Swedes capture images of mythical sea monster
Sweden’s equivalent of the Loch Ness Monster, the Storsjoodjuret or Great Lake sea monster, has apparently been captured on film by Swedish hunters. T...
2008 Polar Music Prize honours Pink Floyd
British rock legends Pink Floyd and American soprano Renee Fleming were honoured at this year’s Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. The musicians received...
German found guilty on Sweden murder charges
Christine Schurrer, a German national, was found guilty in a Swedish court of murdering two Swedish infants and critically injuring their mother durin...
Sweden’s trains going green
Sweden has unveiled a new high-speed train that will reduce energy use by 30 per cent over its existing trains. The Grona Taget (Green Train), which c...
Malmo gang violence flares up again
A recent spate of gang violence has flared up again in the southern Swedish town of Malmo when a grenade exploded in an apartment block. The grenade, ...
Mexico welcomes Eriksson
Sven Goral Eriksson was named the new national coach of the Mexican football (soccer) team on Tuesday. The 60-year-old Swede has landed a two year con...
Elvis is a little girl from Sweden
Sweden’s interesting naming laws have come into the spotlight again, as the country’s tax bureau has decreed that a five-month-old Stockholm girl is n...
Alzheimer’s dentist to stop work
A dentist in the Skane region of southern Sweden has been carrying out her delicate job despite being an Alzheimer’s disease sufferer for many years. ...