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Swedish authorities discovered and safely detonated a bomb early Monday morning that was discovered in a central park in Stockholm.

A member of Sweden’s populist Sweden Democrats (SD) was branded racist this week after a tweet joking that a subway train decorated in SD colours was a “repatriation train” taking migrants to Kabul.

Swedish electricity prices have increased 400 per cent since last year as costs for other goods such as food and alcoholic beverages continue to rise as well.

Four migrants escaped a Swedish detention facility over the weekend after using a tool to tunnel a hole through the facility’s wall.

A “child” migrant accused of raping and trying to murder a nine-year-old girl in Sweden has been revealed to be at least 15 rather than his recorded age of 13 – old enough to face criminal prosecution.

The centre-right Moderates proposed violent migrants should be deported, as long as the victims identify as members of the LGBT community.

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has stated she supports a proposal to reduce segregation by banning migrant-majority areas.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote in an op-ed for the National Interest that admitting Sweden and Finland into NATO would make America less safe by increasing its military commitments when the nation needs to realign its strategic posture towards China.

Sweden’s leftist government has proposed lowering the age limit for people legally changing gender from 18 to 16 as part of a new gender recognition law.

Socialist Ashkan Ekman Ekhtiari will keep his seat on his city council despite being sentenced to life in prison.

A Swedish analyst warned that Russian shutting-off gas to Europe could see prices soar and even collapse electrical grids. 

Three men in the Swedish city of Linköping have been sentenced to prison over their involvement in riots triggered by anti-Islam activists burning the Qur’an. More burnings are now planned. 

Swedish writer Jonas Gardell has demanded mosques welcome members of the LGBT community and re-examine attitudes following the Oslo shooting.

The fatal stabbing of a woman at a “Politician Week” has been made a terror investigation amid reports the suspect has neo-Nazi ties. 

Half of the police officers who attended the Muslim Easter riots in the city of Örebro say they have experienced mental health problems following the violence that saw several officers attacked and injured.

A man was arrested by police in Sweden after allegedly making “Nazi gestures” in the middle of an LGBT Pride Parade. 

Sweden’s Justice Minister accused Donald Trump of threatening a trade war back in 2019 unless the country released rapper A$AP Rocky.

Four Swedish political parties have announced their support for a change to the country’s constitution that would guarantee women the right to have abortions. The Liberals, Centre Party, Greens, and the centre-right Moderates have all come out in support of

A Swedish lawyer has been convicted by a court in Halmstad for tampering with evidence by planting a deactivated firearm to help get his client acquitted in a shooting case.

Sweden plans to send additional military support to Ukraine, including anti-tank weapons, support weapons and demining equipment.

Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland’s application to join NATO, triggered by the war in Ukraine.

Two of the four people convicted by a Swedish court in connection to Easter’s Qur’an burning riots will be deported.

Swedish action film star Dolph Lundgren has decried the number of rapes in his home country, claiming Sweden cannot protect women.

So-called “home abortions” are on the rise in Sweden despite overall abortion numbers declining as more and more Swedish women have their abortions performed at their own homes, rather than a clinic. In 2021, Sweden saw around 33,700 abortions performed

Concerns have grown in Sweden about children sent abroad and placed into forced marriages over the school summer holidays.

A 22-year-old with prior convictions for a bombing has been arrested in Sweden’s multicultural Malmo over the killing of a 20-year-old.

Swedish police warn the city may face rising shootings over a power vacuum among gangs after they arrested so many prominent criminals.

At least two people were wounded – one with life-threatening injuries – in a stabbing attack in a shopping mall west of the Swedish capital.

Police officers claimed they feared for their lives from the violent mob who rioted after the burning of the Qur’an by anti-Islam activists. 

U.S. Marines have conducted air drops and amphibious landings on Gotland as part of a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea.

The grave of 11-year-old Ebba, who was murdered in the 2017 Stockholm attack, has been desecrated at least a hundred times, her father said.

Sweden’s Justice Minister survived a confidence vote by one vote from a Kurdish MP, a deal that could see Turkey veto their NATO application.

Swedish police have expressed concern that weapons being used in Ukraine may make their way to Sweden once the conflict ends.

Stoltenberg said he had a “constructive phone call” with Erdogan, calling Turkey a “valued ally” despite its hostile actions against Greece and ongoing occupation of much of Cyprus.

The populist Sweden Democrats (SD) have called for the repatriation of Syrians, Afghans, and Somalis, noting their rate of unemployment and high numbers who have not integrated.

The Swedish Parliament has voted to ban any new extraction of oil, natural gas or coal as some right-wing parties have slammed the move as impairing Sweden’s ability to have a secure supply of energy. Sweden’s Parliament, the Riksdag, has