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Swedish News: Swedish town Umeå proposes gender tax. Norwegian bosses love Swedes. Congratulations Emmy and Jasmine! READ MORE »

H&M celebrated for 'normal' model
The American model thought to have a 'normal human body', is size 12 (42 in Europe). READ MORE »

Swedish royals visit New York T.R.H. Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden together with Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill READ MORE »

Sweden right now offers three seasons at once ..wonderful of course if you're in the right part of the country. READ MORE »

Sweden's largest lake
..the largest in the European Union and still only about a tenth of the U.S. equivalent largest body of water. READ MORE »

Fewer get married in Swedish Church The number of Swedish children and youths who get baptized and confirmed in the... READ MORE »

65,000 identities stolen in Sweden in 2012 Last year 65,000 Swedes got their identities stolen. Altogether they were robbed of 2.7... READ MORE »

Generous Stockholmers According to Svenska Dagbladet, fresh statistics from Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency) shows that... READ MORE »

Center Youth for marijuana According to Sveriges Radio, Centerpartiets ungdomsforbund CUF (the Center Party Youth) voted to support... READ MORE »

Piraten Award to Claes Eriksson The Piratenpriset (the Piraten Award) is annually awarded by the Fritiof Nilsson Piraten Sallskapet... READ MORE »

Why do you get sick on your vacation? To stress or not to stress, that is the question.. Swedish scientists may have the answer. READ MORE »

Happy Mother's Day!
'Mors Dag' on May 26 and Mother's Day May 12 makes it fitting for us to take a closer look at mothers in the world. Sweden comes in second on the list, with Finland first, followed by Norway in third place. READ MORE »

First Swedish emigrant farmer Peter Cassel: Another early emigrant from Sweden, arguably the first farmer and leader of the first group of emigrants from the country. READ MORE »

Djurgården hits rock bottom; AIK scores emotional win Djurgården remained winless on the season with just one goal in seven games after a 5-1 beat down at the hands of Atvidaberg. READ MORE »

Artemis team member killed in capsize Our thoughts are with the family and near of Andrew Simpson, a two-time Olympic... READ MORE »

Stressing over looks The greatest sources of stress among young Swedish women are their weight and their... READ MORE »

More children in Sweden start early
.. at preschool and much of the recent increase to nearly half of the country's one year olds due to new rules. READ MORE »


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