Teen sent to juvenile detention centre after pre-robbery ‘selfie’
A teenage girl from Halmstad has been sent to a juvenile detention centre after police used a photo she took of herself brandishing a knife before rob...
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Immigrants get most new work in Sweden
Swedish residents born abroad have taken around 70 per cent of all jobs created in the Scandinavian country since 2006, according to recent statistics...
Foreigners worst off in Sweden for unemployment
Of all the EU countries, Sweden is the worst to be in if you are foreigner entitled to stay but still seeking a job. It has the highest gap of unemplo...
Assange may defend rape case in Sweden
Julian Assange, famous for the Wikileaks publication, may well travel to Sweden in the near future to clear his name in rape allegations, and free him...
Swedish club lip urinals cause a stir
Urinals installed at a Swedish nightlife venue in Umeå have created a furore with many claiming they are sexist. The urinals at the town’s swanky new ...
Pig feet dumped in Stockholm mosque
On Monday, police were called to a Stockholm mosque where they found what looked like pig’s feet on the floor. Ulf Lindgren, a spokesperson for the ci...
Zlatan no match to Ronaldo in World Cup qualification game
Sweden was denied qualification in the World Cup after Portugal’s captain Cristiano Ronaldo secured his team’s victory with a hat trick in...
Riot squad called in to subdue pensioner
Staff at a hospital in southeast Sweden called in riot police to deal with an elderly man who was running amok with two knives earlier this week. Four...