In Sweden, ‘fika’ is making time for coffee, sweets and the people you care about

Discovering what Sweden’s concept of ‘fika’ really is

Swedes tune in for the ‘Great Moose Migration’: 3 weeks of tranquil slow TV

Remembering Margareta Magnusson, the author who introduced us to ‘Swedish death cleaning’

Remembering Margareta Magnusson, author who introduced us to ‘Swedish death cleaning’

Surströmming challenge: How Swedes actually eat the world’s worst-smelling food

Iran selects Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader

How to eat surströmming — the world’s smelliest food — the Swedish way

Moderation: A Swedish tradition

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‘The Swedish Experience’: Tobacco companies want snus to be an alternative to smoking, as young people drive sales

Nicotine pouches are part of a long and loyal ‘snus’ tradition in Sweden

Venezuela digs in as US sends warship to the Caribbean

Sweden considers sending 13 year olds to adult jails in crime crackdown

A potential market for tree planting emerges as developers eye wood instead of concrete

Sweden’s spy church

Sweden’s ‘spy church’

Historic Swedish church being moved 3 miles down the road

Deciphering ancient artifacts with a lost language used by women in Zambia

Cashless Sweden gets cold feet

Swedish painter set the standard for American landscapes

A big hit at this year’s Eurovision is a song about saunas

Swedish fashion giant to use AI versions of real models

Swedes tune in for the ‘Great Moose Migration’: 3 weeks of tranquil slow TV

The movement to preserve quiet spaces in cities

The Swedish concept of ‘Lagom’

Sweden’s worst mass shooting follows recent wave of gun violence

In Sweden, some people opt for a ‘dry December’

Sweden drops plans for 13 wind farms, citing security concerns

Sweden to drop shopping bag tax

Small Swedish town fights to preserve dying language

Swedish soccer coach dies at 76

Swedish police will go to Denmark to help prevent violent crime

Getting mpox vaccines to infected people across Africa

The race to get mpox vaccines to people across Africa who need them most

Two sisters shake up Morocco’s male-only trance music scene

A volcanic eruption in Iceland prompts evacuations

Iconic Philadelphia skate park relocates to Sweden

Wealth gap grows in ‘progressive’ Sweden

Tight security around Eurovision as event tries to stay apolitical

AstraZeneca says its ending COVID vaccine sales

Copenhagen fire destroys old stock exchange building

The ‘Say Hi’ campaign in Sweden is helping to combat loneliness

The changing landscape for Sweden’s successful music industry

Gang shootings in Sweden are on the rise. But local communities and former gang members are fighting back.

Founding fatherhood: Part I

Should you feed child guests dinner? What #Swedengate tells us about food culture and social expectations.

In historic shift, Sweden will join Finland in requesting NATO membership

Russia’s invasion in Ukraine ‘is far from done,’ retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says

This ‘living lab’ in Sweden experiments with the future of sustainable cities 

Sweden’s first female prime minister quits hours later

José González’s ‘Local Valley’ mixes sounds from West Africa, from the Sahel to Ghanaian highlife

Top Pentagon leaders in the hot seat over Afghanistan withdrawal

Sweden’s gun violence rates have soared. But this Swedish city is bucking that trend.

A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dying forest language

Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’

Russia expels Western diplomats over Navalny rally

2020: The year of the primal scream — and other pandemic remedies 

Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not ‘shift mindsets,’ says Swedish scientist

He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.