Light therapy used at Swedish bus stops amid winter blues
As the days continue to grow shorter in the north of Sweden, a local utility company is hoping to help people shake seasonal depression with light the...
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Malmo sniper gets life in prison
A Swedish man convicted of shooting civilians with a ‘foreign’ appearance has been jailed for life. Forty-year-old Peter Mangs was found guilty in Jul...
Swedish officials: new visa scheme could attract foreign students
Sweden’s Mitigation Board has suggested the implementation of a new ‘right to stay’ visa scheme for foreign students. The most recent Migrationsverket...
Renewed talks for Sweden-Norway power link
A proposal to improve power grid connections between Sweden and Norway has been revived. Bloomberg reported on that grid operators from the two Nordic...
Dewani hit man found guilty
A man accused of murdering Swedish bride Anni Dewani has been found guilty by a South African court. Dewani, a Swedish woman of Indian decent, was in ...
Sweden Democrat steps down over racist rant
A top official of the Sweden Democrats has resigned after a video depicting him making racist and sexist remarks was revealed by a newspaper. MP Erik ...
IKEA admits East German prison labour
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has admitted that it benefitted from the labour of East Germany’s political prisoners up until the late 1980s. The new...
Rat pups found in Swedish baby food
A family in Sweden got quite a surprise last week when they found a litter of dead rat pups upon opening a package of baby food.