Vasaloppet ski race a huge hit among Swedes
The 2015 Vasaloppet ski race sold out in just 90 seconds, with more than 15,000 participants putting their names down to enter the 90-kilometre event.
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Swedish Eurovision singer denies cannabis tweets
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Male students fined after classroom striptease
A Swedish court has fined two teenagers for tying a female classmate to a chair and stripping in front of her while a third recorded the incident and ...
Swedish Green Party wants to make Women’s Day a holiday
Sweden’s Green Party have said that it wants International Women’s Day (IWD) to be made a national holiday and claimed gender equality has deteriorate...
Eurovision: Sweden chooses Sanna for song contest
Sweden has selected female singer Sanna Nielsen as its representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen.
Job recruitment fair error angers Swedes
Police in Stockholm had to calm a large crowd of angry jobseekers after an email for a recruitment event was sent to 61,000 people instead of the inte...
Princess Madeleine delivers baby in New York
Princess Madeleine of Sweden gave birth to a baby girl in New York on Thursday last week, with the royal saying she is “overwhelmed” with the new arri...