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Sweden and Finland to further strengthen security cooperation

Sweden and Finland will further strengthen their security cooperation in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the prime ministers of both countries said on Saturday, but they were non-committal on…

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Majority of Swedes in favour of joining NATO -poll

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) - A majority of Swedes are in favour of joining NATO, a poll showed , with Russia's invasion of Ukraine spurring a rapid shift in attitudes in a country long…

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UPDATED: IKEA temporarily closes stores in Russia, warns of higher prices

STOCKHOLM, March 3 (Reuters) - IKEA, the world's biggest furniture brand, is closing its stores in Russia and pausing all sourcing in the country and ally Belarus, joining the wave of Western…

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UPDATED: Four Russian fighter jets briefly enter Swedish territory

Four Russian fighter jets briefly entered Swedish territory over the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, the Swedish Armed Forces said, sparking a swift condemnation from Sweden's defence minister. Two Russian SU27…

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Commission finds Sweden should have clamped down harder as COVID hit

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden should have adopted tougher early measures and the government assumed clearer leadership as COVID-19 hit, though the mostly voluntary no-lockdown strategy was broadly correct, a commission…

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Sweden recommends fourth COVID-19 jab for the elderly

STOCKHOLM, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sweden's Health Agency recommended on Monday that people aged 80 or above should receive a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine, the fourth jab in…

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Sweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted

Sweden has halted wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of an infection, putting an end to the mobile city-square tent sites, drive-in swab centers and home-delivered tests…

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Sweden to lift pandemic restrictions next week

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden will lift pandemic restrictions next week despite record levels of infections as it banks on booster shots and high rates of past COVID-19 infections…

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Sweden to cut taxes on petrol, diesel as prices soar

STOCKHOLM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Thursday it had asked parliament to approve plans to cut taxes on petrol and diesel amid a surge in energy prices…

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Sweden extends pandemic curbs by two weeks amid record Omicron spread

STOCKHOLM, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Sweden will extend its current pandemic measures by another two weeks, the minister for health said on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant is spreading at…

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Sweden scraps demand for negative COVID test to enter country

Travelers to Sweden will no longer be required to show a negative COVID test before entering the country, the government said on Tuesday. Sweden introduced rules for a recent negative COVID test on Dec. 28 last year…

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Swedish police hunt for drone seen flying over Forsmark nuclear plant

STOCKHOLM, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Police in Sweden deployed patrols and helicopters to the Forsmark nuclear plant to hunt for a large drone seen flying over the site late on…

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Swedish headline inflation highest since 1993 in headache for Riksbank

STOCKHOLM, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Headline inflation in Sweden hit its highest level in nearly 30 years in December, data published on Friday showed, heating up a debate over whether…

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UPDATED: Swedish PM Andersson tests positive-19 as country sets new record of COVID cases

STOCKHOLM, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesperson told news agency TT, as a growing wave of infections swept…

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Sweden boosts patrols on Gotland amid NATO-Russia tensions

STOCKHOLM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's military said on Thursday it was ramping up its visible activities on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland due to increased tensions between NATO…

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Sweden cuts recommended gap between second and third COVID shot

Sweden will cut the recommended time interval between the second and third COVID vaccine shot to five months from six, the health agency said. The decision will affect people between…

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Sweden to support households hit by high electricity prices

STOCKHOLM, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Sweden will compensate those households which have been worst hit by a surge in electricity prices, Finance Minister Mikael Damberg said on Wednesday, with the…

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Sweden takes more COVID measures as Omicron squeezes healthcare

STOCKHOLM, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Sweden will introduce more measures to stem the rising number of COVID cases and an increased pressure on the healthcare system, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson…

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Swedish crown princess contracts COVID-19 amid surging infections

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the Royal Court said, adding that the heir to the throne was fully vaccinated. Earlier this…

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Sweden sets new daily COVID record, but severe cases contained

Daily coronavirus cases in Sweden soared to a record high, with the easily transmissible Omicron variant dominating, though numbers in intensive care remain well below previous pandemic peaks, the country's…

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UPDATED: Sweden sets new daily record for COVID-19 cases, king and queen sick with COVID-19

STOCKHOLM, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Sweden set a new daily record for COVID-19 cases, registering 17,320 cases on Jan. 4, health agency data showed on Wednesday. The daily infection figures…

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Swedish manufacturing PMI dips in December – Silf/Swedbank

STOCKHOLM, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Activity in Sweden's manufacturing sector inched lower in December with the purchasing managers index slipping to 62.1 points from a downwardly revised 63.1 points in…

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IKEA to increase prices by average of 9% due to increased supply chain costs

STOCKHOLM, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The world's biggest furniture brand IKEA is raising prices by an average of 9% as it faces increasing costs in transport and raw materials, the…

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Danish ship involved in collision off Sweden has started to sink and leak oil

A Danish ship involved in a collision off the Swedish coast that left one crew member dead and another missing has started to take on water and may soon sink,…

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Sweden to extend vaccine pass rules to Nordic travellers

STOCKHOLM, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Sweden will require visitors from other Nordic nations to have a vaccine pass to cross the border as it gradually tightens restrictions amid rising cases…

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Crew member found dead after Danish, British boats collide in Baltic

One of two Danish crew members missing from a capsized barge has been found dead in the hull after an overnight collision on Monday with a British cargo vessel in…

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UPDATED: Two crew missing after Danish and British boats collide in icy Baltic

STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Two Danish crew members of a capsized barge were missing in the freezing Baltic Sea on Monday after an overnight collision with a British vessel…

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Sweden to reintroduce many COVID-19 measures as cases rise

