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Late Swedish football legend Sven-Goran Eriksson’s 2.2 million euro home up...

Luxury home buyers in Sweden are set to rejoice as late sporting icon Sven-Goran Eriksson’s idyllic lakeside home has been put back on the market. The premium house, known as Bjorkefors Manor, sits on...

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Sweden sees reduction in asylum seekers but will make citizenship harder to...

Alert to the fact that terrorism is a major threat, with attacks often undertaken by immigrants who have been granted citizenship, the Swedish Government is taking swift action. It has instructed the...

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Tesla charging chaos: Tesla blames trade unions for chaotic scenes as strikes...

Tesla’s global operation has hit another road bump – and this time, it’s charging stations in Sweden causing the uproar. Local media are reporting mountainous queues of more than 150 vehicles near ski...

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Sweden ‘not at war, but not at peace’ says PM

What’s happening in the Baltic? Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson delivered a grim warning to the world on Sunday, January 12: ‘Sweden is not at peace.’ It was a worrying message, warning that...

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Swedes born in 2007 can expect to be conscripted into military service in 2025

The concept of mandatory conscription to the armed forces is one that generates extreme differences of opinion in many nations. One argument is that this is a complete waste of time for those who don’t...

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Elderly warned about new library scam in Stockholm

It seems that potential scammers spend their time trying to find new ways of ripping off people and often they target the elderly who are perhaps more likely to believe what they are being told....

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Swedens’s wine shocker as imports plunge

In the first half of 2024, Sweden imported 94.6 million litres of wine. This figure is a 6.4 per cent drop from 2023, marking the first time since 2010 that imports fell below 100 million litres....

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Sweden will take away Citizenship from foreign-born criminals

Sweden is set to tighten the rules on who gets to keep their Swedish passport or who gets to lose it, with plans to strip citizenship from individuals posing a national security threat. The country,...

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Infant mortality in Sweden almost halved in short period of time

A study by the journal PLOS Medicine has discovered that the number of babies dying before and during labour after 41 weeks of gestation in Sweden has fallen by 47 per cent. Generally speaking a...

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Swedish soldiers arrive in Latvia ahead of “historic” NATO campaign

“Finally, we are here. This is what we have been looking forward to for a long time.” Officer Erik, part of the 550-strong battalion that landed in Riga, Latvia, said amid a collective NATO...

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Sweden’s foreign work permits decline by 35% in 3 years

Sweden has experienced a significant drop in the number of work permits issued to foreign nationals over the past three years. According to data from the Swedish Agency for Migration and a report by...

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New boots causing foot problems for Swedish Armed Forces

If you are one of the 8,500 or so new conscripts to the Swedish Armed Forces in 2025, apart from any inconvenience to you life, be aware that your feet could be in danger! In late 2023, the Swedish...

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Self-driving buses in Sweden? Volvo thinks so

Volvo buses have partnered with Swedish public transport operators VL to trial an “innovative” self-driving support system for bus drivers, and Volvo Buses bosses are optimistic for the pioneering...

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Bombing spree continues in Sweden: 19th attack in 2025

In recent months, Swedish authorities have been monitoring a variety of sites they fear may be a target for bomb attacks. Despite that, another bomb went off at a home in Stockholm in recent days, a...

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What’s behind Sweden’s bombings epidemic?

The year kicked off violently in Sweden with 11 explosions and another 25 explosive artefacts secured before detonation in just 15 days, according to Swedish police. Stockholm is particularly at risk...

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Swedish researchers find possible link between air pollution and dementia 

Scientists based in Stockholm, Sweden, have found exposure to a specific substance found in air polluting fumes can increase your risk of dementia by a whopping 70%, in a recent study. Air pollution...

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Swedish authorities seize vessel in suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea cables

The Baltic Sea cable sabotage saga continues… Suspicions of further sabotage have surfaced following significant damage to an undersea fibre optic cable linking Sweden and Latvia. Swedish authorities...

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“Fasted manual car around”: Awesome Koenigsegg CC850 enters production in Sweden

First unveiled to eager public eyes at California’s Pebble Beach back in 2022, this year finally sees the official production of the CC850 by Koenigsegg, with the hypercar brand’s CEO hailing 2025 as a...

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Sweden plan to send criminals abroad amid gang violence epidemic

As Sweden grapples with prison overcrowding and gang crime grips Stockholm, politicians are concocting a plan to send prisoners abroad. But, how would it work? Who would take the prisoners? Read on to...

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Drunk man caught flying drone in restricted airspace

‘Drunk Droning:‘ 55-year-old man caught smashed while piloting a drone around restricted airspace. A Swedish man has become the first person in the country to be convicted of ‘drone-driving‘ while...

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