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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• May 1st 2018 – August 22nd 2017
• August 14th 2017 – April 7th 2017
• April 7th 2017 – January 3rd 2017
• December 10th 2016 – June 22nd 2016
• June 21st 2016 – January 28th 2016
• January 26th 2016 – November 2nd 2015
• October 23rd 2015 – June 20th 2015
• June 18th 2015 – February 15th 2015
• February 6th 2015 – September 15th 2014
• September 15th 2014 – March 11th 2014
• March 9th 2014 – October 25th 2013
• October 22nd 2013 – May 24th 2013
• May 24th 2013 – January 22nd 2013
• January 18th 2013 – August 17th 2012
• August 17th 2012 – June 13th 2012
• June 12th 2012 – January 30th 2012
• January 20th 2012 – October 6th 2011
• September 30th 2011 – May 11th 2011
• May 2nd 2011 – December 14th 2010
• December 13th 2010 – September 29th 2010
• September 26th 2010 – April 9th 2010
• April 9th 2010 – December 18th 2009
• December 10th 2009 – July 15th 2009
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• November 4th 2008 – October 23rd 2007
• October 15th 2007 – October 15th 2006
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Sweden: news

Nordic sea mystery

Monday, August 14th 2017, 14:27
related countries: Denmark

A Danish inventor is accused of the negligent manslaughter of a missing Swedish journalist.
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Rare white moose captured on film in Sweden

Sunday, August 13th 2017, 16:40

One of the just 100 white moose in Sweden has been filmed in the Varmland region.
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Danish submarine owner arrested over missing journalist

Saturday, August 12th 2017, 15:48
related countries: Denmark

The man departed with journalist Kim Wall on his submarine before it sank, but she remains missing.
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Scandinavian mystery

Saturday, August 12th 2017, 14:17

The "hobby engineer" is accused of involvement in the death of a Swedish journalist.
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Swedish al-Qaeda hostage Johan Gustafsson speaks of ordeal

Thursday, August 10th 2017, 21:24
related countries: Mali

Johan Gustafsson spent almost six years in the Sahara after being kidnapped in Mali.
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Bear kills zookeeper at Sweden's Orsa Rovdjurspark

Friday, August 4th 2017, 14:43

The animal had reportedly tunnelled back into its enclosure, which the staff member was cleaning.
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Swedish PM Lofven drops two ministers over IT crisis

Thursday, July 27th 2017, 14:28

Stefan Lofven rejects calls for a snap vote amid a security crisis over the handling of public data.
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Meet Boaty McBoatface's Swedish cousin

Friday, July 21st 2017, 12:38

The public voted, and this time the name will stick. But what is it?
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The Swedish maternity hospital with no babies

Sunday, July 9th 2017, 0:13
related places: Solleftea

Swedish women in rural Solleftea have to drive for hours to give birth after the closure of their maternity ward.
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German firm Nordfrost wins name battle with Swedish neo-Nazis

Wednesday, July 5th 2017, 14:47
related countries: Germany

The company Nordfrost said the use of the label Nordfront by a Swedish group could cause confusion.
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Volvo goes electric across the board

Wednesday, July 5th 2017, 11:14

The Swedish carmaker says all its new models will be electric or hybrid by 2019.
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Swedish music festival is cancelled in 2018 after rape and sexual assault claims

Monday, July 3rd 2017, 6:48

Sweden's biggest music festival is being cancelled in 2018 after multiple rape and sexual assault claims.
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Al-Qaeda: Kidnapped Swede Johan Gustafsson freed after six years

Monday, June 26th 2017, 15:10
related countries: Mali

Hostage Johan Gustafsson, in Mali since 2011, has been freed, the Swedish government says.
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Swedish man Kaj Linna released from prison after podcast sparks retrial

Thursday, June 15th 2017, 16:30

A Swedish true crime podcast leads to the release of a man who has been in prison since 2004.
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Swedish town mulls musical school toilets for embarrassed pupils

Saturday, June 10th 2017, 18:33

A Swedish councillor wants to install music in school toilets to help pupils embarrassed by noise.
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Julian Assange defiant as Sweden drops rape investigation

Friday, May 19th 2017, 17:07

The Wikileaks founder says he wants to talk to the US and UK authorities about his future.
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Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation

Friday, May 19th 2017, 13:46

The arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder, holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, is revoked.
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Julian Assange: Ecuador 'concerned' over lack of progress

Sunday, May 14th 2017, 14:13
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador says Sweden's chief prosecutor has failed to complete the Wikileaks founder's case.
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'Deep sorrow' of Stockholm's Uzbek community after April attack

Saturday, May 6th 2017, 23:13
related places: Stockholm

Stockholm's Uzbek community expresses "deep sorrow" a month after an attack in which five people died.
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Sweden lorry attack claims fifth victim

Friday, April 28th 2017, 15:29
related places: Stockholm

A 66-year-old Swedish woman dies three weeks after the attack at a shopping area in Stockholm.
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Sweden attack: Uzbekistan 'warned West of IS link'

Friday, April 14th 2017, 11:30
related countries: Uzbekistan
related places: Stockholm

Uzbekistan says it passed intelligence to "Western partners" about the Stockholm lorry attacker.
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Swedish anti-abortion midwife loses court case

Thursday, April 13th 2017, 10:38

A Swedish midwife who refuses to carry out abortions cannot claim discrimination, a court rules.
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Stockholm suspect 'admits truck attack'

Tuesday, April 11th 2017, 10:55
related places: Stockholm

Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov said he had carried out a "terrorist crime", his lawyer says.
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Stockholm attack: Sweden holds minute's silence for victims

Monday, April 10th 2017, 14:29
related places: Stockholm

The royal family leads tributes as officials say the main suspect is a jihadist sympathiser.
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Ikea builds housing for Icelandic staff

Monday, April 10th 2017, 8:58
related countries: Iceland

The rising price of accommodation means Swedish store chain aims to put a roof over workers’ heads.
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Stockholm attack suspect was refused residency

Sunday, April 9th 2017, 18:37
related places: Stockholm

The Stockholm truck attack suspect had been facing deportation, Swedish police say.
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Tourists who witnessed the Stockholm attack pay their respects

Sunday, April 9th 2017, 11:06
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Stockholm

Dutch tourists who witnessed the aftermath of the Stockholm lorry attack have gone back to the scene.
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Stockholm attack: 'Suspect device' in Sweden crash lorry

Sunday, April 9th 2017, 0:05
related countries: Uzbekistan

Police do not know if the device was a bomb, but say the suspect from Uzbekistan was known to them.
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Stockholm attack: Arrested man was lorry driver, police say

Saturday, April 8th 2017, 10:36
related places: A, Stockholm

He was arrested after four people were killed when a lorry rammed a Stockholm department store.
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Stockholm lorry rams crowds, killing 'at least four people'

Friday, April 7th 2017, 22:11
related places: A, Stockholm

At least four people are reported killed in a suspected terror attack in central Stockholm.
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Stockholm attack: 'I heard the screams'

Friday, April 7th 2017, 17:57

Photographer Annevi Petersson was on Drottninggatan when the truck attack happened. She described the sense of panic.
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