Article claims stone-age Swedes had Siberian ancestors
An article in the science journal Nature published today includes surprising findings about the stone-age people who lived in central
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Sweden: huge insurance bill for Malmö floods
The recent floods in Malmö are estimated to have cost at least SEK 250 million, Swedish Radio News reports. Three
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Gender stereotypes behind high suicide rate
Men account for a majority of the suicides committed in Sweden every year. To help prevention, we need to take
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Fishing ban hits parts of Sweden’s west coast
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management has imposed a three-week fishing ban off parts of the country’s western
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Jönköping, Sweden – famous for its elderly care
Jönköping, population 93,000, in southcentral Sweden, just made CNN’s list of the top ten healthiest cities. The town shares the company
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Swedish Biologists: “Turn forest fire area into nature reserve”
After Sweden’s worst forest fire in modern times, a group of Sweden’s leading biologists and ecologists say something positive could
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Record numbers for Swedish wild salmon
Salmon are surging up Sweden’s rivers in record numbers. In the biggest river, Tornea älv in Norrbotte, over 100,000 salmon
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Lower electricity bills for Swedes
Swedes may receive lower household bills in the future following a government decision to introduce tighter rules for electricity companies.
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Prison for bomb threat on Norwegian plane
On Tuesday, the asylum-seeking man who made a bomb threat against a Norwegian airlines plane this spring, forcing the plane
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Sweden: Climate change speeds up Baltic Sea algal blooms
Algal blooms in the Baltic Sea are starting earlier that before, a new study shows, a result that might be
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WWF Finland concerned about oil leak in Baltic Sea
A decades-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden has begun to leak oil into the Baltic Sea. Finnish environmentalists are
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Swedes recycle in record numbers
More and more cans and bottles are being reused or reclaimed for raw material in Sweden. Last year the average
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Charges after Norwegian plane threat
A man has been charged with sabotage, for a bomb threat that forced a plane to land at Sweden’s Gothenburg
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Is the Baltic Sea facing large algal outbreak?
The Baltic Sea could be hit by a large algal bloom this summer, according to Finnish scientists. Research from the
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Nordea: Finland risks ‘protracted recession’
The banking concern Nordea’s latest economic outlook paints a bleak picture of Finland’s prospects. While the other Nordic countries are
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