Sweden’s pharmacy monopoly reaches an end
The government of Sweden has decided to allow stores that are not state-run pharmacies to sell non-prescription drugs. This latest move is the final s...
Sweden’s crown princess engaged (updated)
The Swedish royal family has today officially announced that the crown princess, Victoria Bernadotte is formally engaged to her long-time boyfriend Da...
Help for gentlemen wishing to last a little longer
Finland and Sweden are the first nations to approve a new pill to treat premature ejaculation, an embarrassing problem for many men. The drug, created...
Swedish downloading site goes on trial
As the landmark trial of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay gets underway, representatives of the global entertainment industry have been on ...
Sweden makes nuclear U-turn
Sweden made a sharp turn away from its 29-year ban on new nuclear power plants last week when the government overturned the 1980 law. The Swedish gove...
Sweden and Denmark going postal together
In one of the more unusual mergers of the year, the national postal services of Sweden and Denmark have signed an agreement to combine their two agenc...
Sweden promises to preserve its minority languages
Since 2000, the Swedish government has given special national minority status to the languages of its ethnic minority groups. These include Finnish, T...
Swedish ships heading to fight pirates off Somalia
Sweden is set to send three of its naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden to help in the international effort to fight the scourge of piracy that has engul...