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

'Nervous' Patti Smith forgets Bob Dylan lyrics

Saturday, December 10th 2016, 17:39
related places: A, Stockholm

Patti Smith forgets the words to Bob Dylan's song, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, at his Nobel Literature Prize ceremony in Stockholm.
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Mouse-sized art appears on Swedish street

Friday, December 9th 2016, 13:13
related places: Malmo

Artists create a tiny street scene at pavement level in Malmo.
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Sweden Gavlebocken: Giant Christmas goat doesn't last a day

Tuesday, November 29th 2016, 20:02
related places: A

A famous annual giant goat effigy in Sweden fails to last even a day as arsonists strike again.
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100 Women 2016: The woman who faced down 300 neo-Nazis

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 1:13

Six months after she defied 300 Swedish neo-Nazis, Tess Asplund talks to us about making a stand.
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Bob Dylan confirms non-attendance at Nobel Prize ceremony

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 16:31
related countries: United States

Bob Dylan will not travel to Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in person.
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Olof Palme murder: Sweden replaces prosecutor

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 9:10

Sweden appoints a new prosecutor to investigate the unsolved 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme.
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Assange questioned over Sweden 'rape' at Ecuadorean embassy

Monday, November 14th 2016, 16:10

Sweden's chief prosecutor questions Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about a 2010 rape allegation.
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Reformation day: Pope Francis marks Luther anniversary in Sweden

Monday, October 31st 2016, 22:35

Pope Francis uses his visit to Sweden to mark 500 years since Luther launched the Reformation.
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Sweden declares Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg officially dead

Monday, October 31st 2016, 18:54

Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis, is declared dead by Sweden.
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Facebook apologises for removing breast cancer awareness video

Thursday, October 20th 2016, 21:18

Facebook has apologised for removing a video on breast cancer awareness posted by a Swedish group, saying it was incorrectly taken down.
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Man in clown mask 'stabs teen in Sweden'

Friday, October 14th 2016, 12:29
related countries: United States

A teenager is recovering after he was stabbed by a clown in southern Sweden, amid a wave of "creepy clown" sightings in Europe and the US.
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Pressure cooker

Thursday, October 6th 2016, 23:23

Sweden is often regarded as a model European state, but it has become one of the continent's biggest exporters of jihadists, per head of population.
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Swedish town vows to protect giant Christmas goat

Wednesday, September 21st 2016, 15:11

Swedish councillors determined to protect festive goat from arsonists on its 50th birthday.
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Can Sweden tackle the throwaway society?

Tuesday, September 20th 2016, 14:25

The Swedish government hopes that the lure of tax cuts will prompt some people to get more things repaired instead of just throwing them away.
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Wikileaks: Sweden appeals court upholds Assange arrest warrant

Friday, September 16th 2016, 13:46

A Swedish appeals court upholds the issuing of an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over rape allegations.
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Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal

Tuesday, September 6th 2016, 15:05
related countries: Italy

Two judges are asked to leave a Swedish panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal over a disgraced Italian transplant surgeon.
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Swedes urged to deposit 41m invalid banknotes

Friday, August 26th 2016, 11:36

Millions of old Swedish banknotes are still in circulation despite a looming deadline to deposit them.
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US keeper suspended for 'cowards' comment

Thursday, August 25th 2016, 8:45
related countries: United States

United States goalkeeper Hope Solo is suspended for six months for describing Olympic opponents Sweden as "a bunch of cowards".
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Boy, 8, killed in grenade attack on apartment in Sweden

Tuesday, August 23rd 2016, 1:55

An eight-year-old boy dies after a grenade was thrown into a flat in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, police say.
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Ostersunds goalkeeper Aly Keita attacked by pitch invader during match

Tuesday, August 16th 2016, 0:36

A Swedish top-flight match is abandoned after Ostersunds goalkeeper Aly Keita is attacked by a pitch invader.
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Drink-driving Sweden minister rues 'biggest mistake'

Saturday, August 13th 2016, 14:26
related countries: Denmark

Sweden's youngest minister quits after she is stopped for drink-driving on the bridge linking Denmark and Sweden.
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Keeper: US lost to 'bunch of cowards'

Friday, August 12th 2016, 21:03
related countries: United States

Goalkeeper Hope Solo says four-time women's Olympic football champions the USA were knocked out by "cowards" after losing to Sweden.
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Novelty Swedish street signs get pedestrians dancing

Tuesday, August 9th 2016, 13:47

Signs in a town in northern Sweden urge public to leap, dance and play air guitar.
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Sweden to investigate sex lives

Friday, July 29th 2016, 13:30

Sweden is launching a three-year official study of its citizens' sex lives - the first for 20 years.
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Bikini-clad Swedish policewoman 'stops thief'

Friday, July 29th 2016, 12:21
related places: A, Stockholm

A bikini-clad Swedish police officer wins praise for tackling a suspected thief while she was off-duty sunbathing with friends in Stockholm.
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Mumford and Sons to boycott Swedish music festival after sexual assaults

Wednesday, July 6th 2016, 8:06

Mumford and Sons say they will boycott a Swedish music festival after reports emerge that 17 women were sexually assaulted at the event.
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Anger at Swedish festival sex attacks

Tuesday, July 5th 2016, 11:52

Police seeking young males after attacks at Bravalla festival and free event Putte I Parken.
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Ikea museum opens in Sweden celebrating firm's history

Thursday, June 30th 2016, 11:12
related places: A, Almhult

A museum telling the story of Swedish furniture giant Ikea opens today in the town of Almhult, on the site of the firm's first store.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Sweden striker retires from international football

Wednesday, June 22nd 2016, 23:24

Zlatan Ibrahimovic waves goodbye to international football after Sweden are knocked out of Euro 2016.
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Belgium knock Sweden out

Wednesday, June 22nd 2016, 21:47
related countries: Belgium

Belgium win to reach the last 16 of Euro 2016 and knock Sweden go out, ending Zlatan Ibrahimovic's international career.
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Late goal sees Republic of Ireland advance

Wednesday, June 22nd 2016, 21:44
related countries: Ireland, Italy

The Republic of Ireland will play hosts France in the last 16 of Euro 2016 after Robbie Brady heads a late winner against Italy.
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