Sweden

Swedish People
Learn about the culture and lifestyle of the Swedish people. Also take a look at some famous Swedish personalities. For all the know-how, read on…

Scandinavia Online: Denmark and Sweden
Future travelers to Scandinavia can find several online resources on Denmark and Sweden, which were recently joined by a $3 billion bridge.

How Making the Customers the Criminals Cut Street Prostitution
Sweden's law against buying sex views women involved as victims of male violence

Sweden Hotels: Discount Hotel in Sweden
Sited on the Scandinavian Peninsula in the region of Northern Europe, Sweden is among the most sought after holiday destination. Sweden offers a gamut of attractions and surprises to visitors and tourists.

Sweden Cracks Down on Internet Salary Snoopers
Swedish authorities place restrictions on website allowing users to spy on people's finances.

Sweden Tries to Lose Reputation As Snoopers' Paradise
Personal financial data search site reined in - Users could track friends' pay anonymously

Malmö: one of Sweden's most exciting cities
If you're planning to take a trip to Sweden, make sure you visit Malmo, with all of its most intriguing landmarks - including the Turning Torso and the Municipal Theatre.

Cheque and Mate
When Rajiv Gandhi was India’s Prime Minister, the Indian army placed a massive order for 155 mm field howitzers on arms manufacturer Bofors AB of Sweden. It was widely believed that Bofors had paid massive kickbacks to procure the contract. The name of the middleman associated with the scandal was Ottavio Quattrocchi...

Swedish Pensioner Erik Ramgren's Epic Voyage in Homemade Yacht
Swedish pensioner makes landfall after epic voyage in rickety homemade yacht.

Stockholm, Sweden, is a place of remarkable beauty, extraordinary culture and unparalleled grandeur
Whether you plan to travel to Stockholm for business or pleasure, this gem of a city is guaranteed to provide you with a truly unique experience.

Sweden Challenges Eu Plan to Simplify Divorce
· Bid to thwart couples from shopping for liberal rules · Citizens could face laws of non European courts

Tax Dodge Row Costs Swedish Coalition Second Minister
Sweden's new centre-right government was facing a crisis a month after an historic election victory as a second minister resigned today in a row over tax avoidance.

New Swedish Government Hit By Tax Scandal
Sweden's new centre-right government is facing a crisis a month after its election victory as a second minister quit yesterday in a row over tax avoidance.

Why Stockholm Syndrome Should Terrify New Labour
The defeat of Sweden's Social Democrats underlines how a bored electorate could easily turn to Cameron's Tories. By Polly Toynbee

Swedish Centre-right Alliance Wins Wafer-thin Election Victory
· Narrow defeat for Social Democrats after 12 years · New PM's speech takes inspiration from Blair

Swedish Centre-right Clinches Poll Victory
Sweden’s centre-right secured a narrow victory in yesterday’s general election, ending 12 years of rule by the Social Democrats, who have governed for 65 of the last 74 years.

Swedish Men About the House Leave Portuguese Standing
Europe's southern fringe is still the home of machismo, with Portuguese men being the least likely to do any housework, according to a study released yesterday.

Cartoon Row Claims Swedish Minister's Job
The row about cartoons of the prophet Muhammad has claimed the career of Sweden's foreign minister, who resigned after allegations that she shut down a far-right website for soliciting new caricatures.

Deadly Bird Flu Strain Reaches Sweden
Bird flu hit a ninth European Union country today with the discovery of two dead ducks in Sweden.

Sweden Plans to Be World's First Oil-free Economy
· 15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy · Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power

Europe's Leaders Look North, But Has Sweden Really Got the Best of Both Worlds?
The next EU summit will highlight the Nordic model of steady growth and social protection as a solution to economic slumber.

Sweden's Social Democrats Are at Risk From a Loss of Confidence
The Nordic model mixes welfare and economic success, but Sweden's social democrats are at risk from a loss of confidence.

Sweden's Sceptics Learn to Channel Their Anger
As polling day approaches, we continue our series gauging the mood of ordinary Europeans with a look at a country viewed by many, until recently, as the embodiment of the EU's ideals.

Sweden Approves Gm Potato Crops
Sweden has approved the growing of the first genetically modified potato - not for human consumption but for production of starch for paper. The move is likely to prove controversial in the EU, which has still to ratify the Swedish decision, because waste products from the process will be...

Lindh Killer Receives Life Sentence
The man who confessed to killing Sweden's foreign minister Anna Lindh in a knife attack was today sentenced to life in prison by a court in Stockholm. Mijailo Mijailovic, a 25-year old Swede of Serbian origin, was given the maximum sentence for murder under Swedish law after the court...

Sweden Backtracks on New Eu Workers
Sweden has become the latest EU state to restrict entry for workers from the 10 countries joining the union in May.

Cor Blimey, 'ere's Santa!
When Jeannette Hyde took her four-year-old daughter Hanna to Sweden to see the real Father Christmas, she had visions of a jolly, fat man with a white beard. Instead, she found a Cockney geezer who looked like he'd been on the Atkins diet...

Behind the Mask of Lindh Murder Suspect
A young Serb who was fascinated by knives waits in jail to be charged with the murder of Sweden's Foreign Minister. In this report, we uncover the life of a cold loner who was desperate to find fame by any means.

Realpolitik Lessons From Sweden
The Swedes have exploded some of the myths about monetary union. Progressives in Britain have always doted on Sweden. The generous welfare state, the tax and spend, the international solidarity have been objects of envy. Sweden has been the model of social democracy Britain should aspire to.