Sweden will reintroduce a raft of measures to curb rising COVID-19 infections, urging renewed social distancing and the use of masks in public transportation, the government said. "We see an…

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Sweden expands traveler COVID-19 testing over Omicron worries

The Swedish health agency recommended that all travellers above the age of 6 entering Sweden from outside the Nordic region take a COVID-19 test within seven days due to the…

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New Swedish PM resigns on first day in job, hopes for swift return

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's first female prime minister, Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, resigned on Wednesday after less than 12 hours in the top job after the Green Party quit their two-party…

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Sweden says it will extend COVID-19 boosters to all adults

STOCKHOLM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Sweden will begin gradually rolling out COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adult Swedes following the surge in cases elsewhere in Europe, government and health…

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UPDATED: Sweden picks first female PM, crisis over budget vote looms

STOCKHOLM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson became Sweden's first female prime minister on Wednesday, and immediately faced a crisis over a budget vote that her government…

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Swedish parliament to vote on Social Democrat leader Andersson as new PM on Wednesday

STOCKHOLM, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament will vote on Wednesday on approving Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister, the Riksdag speaker said on Monday, amid lingering uncertainty…

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Sweden to introduce COVID vaccine passes for indoors events

The Swedish government plans to introduce a requirement for COVID-19 vaccine passes at indoor events where more than 100 people attend, a step recommended by health officials warning of a…

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Sweden again charts novel COVID path with no-test stance for the vaccinated

Sweden has seen a sharp decline in COVID-19 testing this month, just as much of Europe contends with surging infection rates, after its health agency said vaccinated Swedes no longer…

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UPDATED – Swedish PM resigns, finance minister likely successor

Swedish centre-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven formally resigned on Wednesday, opening the way for Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson to become the country's first woman premier if she can win parliament's…

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Swedish police arrest man suspected of plotting “devastation”

Swedish security police have detained a man suspected of plotting "devastation endangering the public" in a case linked to violent right-wing extremism. The man, who had previously been arrested in…

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ABBA release Voyage – their first body of work in nearly 40 years

ABBA have released a new studio album after a nearly-40-year hiatus. The eagerly-anticipated comeback album, Voyage, was released on Friday. The Swedish band, whose members are now all in their…

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Sweden moves closer to getting first woman prime minister

Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson moved a step closer to becoming Sweden's first woman prime minister when the ruling Social Democrat party elected her as its leader in place of Stefan…

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Tenants’ sales at IKEA’s shopping malls grow 16%

STOCKHOLM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - IKEA's shopping malls business, one of the world's biggest, said on Monday its tenants' sales were up 16% at constant exchange rates in the 12…

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Sweden acted too slowly as pandemic swept country, commission finds

Sweden's response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the country's response to COVID-19 said on Friday. Sweden's…

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Photo Story: Joint Swedish-Finnish Naval Exercise SWENEX-21

The military exercise SWENEX at the Marine regiment in Berga, Sweden. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited to witness along with Finland and Sweden's defence ministers the joint Swedish and…

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Output, delivery disruptions raising costs and prices – Swedish central bank survey shows

STOCKHOLM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Sweden's economy is strong, but bottlenecks and supply problems are having a major impact on businesses, leading to increased costs and prices, the central bank…

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Swedish rapper Einar shot dead, stoking outrage over gang violence

Einar, one of Sweden's most popular rappers, was shot dead in Stockholm late on Thursday, heightening outrage over gang-related violence that has afflicted the Nordic country in recent years. Einar,…

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Swedish watchdog says to investigate crypto trading firms

STOCKHOLM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) said it would investigate how firms which trade crypto-currencies implement regulations aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of…

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Sweden extends pause of Moderna COVID vaccine for younger age groups

STOCKHOLM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Sweden has extended the pause of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 30 and younger due to rare heart-related side-effects, the public health agency said…

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Swedish FSA orders Danske Bank to speed up anti-money-laundering fixes

Sweden's financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had identified deficiencies in Danske Bank's anti money-laundering routines and told the bank to have them fixed by June next year. The Financial…

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Sweden’s Handelsbanken to exit Denmark and Finland

Sweden's Handelsbanken said it would exit Denmark and Finland, as it saw little chance to grow without making major investments in those markets. Handelsbanken, one of Sweden's oldest banks and…

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Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. Gurnah, whose novels include "Paradise" and "Desertion", writes in English and lives in…

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Sweden, Denmark pause Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for younger age groups

STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Sweden and Denmark said on Wednesday they are pausing the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for younger age groups after reports of possible rare side…

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List, MacMillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a "new and ingenious tool for molecule building". "Organic catalysts…

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UPDATED: Julius and Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine

American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch that could pave the way for new pain-killers,…

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Lars Vilks, Muhammad cartoonist killed in traffic collision

A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body has died in a traffic accident, according to Swedish media reports. Lars Vilks was reportedly travelling in…

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Nobel Medicine Prize for COVID-19 vaccine? It may be too soon

Scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines could be in the running to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine even though the pandemic is far from over. Some scientists say it is just…

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Nobel Peace Prize: Is this Greta Thunberg’s year?

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced just three weeks before world leaders gather for a climate summit that scientists say could determine the future of the planet, one reason…

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Tsikhanouskaya, Thunberg or reporters among favorites for Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize could go to exiled Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, climate activist Greta Thunberg, or a media watchdog such as Reporters without Borders (RSF), Norwegian experts on…

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Sweden removes most COVID-19 restrictions

With most adults vaccinated, Sweden is removing almost all pandemic restrictions Wednesday despite rising case numbers. The country has been an outlier in aspects of its handling of the disease,…

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