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Swedish political parties face weeks of haggling to form a government after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats saying they hold the balance of power.

Swedes went to the polls Sunday with the far right expected to make big gains as voters unhappy about immigration punish one of Europe's few remaining left-wing governments.The global network of Agence France Presse covers 151 countriesIf you have new

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's prime minister denounced the increasingly popular Sweden Democrats party as racist and a threat to the nation's European values on Saturday as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters.

"We will behead you if you do not withdraw from the election by the end of this week."

MORE than 100 cars were set alight in a night of co-ordinated mayhem by hooded youths in cities across Sweden. Acting in what authorities said was "almost a military operation", yobs launched simultaneous attacks on vehicles in locations up to 300

Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him. Amid soaring crime rates , gang violence, complaints about education, and pregnant mothers

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) have called for Sweden to hold a referendum on the country's EU membership after the 2018 Swedish general election. SD party leader Jimmie kesson told newspaper Dagens Industri that the EU is a "large web

Sweden has adopted a law requiring people to get explicit consent before sexual contact.

Authorities backtrack after comments stir controversy.

STOCKHOLM — Sweden may be known for its popular music, IKEA and a generous welfare state. It is also increasingly associated with a rising number of Islamic State recruits, bombings and hand grenade attacks. Shootings have become so common that they don't make top headlines anymore. In a period of

Link to immigration policies still a controversial topic.'

A 35-year-old man in Sweden appealed for donations to the Islamic State (Isis) terror group using statuses posted to his open Facebook account.

The Swedish government has withdrawn a controversial brochure on child marriages only hours after it sparked outrage from members of the public.

"Ideally, I would like to see that we have completely open borders and that no one is deported, we are working in that direction."

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla wins the women's skiathlon to secure the first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018.

January was a particularly violent month in Sweden. A 63-year-old man was killed in Stockholm by a hand grenade lying in the street. A Dutch exchange student was hit by a stray bullet during an execution-style killing at a pizza restaurant in Uppsala. In Gothenburg, a hand grenade was thrown into a

Qaisar Mahmood, a Muslim born in Pakistan, is the head of the Swedish National Heritage Board. He readily admits that he has not read anything about Sweden's cultural heritage. He is using his position to downplay Sweden's cultural heritage and hi

The United States on Saturday expressed deep concern about the case of Hong Kong book publisher Gui Minhai, allegedly snatched by Chinese police while being accompanied by Swedish diplomats.

A Swedish police station was bombed Wednesday evening, only the latest of several attacks against such symbols of the Swedish state in recent years.

Sweden is preparing to issue a public information manual on what to do in the event of war, as debate in the country grows over how to deal with the threat from Russia.