There are calls for Sweden’s culture minister to step down after she took part in cutting a cake shaped like a naked black woman.  Continue Reading

National High Performance Computing (HPC) organisations of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have pooled resources and powered up an innovative joint supercomputer in Iceland. Continue Reading

Toilet paper could be wiped off the shelves in Sweden after a labour union threatened to block deliveries from factories in solidarity with workers who are campaigning for higher pay. Continue Reading

A new Swedish toy catalogue is enjoying free publicity after challenging traditional gender roles in its pages. Continue Reading

A boy from Sweden has lived to tell the story of a dramatic washing machine incident. The adventurous seven year-old was trapped in the appliance for several hours at the weekend after his attempt to explore its insides took a turn for the worst. Continue Reading

Recent figures have shown that Swedes are increasingly opting for city life. According to a recent report released by the Sydsvenskan newspaper, the country’s most densely populated urban areas grew by a rate of 17.3 percent in 2011, faster than any other country in Europe by a wide margin. Continue Reading

Sweden is the most generous nation in terms of developmental aid donations, the OECD said last week. Continue Reading

A convicted Cold War spy from Sweden who has always protested his innocence has died at the age of 79. Continue Reading

A Swedish judge has been reprimanded for the second time for writing in a ruling that it was "quite understandable" that a man “doled out a slap” to his wife when she refused to disclose where she had been. Continue Reading

Sweden’s defence minister Sten Tolgfors has resigned amid ongoing revelations about the country’s secret arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading