COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after an outbreak of coronavirus on one ship infected at least 5 passengers and 36 crew. Health authorities fear the ship could have infected dozens of towns and villages along Norway’s western coast.
A group of youths attacked a Roman Catholic church in the Swedish town of Ystad, throwing rocks at church-goers during an evening mass.
Not only are couples having fewer children, but there is an increase in the number of people who never have children at all.
People in Nuuk, Greenland, have voted overwhelmingly against removing a statue of missionary Hans Egede which was vandalised by activists in June.
Over 18,000 people who came to Sweden during the height of the 2015 migrant crisis have been granted Swedish citizenship — and by extension EU citizenship — since being initially accepted for asylum status.
Members of the Swedish public have expressed outrage after police in the multicultural city of Malmö granted permission for a Black Lives Matter protest that attracted thousands of demonstrators.
A 45-year-old man in Uppsala is accused of sex offences against 19 women, seven of which he is said to have raped, as well as filming several rapes and producing child pornography.
Several Danish political parties have announced support for opening Denmark’s borders as the Chinese coronavirus outbreak declines in the country — but not to Sweden, where cases and deaths continue to rise.
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki slammed Sweden’s no-lockdown policy on the Chinese coronavirus, labelling the approach “Darwinian”.
A retirement home in the Swedish capital of Stockholm that is currently awaiting renovations will be turned into apartments for newly-arrived migrants.
HELSINKI (AP) – Swedish police say they have identified a body found late last month in a river as that of missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain.
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist believes the country’s more relaxed coronavirus response is showing signs of working, despite Sweden having more COVID-19 fatalities than other Scandinavian countries.
The Danish government has set up a new return office within the Ministry of Immigration and Integration aimed at increasing the number of deportations of migrants without residency permits.
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Crowds swarm Stockholm’s waterfront, with some people sipping cocktails in the sun. In much of the world, this sort of gathering would be frowned upon or even banned. Not in Sweden.
A Swedish infectious medicine professor has predicted the country may be headed towards “tragedy” as Wuhan coronavirus fatalities surge, with elderly homes accounting for a quarter of all deaths.
Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has ruled out taking personal responsibility for a surge in Chinese coronavirus outbreaks in retirement homes across the country.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. People still sit at outdoor cafes in the center of Sweden’s capital. Vendors still sell flowers. Teenagers still chat in groups in parks. Some still greet each other with hugs and handshakes.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Police in southern Finland began Friday to enforce the new regulation aimed at ceasing all unnecessary human traffic to and from Uusimaa, the region that includes the Nordic nation’s capital, Helsinki.
In a series of leaked emails, Swedish experts slammed the Public Health Authority and state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell for his and the government’s initial approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Woke” Scandinavian airline SAS may not survive without help, according to one analyst as coronavirus fears have led to its stock price crumbling this week.
Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats saw their worst-ever polling result in a new poll by Ipsos this week, as they remain behind the populist Sweden Democrats.
Figures from Statistics Norway show that migrants are vastly overrepresented in crimes, especially younger migrants involved in violent crime and abuse in Oslo.
The Scandinavian airline SAS has scrapped a recent advertisement that claimed there is nothing uniquely Scandinavian after a massive backlash on social media. The airline announced the scrapping of the video, which was initially posted to social media platform YouTube,
A Swedish professor has called on people to adopt more “climate-friendly” animals such as goats or rabbits as pets, rather than cats, in order to fight climate change. Sigrid Agenäs, professor at the Department of Animal Feeding and Care at
Swedish Left Party MP Daniel Riazat has called on Swedes to purposely hide illegal migrants and bogus asylum seekers set for deportation from police in a social media post this week.
A radical Islamic extremist who plotted to massacre the staff of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2010 has been released by Swedish authorities, despite plotting more attacks while in prison.
The Swedish government has said it wants to greatly expand the number of police across the country but a recent report has suggested hundreds of recruitment places remain unfilled.
According to University of Lund researcher Davor Vuleta, young migrant-background men are heavily overrepresented among those who owe money to Sweden’s government debt collection agency.
A report has claimed that employees of the Swedish Crime Prevention Council (Brå) have been pressured by management to manipulate and obfuscate findings for political purposes.
Leaked documents from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs show that the government has planned to fly Islamic State extremists and their children back to Finland.
