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.

World news related to Sweden – overview

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• 'Old Madoff' – BP names Svanberg as new chairman
• Brazil's economy out of recession – Donors make Lebanon pledges
• Drunken Swede tries to row home - from Den... – Film director Bergman dies at 89
• Football: Larsson can stay – Grappling with global terror conundrum
• Greenpeace in anti-trawling move – Jazz champion Svensson dies at 44
• Lebanon 'desperate for new funds' – Nordic states probe 'CIA flights'
• Nordic storms sink Swedish ship – Road noise raises blood pressure, Swedish ...
• Rooney start 'will scare Swedes' – Stasi had spy ring in Sweden
• Stockholm introduces road charge – Sweden allows same-sex marriage
• Sweden approves wiretapping law – Sweden pushes EU climate action
• Sweden to sell North Korean jeans – Swedish 'murder' committed by elk
• Swedish ads urge EU drink curbs – Swedish nuclear reactors stopped
• Swedish piracy row gathers pace – UK 'worst' on cancer drug access
• UN aid workers freed in Somalia – Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'

Sweden: news

'Old Madoff'

Friday, March 13th 2009, 12:43

Swedish match king whose Kreuger Crash ruined many
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'Old Madoff'

Friday, March 13th 2009, 12:43

Swedish match king whose Kreuger Crash ruined many
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Abba quartet reunites for Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia film

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 14:07

Abba quartet reunites for Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia film
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Airport theft sparks bomb warning

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 22:27

Parts of Sweden's Gothenburg airport are evacuated when armed robbers leave a suspicious package behind.
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Arab singer held on drugs charges

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 22:37
related countries: Lebanon, Syria

The Syrian-Lebanese singer, George Wassouf, is arrested in Sweden on suspicion of drug offences, police say.
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Aragones impressed by Spain drive

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 19:30
related countries: Spain

Spain coach Luis Aragones says his side were rewarded for their perseverance in the 2-1 win over Sweden.
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Argentine win at Swedish festival

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 12:15
related countries: Argentina

Argentinian director Juan Solanas wins the top prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
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Athletics: Powell sets record

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:20
related places: Stockholm

Asafa Powell sets a 100m stadium record in Stockholm and pockets a diamond in the process.
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Axl Rose arrested in Stockholm

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 14:37
related places: Stockholm

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose is arrested in Sweden for alleged violent conduct and damage to a hotel.
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Bare essentials - Sweden targets strippers for tax

Friday, April 10th 2009, 11:44

Sweden's tax authorities investigate webcam strippers, estimating that hundreds of Swedish women are dodging the law.
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Bosnian Serb 'Iron Lady' released

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 11:59
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is freed from a Swedish prison after serving six years for war crimes.
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Bounty set over Prophet cartoon

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 16:26
related countries: Iraq
related places: Al

Al-Qaeda in Iraq offers a reward for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist over his Prophet Muhammad drawing.
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BP names Svanberg as new chairman

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 7:23

BP appoints Carl-Henric Svanberg, the current head of Swedish telecoms company Ericsson, as its new chairman.
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'Old Madoff' – BP names Svanberg as new chairmanBrazil's economy out of recession – Donors make Lebanon pledgesDrunken Swede tries to row home - from Den... – Film director Bergman dies at 89Football: Larsson can stay – Grappling with global terror conundrumGreenpeace in anti-trawling move – Jazz champion Svensson dies at 44Lebanon 'desperate for new funds' – Nordic states probe 'CIA flights'Nordic storms sink Swedish ship – Road noise raises blood pressure, Swedish ...Rooney start 'will scare Swedes' – Stasi had spy ring in SwedenStockholm introduces road charge – Sweden allows same-sex marriageSweden approves wiretapping law – Sweden pushes EU climate actionSweden to sell North Korean jeans – Swedish 'murder' committed by elkSwedish ads urge EU drink curbs – Swedish nuclear reactors stoppedSwedish piracy row gathers pace – UK 'worst' on cancer drug accessUN aid workers freed in Somalia – Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'