Industry hoping NATO membership will boost freight transport
Industry representatives hope Sweden’s future Nato membership will lead to infrastructure investments boosting freight transport in Norrland. Forestry group SCA
Read more
Sweden
Sweden gives another SEK 1.4 billion in financial aid to Ukraine
Sweden is to give SEK 1.4 billion to Ukraine to help the civilian population through the winter. The money will
Read more
Sweden and the US sign historic defence deal
Sweden and the United States have signed a historic defence cooperation agreement. Under the deal, the US military gain access
Read more
Record number of golden eagle chicks on Gotland: ”The island is full”
Record numbers of golden eagle chicks have hatched on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea this year. The
Read more
Thousands of kilos of explosives missing in Norrbotten
Police investigating if they’ve been delivered to criminals. New details have emerged concerning the seizure of a large quantity of
Read more
Northern lights seen across Sweden over the weekend
There’s a good chance to see the northern lights in Sweden at the moment, even in the south. There’s a
Read more
Drug smugglers exploiting snow and ice in northern Sweden
Criminal gangs are exploiting winter conditions in northern Sweden’s large unguarded border routes to smuggle narcotics into Finland and Norway,
Read more
EU deploys additional border guards to Finland
Finland is closing all but its northernmost crossing with Russia, after the arrival of hundreds of asylum seekers on the
Read more
Abuse and shame the legacies of Sweden’s old assimilation polices: report
Speakers of the Meänkieli language in Sweden were subjected to physical and emotional abuse, and even racial biology examinations. That’s
Read more
Abuse and shame the legacies of Sweden’s old assimilation polices: report
Speakers of the Meänkieli language in Sweden were subjected to physical and emotional abuse, and even racial biology examinations. That’s
Read more
Swedish weather service forecasts left municipalities ill-prepared for major floods
Flood warnings issued by Sweden’s national weather service, SMHI, have been inadequate, according to several municipalities affected by major floods
Read more
Erdogan: Yes to Sweden in NATO, if US sells F-16 fighter jets
Turkey’s President Erdogan says his country will say yes to Sweden’s Nato application if the US keeps its promise to
Read more
Climate adaptation funding cut in budget in Sweden
Financing for climate adaptation to protect society from the worst effects of extreme weather has been reduced by a third
Read more
Hunters concerned there are too few moose in the Swedish forests
The number of European elk, or moose, in the Swedish forest has dropped by a third over the past ten
Read more
Swedish Air Force want to use fighter jets to launch satellites
The Swedish Armed Forces are looking at whether they could use JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets to take satellites into
Read more