of a supermassive object.

06/10/2020

Sweden

Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to scientists who discovered Hepatitis C

This year's prize comes at a particularly significant time for those working in the medical field, given the additional spotlight brought by COVID-19.

05/10/2020

Travel News

This man left the city to live a simpler life in a Swedish forest

Kalle Flodin moved to his remote forest cabin two years ago to escape city life and now spends days hanging out with his pet husky and living the ultimate ‘socially distanced’ life.

01/10/2020

Sweden

Swedish military exercises on Baltic island 'a signal to Russia'

Concerns about Russia’s intentions in the region have risen since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

30/09/2020

Europe News

Sweden spared second COVID-19 wave - but for how long?

How did a country with a so-called “light-touch” approach to the fight against the virus - where restaurants, bars and gyms have remained open throughout the crisis - deal with the pandemic?

23/09/2020

Sweden

Dane admits killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall for first time

Up until now, Peter Madsen had maintained that Kim Wall's death on his homemade submarine was an accident.

09/09/2020

Sweden

Anti-Islam protests in Sweden and Norway spark debate on free speech

What are the limits of free speech and freedom of expression? That's a question authorities in Sweden and Norway are still trying to answer after anti-Islam protests.

04/09/2020

Sweden

Two freight train collision near Gothenburg spurs emergency operation

One of the trains was loaded with dangerous materials, including flammable gas and a corrosive substance.

01/09/2020

Sweden

Hundreds clash with police in Malmö following islamophobic acts

A leader of a Danish far-right movement was banned from Sweden for two years after attempting to burn a Quran.

29/08/2020

Sweden

Is Sweden world's first nation to have more female priests than male?

Female priests outnumbered males in Sweden 50.1% to 49.9% in July, and there are already more women in the country studying to become priests than men.

28/08/2020

Sweden

Swedish footballer chases, catches thief after woman's bag is stolen

Manchester United player Victor Lindelof doesn't only win back possession on the football pitch

25/08/2020

No Comment

Scuba volunteers dive for trash in Stockholm’s waters

A small number of scuba volunteers dive into the waters in central Stockholm, searching for waste to clean up the city’s waterways.

11/08/2020

Sweden

Girl, 12, shot dead during drive-by gang violence in Sweden

The 12-year-old is not believed to have been a target of the shooting, and instead died after being caught in the crossfire at the fast-food restaurant.

03/08/2020

Sweden

Is Sweden’s coronavirus strategy working after all?

Infections, hospitalisations and deaths have dropped, but immunity remains a puzzle.

28/07/2020

Cult

Nobel Prize museum reopens with exhibition about pandemics

The Nobel Prize museum in Stockholm has reopened for the first time since March with a new exhibition called "Contagious" that focuses on pandemics.

04/07/2020