Society (Sweden)

New Nordic study A huge new study of Nordic diet, physical activity and obesity has found that Swedes have the

Military manoeuvres simulating the response to an attack on Sweden have gotten underway in the community of Boden in the

County wants immediate evacuation The Swedish state mining company LKAB is under fire in northern Sweden for not compensating local

A woman from northern Sweden has beaten the world female ice swimming record by three minutes. During the 1.6 km

This year has seen heavy rain in Sweden. Whole fields in the country’s North have been flooded. In the far

What do tomatoes have to do with the puzzling lights in North Sweden? Lights in the sky have been appearing

It is now hunting season for moose, but hunters out in the woods are, themselves, becoming more likely to get

Plans to build new nuclear power plants in Sweden are under threat, because the electricity system cannot handle more power,

Sweden’s National Food Agency ( Livsmedelsverket) plans to investigate whether people who eat wild game shot by hunters have high

Several Swedish nuclear power stations have serious safety problems and should be taken out of operation, according to a new

The Council of Europe says Sweden needs to do more to combat racism. In a new report, the Strasbourg-based council’s

On Wednesday, Finland’s Northern County Councils Regional Federation recommended new rules for treating infertility in women up to the age

Local airports around Sweden could be facing closure, as a change to the way state subsidies are handed out means

  This is the most dangerous time of the year to be on the roads in Sweden. Every autumn sees

Two mountain hikers have now been rescued after getting stuck on a mountain summit close to Hemavan, a community in