Murhaf raises $230,000 selling charity flower pins in Sweden – sales skyrocket after a viral post about the boy, and a racist backlash, only brings in more money
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Swedish retirees demand fairer pensions for women – The Old Lady Patrol's protest against the country's pension system enters its tenth year
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Legal expert Anna Singer is investigating whether Swedish authorities were aware of falsified child origins as they approved the adoptions of thousands of South Korean children
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A Swedish town is on the move, one building at a time – subsidence from the world's biggest iron ore mine threatens to swallow up the Arctic town of Kiruna
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Fast-rising electricity bills and surging food price inflation are taking their toll in Sweden – Matmissionen and the social stores offering food at rock-bottom prices
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Top performers include Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands in the European EIGE Gender Equality Index for 2022
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People don't want to hear about it – how the pandemic shaped Sweden's politics and left many feeling hopeless and disenfranchised
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Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and identity in Sweden
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Preppers: Sweden bracing for the worst
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IKEA has cut sick pay for unvaccinated workers, without mitigating circumstances, required to self isolate – retail giant acknowledged it was an emotive topic
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Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again
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Europe's newest industrial megaprojects are relocating to the far north of Sweden – but are curling, wild reindeer and the northern lights enough to convince workers to follow?
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For the past year Vladislav and Vitalij Kusnetshik have been hiding out in Sweden's Minsk embassy to avoid persecution by Belarus authorities
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In the past five years, violent gangs from Sweden have increased their presence in Spain, drawn in by the warm weather and high quality of life
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Swedish carmaker Volvo will offer a generous paid parental leave scheme to its 40,000 employees globally
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Are Europe's night trains back in fashion – sleeper trains were making a slow comeback in Europe before the pandemic, but will Covid-19 help or hinder a renaissance?
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Kulning – The often high-pitched herding calls of the Nordic fäbod culture; a group of labor songs developed out of needs rather than musical expression
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Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester – Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working are reshaping the tradition
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The extraordinary story of Thomas Quick, the Swedish serial killer who never existed
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Private dinners where men discuss feelings and equality have taken off in Sweden – but the concept isn't without controversy
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Swedish city of Lund to manure the parks on an earlier date to deter Walpurgi celebrations
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It's not every day that the face of a chief epidemiologist is inked as a tattoo – a very Swedish tribute
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Sámi herders won back exclusive rights to hunting and fishing in their area of the Arctic – but that has led to heightened tensions between them and local Swedes
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Furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants
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Swedes are used to living alone, following rules and championing innovation. How much will these social norms help during the coronavirus crisis?
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How Sweden is fixing the housework gender gap – do Swedish-style tax breaks for cleaners provide a solution or perpetuate gender-role norms?
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Talking to your neighbours is mandatory if you live in this block of flats – it's all part of a plan to help tackle loneliness
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New data from Sweden challenges the idea that parents of autistic children refrain from having more children, a practice known as reproductive stoppage
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Sweden has been criticized by the UN for failings when it comes to the rights of the indigenous Sámi people
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Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state
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Being laid off from a job is never a pleasant experience, but Sweden's 'transition system' promises to do far more than just get you back on your feet
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40,000 festive shoppers to hit Swedish superstore – shoppers travel from afar to Gekås Ullared mega-mall, an institution that has its own reality TV show
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In terms of reading test score points per hour of learning, Finnish students came out on top, followed by kids in Germany and Sweden
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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?
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The state of gender equality across the EU – Sweden had the highest score of any country in 2019
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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
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Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision
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Greta Thunberg has spoken about her Asperger's syndrome diagnosis after she was criticised over the condition
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Swedes typically stop living with their parents earlier than anywhere else in Europe – but can leaving home at a young age have a dark side?
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Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities
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Eskilstuna in Sweden launches controversial £21 begging permit
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Madelaine Gnewski: ‘Sweden's parental leave may be generous but it's tying women to the home’
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Sweden is on track to see a record number of British people applying for Swedish citizenship this year
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'Will I have existed?' The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city
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Sweden Muslim woman who refused handshake at job interview wins case
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