Norway’s biggest cities set for leadership shakeup after local elections ~news norway.oslo norway.bergen norway.trondheim norway.stavanger politics Link 10 votes
New LGBTQ+ plan presented by the Danish government includes a proposal to expand access to legal gender change to all children regardless of age ~lgbt transgender Link 4 votes
Sweden starts testing new official digital currency – pilot project will be run in an isolated test environment together with digital tech consultants Accenture ~finance Link 5 votes
Norway to extradite Islamist preacher Mullah Vahid Krekar to Italy, where he has been sentenced to prison for leading a jihadist network ~news norway italy Link 8 votes
Sweden has been criticized by the UN for failings when it comes to the rights of the indigenous Sámi people ~life Link 9 votes
Denmark's government wants a planned bridge over the Kattegat sea between Aarhus and Copenhagen to carry trains as well as cars, more than doubling the cost ~transport Link 6 votes
Oslo to introduce electric ferries from next year – five newly-built electric boats will ply their way around the Inner Oslofjord ~transport Link 4 votes
Norway gives Sámi names to distant star and planet as part of the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union ~space astronomy Article 315 words 6 votes
Oslo's city council wants the Norwegian capital to have an official name in Sámi ~humanities.languages Article 300 words 4 votes
Oslo Municipality's Water and Sewage Administration has offered a useful tip to reduce water waste – it's OK to pee in the shower ~enviro water.waste Article 395 words, published Oct 14 2019 9 votes
Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision ~life.men Article 790 words 17 votes
Chinese company wins million-kronor bid to help expand Stockholm metro – the biggest investment in the Swedish capital's public transport in more than four decades ~transport Article 325 words 5 votes
Swedish cashless app Swish is teaming up with six other companies to form a European network of mobile payment solutions ~finance business Article 395 words 5 votes
Number of Interrail tickets sold in Sweden has nearly doubled so far this year as the country's no-fly trend has taken off ~transport Article 266 words 12 votes
Wonderful Copenhagen was set up to bring more tourists to the Danish capital – now it's under fire for doing too little to stop them coming ~travel Article 372 words 5 votes
Sweden's government has begun looking into a national ticketing system for public transport across the entire country ~transport Article 355 words 8 votes
Sweden to return remains of twenty-five Sámi people after more than half a century – historic event aimed at mending ties with the community ~humanities.history Link 7 votes
Researchers at Uppsala University have successfully created the world's first paper battery ~tech Link 6 votes
French MPs give frosty reception to Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg ~enviro Article 378 words 5 votes
Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum gets a permanent home – now housed in the Caroli shopping centre in Malmö ~food Article 237 words 7 votes
It's time to repaint the Öresund Bridge and it will take thirteen years ~transport Article 442 words, published Jul 13 2019 5 votes
The world's first automatic textile recycling facility will be built in Malmö ~enviro recycling Article 324 words 6 votes
Denmark's housing minister wants to scrap ghetto label for underprivileged areas ~life housing Article 511 words 4 votes
Swedish football association reported to equality watchdog for suspected wage discrimination ~sports.football Article 330 words 4 votes
Sweden rejects Chinese request to extradite fugitive former official Qiao Jianjun ~news sweden politics china Article 367 words 6 votes
New Danish government to scrap plans for deserted island deportation facility on Lindholm ~society politics Article 516 words 5 votes
Archaeologists have just unearthed an inscription in Pompeii that suggests the Ancient Roman city might have been destroyed a full two months later than previously thought ~humanities.history Article 457 words 10 votes
Swiss town set for universal basic income experiment ~finance Article 492 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes