Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered new fears. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to…

For 24-year-old Sira Rehn, a dating app for people with mild intellectual disabilities and autism has opened up the world of online dating and a chance to find love in a safe space.

Sweden's economy shrank by 0.3 percent in 2023 but technically emerged from recession in the last three months of the year, official statistics showed on Monday.

The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States.

At the military barracks in Sweden's southern town of Karlskrona, as in those across the country, every bathroom is equipped with dispensers for tampons and sanitary pads supplied to women conscripts for free. The initiative is aimed at improving gender equality in the military and combating what is often called period poverty, when low-income women…

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. The verdict could have repercussions on the fate of Swedish prisoners in Iran, including EU diplomat Johan Floderus who has been held for more than 600 days.…

Sweden has previously demonstrated that major emission reductions and increased growth are not mutually exclusive. Since 1990, we have reduced our emissions by 37% while growth has increased by 92%. More countries need to make the journey that we have made, write representatives of the Government. UN climate negotiations have begun during COP28. Countries have…

Five people died after a construction elevator crashed to the ground in a Stockholm suburb, Sweden's prosecution service said Tuesday, as it opened an investigation into workplace violations causing involuntary homicide. The accident occurred early Monday at a construction site in the northern Stockholm suburb of Sundbyberg, when the elevator suddenly crashed 20 metres (66…

A total of 36 Nigerian migrants, including children, have been deported from Sweden.

Tesla mechanics in Sweden walked off the job on Friday to protest against the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement, the metalworkers union said.

The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel Literature Prize to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in Europe.

Sweden's right-wing government said Wednesday it planned to abolish a tax on plastic bags as of November 2024, a move heavily criticised by environmental groups. "We're convinced that the Swedish people use plastic bags wisely in their daily lives and that there's no reason they should be extra expensive," Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari told Swedish…