Sweden

Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish minister for justice, has blamed the emergence of ‘child soldiers’ on years of failed integration policies in Sweden

The late Sven-Göran Eriksson faced scepticism and downright xenophobia from the British press but always remained a true gentleman of football

How Råpunk – raw punk – brought pure rage to Sweden

Multiple generations of Swedes have grown up in prosperity and security, but today they are having to imagine social collapse

The question of whether Israel's Eden Golan should have been allowed to perform plagued this year's competition

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

In 1974, the group won Eurovision.. and changed Sweden

The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward

The Swedish actress’s unhappy Hollywood experience prompted a lifelong questioning of what being herself actually meant

The prime minister’s reaction to recent violence in the country has made it all too clear that the political weather is set to darken

In parts of Sweden and Finland, the practice of changing your surname to make it sound more learned goes back to the 1600s

During the second world war, the nobleman negotiated the release of tens of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps

The hostage crisis that gave rise to the idea of a strong bond between captive and captor took place 50 years ago this week. But does the condition really exist?

The current situation is not a bug of the Swedish legal system, it's a feature

Few directors have mined their internal anguish and lived experience as deeply as Bergman

The Turkish president has finally seen sense and removed his veto over Swedish membership. But he wants something in return

Painstakingly plotted, the Swedish author’s bestselling debut Collected Works weighs in at 733 pages – over a quarter of a million words

Is the drug that fuelled sixties counterculture due for a comeback?

How Sweden’s Eurovision loser became perhaps Europe’s greatest-ever jazz singer

A gripping work of literary fiction – soon to be a Netflix series – sheds light on the Sámi’s plight

An award for Swedish power metallers Sabaton quickly turned sour when a concert in Crimea emerged

The Cardigans' Nina Persson on Sweden, Britpop and getting back on the road

The Swedish star surely claims the crown as the most uninhibited woman in pop

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

If Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg is a Viking, he’s one who is fully paid up to modern Scandi liberal values

The fictionalised story of a real Swedish football prodigy’s struggles tells ugly truths about the beautiful game

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

As the Scandinavian countries prepare to apply for membership, with Moldova and Georgia waiting in the wings, how will Russia react - and what hope is there for Ukraine?

What appears to be the inevitable tragedy of Inger Stevens began long before she arrived in Hollywood and long before she left Sweden for the US