Politics (Sweden)

According to defence experts, Sweden does not have the capacity to offer or receive military assistance in the event of

Swedish fighter jets may soon be patrolling the airspace over Iceland – taking the place of US planes, stationed there

The village of Gagsmark, outside Skellefteå in northern Sweden, is cut off from the world following floods caused by heavy

The Swedish icebreaker Oden has reached the North Pole on a joint Swedish-Danish Arctic research expedition. Swedish researchers on board

War planes from six countries including the US and the UK will participate in military exercises over northern Sweden and

Officials from the US, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Russia, Finland and Denmark will be in Stockholm to talk about the Arctic

According to a new report from the Swedish National Audit Office, Swedish households pay much more in energy and carbon

Sweden has only had the chairmanship of the Arctic Council for six months but already the government’s strategy is being

Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/rs-youthclimate.MP3 The failure of global climate change negotiations, first in Kyoto and more recently in Copenhagen, has led many

Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/rs-kiruna. After years of delays, budget overshoots and political wrangling, the Galileo project – named after the 17th century

Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/rs-kiruna. After years of delays, budget overshoots and political wrangling, the Galileo project – named after the 17th century

The consistency of snow has changed over the last twenty years. Observations at the Abisko Scientific Research Station in northern

Tom Sullivan tours a Swedish-owned icebreaker and interviews the captain. Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/radio-sweden-icebreakers.MP3 With growing international interest in the Arctic’s oil