Finns divided over Swedish language and gay marriage
Demoting Swedish as an official language and legalising gay marriage are the two most divisive issues in Finland, according to a recent survey.
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Man sentenced for smuggling cannabis from Denmark to Sweden
A Swedish district court has handed a 25-year-old man a seven-month jail sentence for smuggling cannabis from the Danish capital Copenhagen to the sou...
Netto employee tells dumpster scavengers he urinated on their food
A Netto employee in Vemmelev, western Zealand, has left a note for people who scavenge through the store’s garbage cans looking for edible food.
Swedish priest prosecuted for sex text
A priest in Sweden has been prosecuted after sending a text to a teenage boy saying that he wanted to have sex with him.
Sweden: rise in violent crime cases
Violent crime in Sweden has increased by an average of 39 per cent since the turn of the millennium, according to Swedish crime prevention council BRA...
Swedish house speaker removes bare breasts painting
The deputy speaker of Riksdag in Sweden has removed a painting featuring a bare-breasted woman from the parliament’s dining room wall.
It’s official: Rudolph’s nose is indeed red
Researchers from Sweden’s University of Lund have put paid to suggestions that Rudolph’s nose may actually be a different colour by saying the animal’...
Drunk Swede hit by train
A 22-year-old man who was hit by a subway train after a night out with friends is “very lucky to be alive”, according to police in Stockholm.