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

Arsonists target Stockholm schools

Friday, May 24th 2013, 9:55
related places: Stockholm

The Stockholm fire brigade tackles fires at at least two schools on a fifth night of rioting in the Swedish capital.
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Stockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish inequality

Friday, May 24th 2013, 6:19

Nightly riots highlight Sweden's inequalities
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Stockholm riots spread around city

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 14:43
related places: A, Stockholm

A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm sees unrest spread around the city, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt.
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VIDEO: Fourth night of riots in Sweden

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 12:45
related places: Stockholm

Youth unemployment and resentment among asylum seekers are being blamed for riots sweeping the Swedish capital Stockholm.
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Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots

Wednesday, May 22nd 2013, 9:18
related places: Stockholm

Rioters light fires and stone emergency services in the suburbs of the Swedish capital Stockholm for the third night running after a police shooting death.
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Former Saab cars chiefs arrested

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 10:31

Three former top executives from car maker Saab Automobile have been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of accounting fraud charges.
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Denmark crowned Eurovision winners

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 0:37
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Malmo

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest, with the UK's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.
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VIDEO: Sweden gears up for Eurovision contest

Saturday, May 18th 2013, 10:27
related places: Malmo

The Swedish city of Malmo is gearing up to host the Eurovision Song Contest final with 26 countries set to perform for millions of TV viewers.
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GB Olympian dies as boat capsizes

Friday, May 10th 2013, 6:55
related countries: United States
related places: A, America

British gold medal-winning sailor Andrew Simpson dies as his catamaran capsizes during a practice session for the America's Cup in San Francisco.
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Swedish salmon sales 'breached ban'

Wednesday, May 8th 2013, 15:57

Firms in Sweden have sold about 200 tonnes of Baltic salmon in Europe despite an EU ban targeting toxic chemicals in fish.
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Abba museum to open doors in Sweden

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 9:12
related places: Stockholm

The first permanent museum dedicated to Swedish pop group Abba is to open its doors in Stockholm.
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Abba museum in Sweden to open doors

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 8:51
related places: A, Stockholm

The first permanent museum dedicated to Swedish pop group Abba is to open its doors in Stockholm.
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Australia honours Holocaust hero

Monday, May 6th 2013, 8:38
related countries: Australia

Australia makes a Swedish diplomat who helped save tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust its first honorary citizen.
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AIK goalkeeper found dead aged 32

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 11:04

Former Croatia international Ivan Turina, goalkeeper for Swedish club AIK, dies in his sleep at the age of 32.
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Drugs found on Bieber tour bus

Thursday, April 25th 2013, 14:10

Swedish police say they found drugs on board a Justin Bieber tour bus but won't be taking the matter further.
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Pirate Bay founder faces new charges

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 12:10

The co-founder of The Pirate Bay Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is charged with hacking into several Swedish companies and stealing personal data.
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Stockholm museum thanks Abba for the music

Friday, March 29th 2013, 0:42

Swedes hope Abba museum will be tourist magnet
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Google 'forces' Swedish word removal

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 17:09

A Swedish language watchdog says it has removed 'ungoogleable' from its annual list of new words after Google objected.
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Cuba musician Bebo Valdes dies at 94

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 22:33
related countries: Cuba

Bebo Valdes, a Cuban jazz musician who became famous as a pianist and bandleader in 1940s Havana, has died aged 94 in Sweden.
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Sweden 0-0 Republic of Ireland

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 22:08
related countries: Ireland

The Republic of Ireland keep their World Cup qualification hopes very much alive as they earn a 0-0 draw in Sweden.
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Sweden's night nurseries

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 7:56

Sweden's round-the-clock childcare
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Sweden's Welsh-born princess dies

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 23:29
related places: Stockholm

Sweden's Princess Lilian, renowned for her decades-long romance with husband Prince Bertil, has died in Stockholm at the age of 97.
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Bonnie Tyler chosen for Eurovision

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 9:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Malmo

Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler says she is "honoured" to be the UK's representative at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden.
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Shakes-Drayton takes 400m golds

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 19:32

Great Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton wins 400m and 4x400m relay gold in the European Indoor Championships in Sweden.
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VIDEO: Ikea on horsemeat in meatballs

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 2:20
related countries: Czech Republic

Ikea's Food Sustainability Manager Anders Lennartsson has said his company is taking "very seriously" the news that a test in the Czech Republic found traces of horsemeat in a batch of Ikea meatballs made in Sweden.
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Sweden suspends wild wolf cull

Thursday, February 7th 2013, 15:24

Sweden suspends a controversial cull of its wild wolf population just days after it began after a legal challenge by conservationists.
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Sweden wolf cull divides opinion

Wednesday, February 6th 2013, 15:03

Joining the controversial cull of Sweden's wild wolves
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AUDIO: How Swedish 'serial killer' faked it

Saturday, February 2nd 2013, 14:10
related places: A

A man once considered Sweden's worst serial killer has won retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.
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Retrial for Sweden 'serial killer'

Friday, February 1st 2013, 16:49
related places: A

A man once labelled Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall, secures retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.
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'Value-seekers' boost Ikea profit

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 12:26

Swedish flat-pack furniture giant Ikea has reported record profits thanks to "more value conscious" consumers in the economic downturn.
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Ikea closer to stores in India

Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, 1:44
related countries: India

India's foreign investment agency approves Ikea's entry into the Indian market, bringing the Swedish firm closer to being the first with wholly owned outlets.
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