News: Sweden

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sweden in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Sweden: news

GB wheelchair curlers claim two wins

Sunday, March 9th 2014, 14:30

Great Britain's wheelchair curlers beat Sweden and South Korea in the round-robin phase at the Sochi Winter Paralympics.
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Fury over Sweden jobs fair blunder

Wednesday, February 26th 2014, 17:30
related places: Stockholm

Police in Stockholm restrain a large crowd after an email invitation for a jobs event was accidentally sent to 61,000 instead of 1,000 jobseekers.
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Volkswagen hurt by profit outlook

Monday, February 24th 2014, 12:07

Volkswagen shares fall more than 7% in after it toned down its 2014 profit outlook and revealed plans to take full control of Sweden's Scania.
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Canada beat Sweden to ice hockey gold

Sunday, February 23rd 2014, 14:40
related countries: Canada

Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win the men's ice hockey gold medal and retain their Olympic title in Sochi.
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Canada and Sweden through to final

Friday, February 21st 2014, 20:26
related countries: Canada, United States

Canada defeat the United States to book a men's Winter Olympic ice hockey final meeting with Sweden.
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GB curling men reach Olympic final

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 18:22
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's men's curling team beat Sweden with the last stone of their semi-final and will compete for gold on Friday.
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GB women lose curling semi-final

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 14:47
related countries: Canada

Britain's female curlers fail to reach the final at Sochi 2014 after a dominant performance by Canada and Jennifer Jones.
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Swedes earn surprise relay gold

Saturday, February 15th 2014, 12:53
related countries: Norway

In a breathless finish, the Swedish women's relay team win gold, while favourites Norway finish a distant fifth.
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Swede Kallstrom joins Arsenal on loan

Friday, January 31st 2014, 20:01
related countries: Russia

Arsenal sign Sweden midfielder Kim Kallstrom on loan until the end of the season from Russian club Spartak Moscow.
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VIDEO: Why Swedish town is magnet for Syrians

Monday, January 20th 2014, 6:41
related countries: Syria
related places: Stockholm

Some Swedish towns are struggling to find the resources to cope with a steady influx of Syrian refugees after the government in Stockholm guaranteed asylum to fugitives from the civil war.
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10 things we didn't know last week

Friday, January 17th 2014, 17:13

Chocolate cake is the most googled food in Sweden, and other nuggets
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VIDEO: Why does Stockholm love Brooklyn?

Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 0:16
related places: Stockholm

The strange Stockholm love affair with Brooklyn
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VIDEO: 'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in prison

Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 6:47
related countries: United States

A US woman who joined a plot to kill a Swedish artist whose cartoon offended Muslims has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in prison

Monday, January 6th 2014, 21:13
related countries: United States

A US woman known as "Jihad Jane" who joined a plot to kill a Swedish artist whose cartoon offended Muslims has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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AUDIO: Scientists develop dog 'translator'

Tuesday, December 31st 2013, 14:03
related countries: Finland
related places: A

A group of inventors in Sweden and Finland claim to be close to developing a dog-to-English translator.
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Saab wins $4.5bn Brazil jet contract

Thursday, December 19th 2013, 9:34
related countries: Brazil

Shares in Sweden's Saab surge almost 30% after the company edges out rivals Boeing and Dassault to win a $4.5bn (£2.7bn) contract to supply Brazil's air force with new fighter jets.
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Man handed £400,000 piracy fine

Wednesday, December 18th 2013, 13:32
related places: A

A 28-year-old man is fined 4.3 million Swedish krona - just over £400,000 - for uploading one film to a torrent-sharing website.
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Dragon Tattoo sequel to be written

Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 17:59
related places: A

A writer has been hired to pen a sequel to the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy by late author Stieg Larsson, its Swedish publishers have said.
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Ikea wolf becomes HK protest symbol

Tuesday, December 10th 2013, 12:42
related countries: Hong Kong
related places: A

A stuffed toy wolf stocked by Swedish furniture giant Ikea sells out in in Hong Kong, after it appears to have become an unlikely symbol of protest.
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Vampire play shocks at Royal Court

Friday, December 6th 2013, 12:51
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A blood-soaked stage version of Swedish vampire story Let the Right One In opens at London's Royal Court and aims to attract more teenagers to the theatre.
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Toilet TV show invoked in Ukraine row

Wednesday, December 4th 2013, 1:13
related countries: Ukraine

Swedish children's toilet show drawn into Ukraine-EU row
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Saab to resume making cars in Sweden

Monday, December 2nd 2013, 3:13

Saab will restart production on Monday as the firm's new owners look to get the carmaker back on track, two years after it went bankrupt.
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Sweden 2-3 Portugal

Tuesday, November 19th 2013, 22:11
related countries: Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick ensures Portugal qualify for a fourth straight World Cup with a play-off win against Sweden.
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French police question Ikea bosses

Monday, November 18th 2013, 22:35
related countries: France

French police investigating claims that Ikea snooped on employees and customers arrest two senior executives of the Swedish furniture chain.
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Sweden's island rescue plan

Saturday, November 16th 2013, 1:23

Breathing life back into Sweden's 'Eiffel Tower'
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Portugal 1-0 Sweden

Friday, November 15th 2013, 21:33
related countries: Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike gives Portugal the aggregate lead over Sweden in their World Cup play-off tie.
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Six bid for 2022 Winter Olympics

Friday, November 15th 2013, 10:29
related countries: China, Norway
related places: Beijing, Oslo, Stockholm

Beijing, Stockholm, Oslo, Krakow, Almaty and Lviv unveiled as bidders to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Sweden fined over girl's privacy

Tuesday, November 12th 2013, 18:00

The European Court of Human Rights faults Sweden in a privacy case involving a woman whose stepfather tried to film her naked when she was 14.
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VIDEO: Why Swedes write perfect pop

Monday, November 4th 2013, 8:11

Swedish songwriter Jorgen Elofsson on why his compatriots have such a knack for writing pop hits.
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VIDEO: Ikea gets its China formula right

Monday, November 4th 2013, 1:01
related countries: China

After years of struggling in China, the Swedish furniture giant Ikea is now making profits there at last.
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Truckmaker Volvo cuts 2,000 jobs

Friday, October 25th 2013, 7:21

Truckmaker Volvo cuts 2,000 jobs after investments in new models and a rising Swedish kronor hold back third-quarter profit.
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