Sweden: Princess Madeleine gives birth to young prince
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has given birth to a baby boy just two days after the wedding of her brother Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist. The ...
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Animal rights group angered by dog-dying trend
Dog owners in Sweden who have jumped on the dying fur bandwagon have enraged an animal rights group, which claims it is turning them into “possessions...
Lonely Planet to reprint after Stockholm error
The travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet is reprinting its most recent issue after a picture of Uppsala featured on the front cover and not, as st...
Avicii to DJ at Sweden’s royal wedding
Sweden’s number one DJ, Avicii, has confirmed that he has been lined up to play at June’s royal wedding between Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist...
Sweden: Anti-Islam demonstration proves unpopular
Police in Sweden have said that an anti-Islam rally in the central city of Uppsala proved unsuccessful for organisers after counter-protesters outnumb...
Sweden: Charging bear scared of my man’s roar
A Swedish man escaped a potentially fatal situation by roaring at a bear as it charged towards him to attack. Ralph Persson was training his hunting d...
ABBA bass player Rutger Gunnarsson passes away
Rutger Gunnarsson, who made his name as the bass player for Swedish pop group ABBA, has died at the age of 69. Universal records, which announced his ...
Swedish police break up New York subway fight
Four holidaying Swedish policemen made the headlines in New York when they helped stop a fight on the subway. The officers, all in their twenties, wer...