Lofven defends comments on Israel-Palestine conflict
The leader of Sweden’s Social Democrats party Stefan Lofven has defended comments he made about Israel having the right to defend itself in Gaza, clai...
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Swedish police catch Mexican spider
Police in central Sweden managed to successfully carry out a rather bizarre assignment in which they were instructed to catch a rare Mexican spider. P...
Swedish worker’s salary docked for social media use
A Swedish insurance agency worker is to be docked 15 days of pay after her employers learnt that she had spent an excessive amount of hours browsing t...
Zlatan’s mansion still on the market
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s stunning Malmo mansion is still on the market, more than a year after he first put it up for sale.
Nosey elk breaks into house in southern Sweden
An elk roaming the streets of the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg broke into a house and made himself at home but had to be put down later becaus...
Swedish PM’s speech interrupted by topless protesters
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s speech in Almedalen was interrupted by topless protesters from feminist group Femen, before they were appre...
Cannabis farms on the rise in southern Sweden
Around 20 cannabis farms have been discovered in the Soderasen region of southern Sweden over the past 12 months, with youth workers claiming t...
Most divorces in Sweden for 40 years
More than 25,000 once happily married couples in Sweden called time on their union last year, the highest number in nearly four decades.