Sweden U21s are new European Champions
Football fans across Sweden are reveling in an unlikely victory that saw their under 21 side take the trophy at the recent European championship, defe...
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Swedish sex toy tester job ad creates a stir
A sex toy tester job advert on Sweden’s Employment Service (Arbetsformedlingen) website has been removed amid fears that it could cause offence. The O...
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 ...
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...