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The Swedish government has withdrawn a controversial brochure on child marriages only hours after it sparked outrage from members of the public.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

In a world full of anxiety about the potential job-destroying rise of automation, Sweden is well placed to embrace technology while limiting human costs.

Sweden says it is establishing the nations first new military regiment since World War II.

Paulina Neuding, writing in the New York Times: This past Saturday, a Hanukkah party at a synagogue in Goteborg [Gothenburg], Sweden, was abruptly interrupted by Molotov cocktails. They were hurled by a gang of men in masks at the Jews, mostly teenagers,

The Church of Sweden has voted to stop its leaders from referring to God as "He" or "The Lord." The reason? To be more gender-inclusive....

Perhaps weak fashion sales for a well-known retailer could actually be good for the environment. A power plant near Stockholm, Sweden, is using discarded clothing from the H&M chain to power an electrical plant and allow it to replace burning coal. "

Twenty members of the Moderate Party in Sweden have proposed the government deploys the armed forces in some of the country's most dangerous no-go zones to combat "gang violence".