Ericsson suffers drop in profits
The Swedish mobile phone giant, Ericsson, has suffered a 30 percent drop in its first quarter net profits compared to the same period in 2008. The wor...
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Stockholm’s taxis to moonlight as ambulances
Stockholm’s medical and taxi officials have announced that some of the city’s taxis will be on call to respond to emergency calls, and that the driver...
Swedish peace protestors sentenced over warplane vandalism
Three Swedish peace activists from the group Avrusta (Disarm), whose mission is to stop Sweden from exporting weapons, have been sentenced to prison f...
Swedish police arrest alleged serial paedophile
A Swedish man from the central Uppland region has been arrested on charges of raping a minor and exploiting at least 70 underage girls using the Inter...
Swedish knew about secret CIA terror plane
When Sweden’s government was led by ex-Prime Minister Goran Persson, it was apparently aware that the United States was using the country as a transit...
Extinct fish caught in Swede’s net
A fish that was declared extinct in the Baltic Sea more than a century ago has made a surprise reappearance in the net of a Swedish fisherman. The sup...
Half of Swedes won’t vote in Euro elections
In a recent poll, more than half of Swedes claim they will not vote in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. The numbers were fairly equ...
Suburban Stockholm gets an erotic garden
Swedish erotica aficionado, Jorma Toivonen, has long held the dream of opening a sex museum in Stockholm but municipal councils have other views. Clai...