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Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson eyes US market, dismisses Rihanna comparisons

At only 18 Swedish singer Zara Larsson isn't taking life too seriously and her edgy electro-pop music is all about having fun as she dismisses comparisons with Rihanna.

11/03/2016

Sport

Sweden's 15000 metre indoor world champion suspended for doping

Abeba Aregawi – Sweden’s current 1500 metre indoor world champion – has been suspended from competition after returning a positive test for a banned

01/03/2016

Sweden

30 years since the death of Olof Palme

The 59-year-old Swedish prime minister died after being shot in the back by an attacker on his way home from the cinema in 1986.

28/02/2016

Sport

Holdener and Hirscher triumph in city parallel slalom race

Wendy Holdener celebrated her first career World Cup victory on Tuesday as she reigned supreme in the women’s parallel slalom city event in

24/02/2016

Sport

France's Sebastien Ogier rules the roost after shortened Sweden Rally

There was no surprise in the result of the Sweden Rally but plenty of suspense as Sebastien Ogier had a thrilling drive to finish top. Having led

14/02/2016

Sweden

British indie band members reported killed in Sweden car crash

Members of British indie band Viola Beach have reportedly been killed in a car crash in Sweden. The Foreign Office in London has confirmed that five

14/02/2016

Sport

Snow continues to blight Sweden Rally as Ogier dominates

Bad weather seemed poised to steal the headlines on Saturday in the Sweden Rally but Sebastien Ogier stormed ahead for Volkswagen although only five

13/02/2016

Sport

Table tennis: Jan-Ove 'Evergreen Tree' Waldner retires

Former Olympic table tennis champion ‘‘Jan-Ove Waldner’‘:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Ove_Waldner played his final competitive match on Thursday

12/02/2016

Sport

Rally Sweden shortened due to clement weather

Unseasonal temperatures have caused havoc with Rally Sweden – the second stop of the new season. Warm weather has left the event with very little ice

11/02/2016

Sweden

Sweden: masked men threaten to attack migrant children

Amid growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, pro and anti demonstrators have taken to the streets of Stockholm. The country of 10 million

30/01/2016

Sweden

Nearly half of Swedens' 2015 asylum seekers to be expelled says minister

Of the more than 160,000 people who sought asylum in Sweden in 2015, a record number, between 60,000 to 80,000 may be “heading home”

28/01/2016

Sweden

Sweden boosts police resources after refugee centre stabbing

The prime minister of Sweden is promising more resources for police after a female worker at a refugee centre was stabbed to death. The knife attack

26/01/2016

World

Collective responsibility key to addressing refugee crisis, says Swedish prime minister

Kjell Stefan Lofven has been the Prime Minister of Sweden since 2014 and the leader of the Social Democrats in the country since 2012. In this wide

23/01/2016

My Europe Series

Sweden's warm welcome for refugees starting to cool

Million, Snegh and Feven are happy children, together and feeling safe again

22/01/2016

Sweden

Trial of doctor accused of drugging, raping and locking victim in bunker

The trial has begun of a Swedish doctor accused of drugging, raping and holding a woman in a self-built bunker for almost a week. The defendant

18/01/2016

Sweden

Swedish police to investigate sexual assault cover-up claims

Swedish police have begun investigating allegations of a cover-up of sexual assaults at a Stockholm music festival last August. It comes after

12/01/2016

Sweden

False alarm at Stockholm's Arlanda airport

Some disruption was reported at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport after a security alert early on Tuesday. Sweden’s The Local reported that police were

05/01/2016

Sweden

Sweden imposes border checks to stem flow of migrants

For the first time since the 1950s Sweden is imposing border checks on rail and road travellers entering the country from neighbouring Denmark. It’s

04/01/2016

Sweden

Sweden jails two men for life for crimes in Syria

Two men have been jailed for life in Sweden for committing acts of murder in Syria. They are the first to be jailed for terrorist crimes committed in

14/12/2015

Economy

Sweden 'on way to becoming cashless society'

Cash is falling out of favour in Sweden, according to a research study at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Many Swedes like people

14/12/2015

Sweden

Ecuador signs deal with Sweden for Assange questioning

Ecuador and Sweden have agreed to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned by Swedish authorities at Ecuador’s embassy in London where

14/12/2015

Sport

Lindsey Vonn wins giant slalom as Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out

America’s Lindsey Vonn held her nerve to win a World Cup giant slalom in Sweden on Saturday for her fourth consecutive victory. The overall World Cup

12/12/2015

Sweden

Lavish Stockholm banquet celebrates achievements of Nobel prize winners

A lavish banquet has been held in Stockholm for the winners of this year’s Nobel prizes. The awards – in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and

11/12/2015

Sweden

Nobel prize banquet needs to be 'fit for a king'

In Sweden, Nobel Prize winners received the awards for literature, chemistry, physics, medicine and economics, as stipulated in the will of the

10/12/2015

Sweden

Sweden introduces border controls

Sweden has introduced temporary border checks in an effort to control the increasing flow of immigrants in to the country. The measures came into

12/11/2015

Sweden

Stockholm blast thought to have been caused by gas leak

A gas leak is now thought to have caused an explosion heard shortly before noon on Friday in Stockholm. Initially witnesses said they had heard a

06/11/2015