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3 votes
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Who is Greta Thunberg, the #FridaysForFuture activist?
6 votes -
Statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Malmö's stadium has been vandalised on the day it was announced he had bought 25% of the shares in Hammarby
3 votes -
IKEA's profits have fallen nearly 10% as the world's largest furniture retailer stepped up its spending on renewable energy and its growing online operation
14 votes -
Researchers used skeletal remains and ancient DNA to reconstruct the burial of a woman who lived in what is now southern Sweden 7,000 years ago
4 votes -
Labour's spending plans aren't especially unusual – just look at Sweden
5 votes -
Iraq's defence minister Najah al-Shammari accused of benefit fraud in Sweden
3 votes -
Norwegian sugar tax sends sweet-lovers over border to Sweden
8 votes -
Environmental activist, Greta Thunberg is to appear as one of the Christmas guest editors of Radio 4's Today programme
6 votes -
Sweden has been named the most LGBT-friendly country in the world for travellers according to new research into gay rights in 150 countries
8 votes -
Sweden will become the first market where all Coca-Cola products are sold in fully recycled plastic bottles
11 votes -
IKEA staff in Uppsala, Sweden turned up at work to find a fugitive sleeping in the store's bed department
6 votes -
Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010
8 votes -
For my series The Cold Swedish Winter I've spent the last four series cracking jokes about the Swedes – but what kind of thing makes the Swedes themselves laugh?
6 votes -
Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns
7 votes -
Suicide rates fall among LGBT+ community in Sweden and Denmark – reduced stigma for minorities is likely driving the drop, the report said
11 votes -
In Stockholm, there's a diagonal wind tunnel used for one very specific purpose: learning to fly a wingsuit
10 votes -
Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered two wrecks believed to be 17th-century warships – one of which is likely to be the sister ship of the Vasa
5 votes -
Sweden's state prosecutors have charged an Iraqi Swede with spying on the Ahwazi community and passing the information to Iranian authorities
4 votes -
Sweden bomb attacks reach unprecedented level as gangs feud – thirty blasts in the past two months and 100 so far this year
6 votes -
In-form Sierra Leone striker Mohamed Buya Turay scored a second half equaliser to help Djurgården win the 2019 Swedish league
4 votes -
Manganas Garden - Liquid Dreams (2019)
3 votes -
Nordic Council – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has refused to accept an environmental award
6 votes -
H&M is the latest fashion brand to test out the concept of clothing rental
5 votes -
Overkill Software to resume production on Payday 2, changes to DLC policy
4 votes -
A newly-discovered species of beetle, Nelloptodes gretae, has been named after young climate activist Greta Thunberg
5 votes -
Svensk Vindenergi – Sweden is set to have more wind power capacity than nuclear this year
7 votes -
The state of gender equality across the EU – Sweden had the highest score of any country in 2019
12 votes -
Swedish police can use spyware to hunt criminal gangs – police to use the latest technology to access everyday encrypted apps used by criminals
8 votes -
Crusader Kings III | Announcement trailer - An heir is born
17 votes -
Sweden's indigenous Sámi people threatened by climate change – global warming is putting the lifestyles of Arctic indigenous people under threat
7 votes -
Amnesia: The Dark Descent released nine years ago - lessons about designing horror games from Frictional's creative director
7 votes -
Sweden central bank governor Stefan Ingves calls Facebook's Libra a 'catalytic event'
6 votes -
Stellaris: Galaxy Command launches on mobile, is immediately taken down after players discover it's using Halo 4 concept artwork
6 votes -
Men and women will compete against one another, for the same prize money and trophy, in new golf event Scandinavian Mixed in Sweden next year
5 votes -
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer
8 votes -
Heather Watson defeated in straight sets by Rebecca Peterson in Tianjin Open final
3 votes -
MI6 accused of thwarting efforts to solve the 1961 killing of UN chief Dag Hammarskjöld
8 votes -
What does PewDiePie really believe? The biggest YouTuber in the world has been accused of being a closet white nationalist and even inspiring mass shootings. He says it’s all a misunderstanding
23 votes -
A patient admitted to hospital in Sweden with a possible case of the Ebola virus has tested negative
3 votes -
A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it
8 votes -
Denmark to conduct checks at border with Sweden to counter cross-border crime
4 votes -
A statue of former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been built in his hometown in Sweden
4 votes -
The 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature goes to Olga Tokarczuk, and the 2019 Prize to Peter Handke
Short link. Probably more to follow. The Swedish Academy handed out two prizes this year, after they were forced to suspend the prize last year amid a metoo scandal which saw most of the Academy’s...
Short link. Probably more to follow.
The Swedish Academy handed out two prizes this year, after they were forced to suspend the prize last year amid a metoo scandal which saw most of the Academy’s members either resign voluntarily or be forced to resign. There’s been a lot of speculation about how they were going to restore their reputation this year, and they spent a long portion of the press conference explaining their new process, whereas in past years they haven’t felt compelled to do so.
It was expected that at least one of the two prizes would go to a woman, with Margaret Atwood being one of the odds favorites (the bookmakers’ picks never win, so I don’t know whether we should put much stock in them, but they do reflect pre-award buzz). I’m not too familiar with either author, but it’s interesting that they chose Peter Handke. He’s one of Europe’s most controversial authors for his decades-long support of Serbia and Slobodan Milosevic’s actions during the Yugoslav Wars. He once compared Serbians to the Jews during WW2, visited Milosevic in prison when he was on trial for war crimes, and spoke at the man’s funeral. He’s also hailed as one of the greatest living German-language authors. It’s like the Academy decided to throw feminists a bone by awarding a woman the prize, but then couldn’t resist jumping headlong into controversy again right away.
10 votes -
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for their work on lithium-ion batteries
8 votes -
Chip Ganassi Racing expands to three cars with addition of Marcus Ericsson
3 votes -
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded, with one half to James Peebles and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
7 votes -
Swedish King Carl Gustaf removes grandchildren from royal house – observers say move reflects a wider view that there is no need to pay so many members of the royal family
7 votes -
Stockholm court has acquitted police officers who fired twenty-five shots at a man with Down's syndrome while he played with a toy gun
6 votes -
Battle of the bridge – Malmö FF and FC Köpenhamn collide in Europe in a Europa League group match
4 votes