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Thank You For the Museum: Permanent ABBA Exhibit Opens in Sweden
ABBA The Museum opened in Stockholm May 7, 2013
Horsemeat Scandal Spreads to Ikea Swedish Meatballs
The Swedish furniture giant is the latest company to be dragged into the European horsemeat scandal that began early this year.
Transgender People in Sweden No Longer Face Forced Sterilization
On Thursday, a Swedish court repealed a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization.
Sweden Issues Arrest Warrant for Garlic-Smuggling Masterminds
Swedish prosecutors have issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of running a multimillion dollar smuggling ring involving Chinese garlic...
Did Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic Just Score the Greatest Goal of All Time?
Zlat's the way you do it.
Will Ferrell Shills for Old Milwaukee — in Sweden
What could be more quintessentially Midwestern than some tasteless, frigid lager in an aluminum can? As much as Will Ferrell’s Old Milwaukee ads baffled the...
Man Who Robbed Drunk Swede Lying on Train Tracks Sentenced for Theft
The security camera footage created a stir in Sweden and went viral across Europe: on Sept. 8, a drunken man at the Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm...
The Allegations Against Assange: Views from Sweden
In a trendy suburb of central Stockholm, young hipsters with thick framed spectacles point to the apartment where Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, allegedly...
@ThisIsVT Bravely Takes Vermont Where Only @Sweden Has Gone Before
Late last year, Sweden turned over its nation’s official Twitter feed to regular Swedish citizens, offering the Internet a glimpse into various slices of Swedish...
Sweden to Colbert: Sorry, You Can’t Run Our Twitter Feed
It was fun while it lasted. “Operation Artificial Swedener” appears to have been unsuccessful, meaning comedian Stephen Colbert won’t be getting his hands on the...
You Can Now Pay For Your Hotel with Art–At Least in Sweden
How’s this for a hotel promotion? Submit an original work of art to the Clarion Hotel Stockholm and stay the night free of charge.Starting this month, art will...
Man in Sweden Says He’s Been AWOL for 28 Years
If you’re going to go AWOL from the U.S. Air Force, there’s no sense in doing things halfway. On Feb. 10, 1984, distraught over a recently ended relationship and...
What the Fuzz? Swedish Tourism Board Tries to Explain @sweden’s Epic Twitter Fail
The Swedish tourism board has just discovered Twitter’s greatest paradox: 140 characters is just long enough to say something stupid, but not nearly long enough...
Eurovision 2012: Sweden’s Loreen Wins In Politically Charged Azerbaijan
On May 26, when Sweden’s Loreen Talhaoui took to the stage at the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, the lights fell and eventually the faux snow...
Sweden Recognizes File Sharing as an Official Religion
Attention all obsessive internet pirates: If SOPA has you worried about your ability to continue to perform your pixelated perfidy, there's one clear and...
Regular Citizens Now in Charge of Sweden's Twitter Account
Oh those crazy, free-wheeling Swedes. It appears the country has decided to allow regular citizens to man its official Twitter feed. That's right, instead of...
Arctic Chill Brings Facebook Data Center to Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Facebook will build a new server farm on the edge of the Arctic Circle - its first outside the U.S. - that will improve performance for...
Global Grades: Sweden May Add Mandarin to Primary School Curriculum
Is Chinese becoming the next English? With a strong backing from the Education Minister Jan Björklund, Sweden is looking into teaching Mandarin in all primary...
WikiLeaks: Judge Rules That Assange Should Be Extradited
A British judge on Thursday ordered that WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face questioning related to charges of sexual abuse...
What if WikiLeaks' Dream of an Open Society Came True?
The torrent of confidential U.S. government documents posted to the WikiLeaks website may have slowed over the Christmas holidays, but diplomats and military...