Recriminations Erupt Over Sweden's Anti-euro Vote
Goran Persson, the Swedish prime minister, was nursing a political hangover yesterday. The social democratic leader suffered a humiliating defeat in Sunday's referendum, which produced a 56%-42% no to joining the European single currency.

Poll Shows Mourning Swedes Tipping to Euro
An extraordinary outpouring of grief for Anna Lindh has caused traumatised Sweden to swing in favour of the euro setting the stage for a nerve-jangling vote today.

Minister had ignored referendum hate mail
Anna Lindh had been getting hate mail during the euro campaign, it emerged yesterday. The foreign ministry said she had received six letters and emails, some with "harsh language", after she and a business leader co-wrote an opinion piece on why Sweden should vote to adopt the euro in tomorrow's referendum.

Ja or Nej?
Even before the murder of its foreign minister, Sweden's euro vote was being watched more closely than most Scandinavian political events - its outcome could determine when and even whether Britain joins the currency. So why have the famously internationalist Swedes been split by the issue? And which way will they jump now?

Perhaps now Sweden will wake up to the new realities
Anna Lindh represented a link between the political past and future. It could be said of Anna Lindh that she died for Europe. Had she not become such a vivid and ubiquitous champion of that cause in a campaign marked by a violence of language and feeling unusual in Sweden, she would surely not have been a target for an assassin's knife.

Swedish Minister Stabbed
Sweden's foreign minister, a leading figure in the country's landmark pro-euro referendum campaign, was stabbed and seriously injured yesterday in central Stockholm. Campaigning for Sunday's vote was suspended, though police said initially the attack on Anna Lindh did not appear to have a...

Eurosceptics 'meddle in Swedish vote'
British eurosceptics have stepped up their campaign to ensure Sweden rejects the euro in a referendum in two weeks' time, triggering a bitter argument over foreign meddling.

No Camp Edges Ahead As Swedes Struggle to Make Up Minds on Euro
Sweden's decision whether to join the euro lies with voters who have still to make up their minds before next month's referendum, the latest polls showed yesterday. According to one poll, 40% remain undecided; another showed a clear 10-point lead for the no side.

Outside the Zone
With Sweden just weeks away from voting on euro membership, the no camp looks set for a resounding victory. Andrew Osborn explains.

Scientists Transplant Wombs Into Lab Mice
Twelve laboratory mice in Sweden recently gave birth to live pups after scientists surgically transplanted wombs into them from other mice who were genetically identical, then artificially inseminated them with mouse embryos.

Sweden Seeks Signal From Britain
Goran Persson will be watching intently when Gordon Brown explains the results of his five tests for British euro membership today. Sweden's social democratic prime minister is facing the fight of his political life as his country debates whether to adopt the single currency or not. With...

Ian Black: Inside Europe
Excitement over Sweden's announcement of a date with its euro destiny comes just when everyone thought that Ireland's second-time-lucky referendum on the Nice treaty had sated appetites for popular consultation on European questions.

Sweden Sets Date for Euro Referendum
Move puts pressure on Britain to avert isolation on single currency.

Russia's Idled Spies
Sweden expelled yesterday two Russian diplomats for spying on radar and missile guidance technologies for the JAS 39 British-Swedish Gripen fighter jet developed by Telefon AB LM Ericsson, the telecommunications multinational. The Russians threatened to reciprocate. Five current and former employees of the corporate giant are being investigated. Ironically, the first foreign buyer of the aircraft may well be Poland, a former Soviet satellite state and a current European Union candidate.

Sweden Expels Russian Jet 'spies'
Russia was accused by Sweden yesterday of planting a spy network in the international telecommunications giant Ericsson, in an attempt to obtain information about the company's work on fighter jet technology. The Swedish government expelled two Russian embassy staff for spying on the...

Alleged Swedish hijacker freed
A man caught with a loaded gun in his hand luggage as he tried to board a plane to London shortly before the anniversary of the September 11 attacks was freed yesterday by police in Sweden.

Swedish left wins but 'integration' snaps at its heels
Sweden's Social Democrats escaped the European lurch to the right with their third consecutive election victory yesterday, but not without seeing an unexpected surge by the centre-right Liberal party, which wants tough new immigration rules.

Swedish Social Democrat Victory Sets Precedent for Europe
The Swedish prime minister, Goeran Persson, today insisted that a general election victory for his Social Democrats demonstrated the European left was still a powerful electoral force despite recent gains for the right across the continent. Mr Persson, who campaigned on a pledge of...

Swedish government claims victory at polls
Sweden's Social Democrats claimed victory in national elections yesterday after a close race against a centre-right opposition.

Man Charged With Attempted Hijack
A Swedish citizen of Tunisian origin has been charged with planning to hijack a plane after a handgun was found in his luggage as he prepared to board a flight to England. The man was about to board a Ryanair flight from Sweden to Stansted when the weapon was found in his carry-on luggage...

Power of Gotland
From Visby's cobbled streets to the fig trees and butterflies of the botanical garden and the limestones stacks that guard the island's coastline, there are plenty of reasons to swear your allegiance to the Queen of the Baltic, says Sean Dodson.

EC Douses Swedish Hopes
The Swedish government's plans to hold a referendum on joining the euro suffered a public setback yesterday after the European commission announced that the krona was too volatile to be absorbed into the single currency.

Sweden
Swedes are attracting attention at the moment, whether for their private affairs or footballing skills, so here is our guide to the best sites about our Nordic neighbours.