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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• 'Fake pilot' arrested with 101 passengers ... – Airport theft sparks bomb warning
• Alleged bomber audio: "We're for real" – Assange loses extradition plea
• Assange tells of 'smear campaign' – Bosnian Serb 'Iron Lady' released
• Bounty set over Prophet cartoon – Dead Swedish birds 'had external injuries'
• Denmark 'most networked economy' – Ethiopia frees Sweden journalists
• Ethiopia jails Sweden journalists – Faiths in climate change summit
• Far-right breakthrough – Germany 2-0 Sweden
• Germany set new World Cup targets – Ibrahimovic goal 'the best ever'
• Ice hockey: Sweden take title – Jail for scandal-hit Skandia boss
• Jailed N Korea reporters visited – MEPs postpone vote on Barroso bid
• Militia offers to protect media – Ohuruogu third in Diamond League
• Olsson sails to home-town glory – Road noise raises blood pressure, Swedish ...
• Rooney start 'will scare Swedes' – Saab workers' August pay in doubt
• Salvation Army set for Eurovision – Stockholm riots spread around city
• Stockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish... – Sweden 4-2 England
• Sweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man – Sweden FM quits over cartoons
• Sweden hails uterus transplants – Sweden tour bus crash kills eight
• Sweden train crash an accident – Swedish 'murder' committed by elk
• Swedish 'racist' shootings linked – Swedish manga cartoon translator cleared o...
• Swedish MP carves 'racist cake' – Team GB to face Brazil in warm-up
• Ten-year-old gets lab-grown vein – Ukraine 2-1 Sweden
• UN aid workers freed in Somalia – Volvo calls for emission openness
• Volvo struggles with trucks surge – Zaha earns first England call-up

Sweden: news

'Fake pilot' arrested with 101 passengers on board

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 15:06
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Amsterdam

A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly is arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly with 101 passengers, Dutch police say.
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'Hitman' guilty of Dewani murder

Monday, November 19th 2012, 15:09
related countries: South Africa
related places: A

A South African man is convicted of firing the shot which killed Swedish woman Anni Dewani on her honeymoon in 2010.
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'Jihad Jane' denies terrorism charges

Thursday, March 18th 2010, 16:35
related countries: United States
related places: A

A self-styled "Jihad Jane", held in the US in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, denies four charges.
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'My Swedish flicka' - JFK love letters up for auction

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 12:29
related countries: United States

Secret letters written by former US President John F Kennedy to his Swedish lover are being put up for auction.
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'No evidence' Gandhi took bribe

Wednesday, April 25th 2012, 12:50
related countries: India
related places: A

A former head of Swedish police says there is no evidence that late Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi took a bribe in an arms scandal that helped end his term as PM.
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'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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'Predictable England delusional'

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 15:05
related countries: United Kingdom

England are too "predictable" and "stereotyped" to beat Sweden, according to their opponents' former skipper Jonas Thern.
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'Road train' trials get rolling in Sweden

Tuesday, January 18th 2011, 12:13

Technology that links vehicles together into semi-autonomous 'road trains' undergoes its first real world tests in Sweden.
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'Stolen' train crashes into flats

Tuesday, January 15th 2013, 13:31
related places: A

A cleaning woman stole an empty commuter train in a suburb of Stockholm and crashed it into a house, injuring herself, Swedish officials say.
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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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A cyber space

Friday, December 10th 2010, 12:05

Exploring Wikileaks' underground nerve centre in Sweden
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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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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 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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AC Milan sign Ibrahimovic on loan

Sunday, August 29th 2010, 10:42

AC Milan agree deal to sign Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a season-long loan from Barcelona.
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Active pensioners 'add six years'

Thursday, August 30th 2012, 23:08

Being active and living a healthy lifestyle even after the age of 75 can make a huge difference to your life expectancy, a Swedish study suggests.
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ADHD treatment 'may reduce crime'

Thursday, November 22nd 2012, 2:20

People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder involved in crime are less likely to reoffend when on medication, a large Swedish study suggests.
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Adjusting to Swedish life, after Andijan

Saturday, March 6th 2010, 12:11
related countries: Uzbekistan

In May 2005, troops in Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on demonstrators. Uzbek authorities threw out all foreign press - including the BBC's Monica Whitlock. Five years on, she meets survivors leading new lives in Sweden.
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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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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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'Fake pilot' arrested with 101 passengers ... – Airport theft sparks bomb warningAlleged bomber audio: "We're for real" – Assange loses extradition pleaAssange tells of 'smear campaign' – Bosnian Serb 'Iron Lady' releasedBounty set over Prophet cartoon – Dead Swedish birds 'had external injuries'Denmark 'most networked economy' – Ethiopia frees Sweden journalistsEthiopia jails Sweden journalists – Faiths in climate change summitFar-right breakthrough – Germany 2-0 SwedenGermany set new World Cup targets – Ibrahimovic goal 'the best ever'Ice hockey: Sweden take title – Jail for scandal-hit Skandia bossJailed N Korea reporters visited – MEPs postpone vote on Barroso bidMilitia offers to protect media – Ohuruogu third in Diamond LeagueOlsson sails to home-town glory – Road noise raises blood pressure, Swedish ...Rooney start 'will scare Swedes' – Saab workers' August pay in doubtSalvation Army set for Eurovision – Stockholm riots spread around cityStockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish... – Sweden 4-2 EnglandSweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man – Sweden FM quits over cartoonsSweden hails uterus transplants – Sweden tour bus crash kills eightSweden train crash an accident – Swedish 'murder' committed by elkSwedish 'racist' shootings linked – Swedish manga cartoon translator cleared o...Swedish MP carves 'racist cake' – Team GB to face Brazil in warm-upTen-year-old gets lab-grown vein – Ukraine 2-1 SwedenUN aid workers freed in Somalia – Volvo calls for emission opennessVolvo struggles with trucks surge – Zaha earns first England call-up