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Sweden

Åsa Koski started the Säg hej! campaign in Sweden to get people to interact more with each other to combat widespread loneliness.
Lifestyle
The ‘Say Hi’ campaign in Sweden is helping to combat loneliness
Nea on the beach
Music
The changing landscape for Sweden’s successful music industry
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson talks during the parliamentary debate on the Swedish application for NATO membership, in Stockholm, Monday, May 16, 2022. 
Global Politics
In historic shift, Sweden will join Finland in requesting NATO membership
Sweden's Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson gestures, after being elected to party chairman of the Social Democratic Party at the party’s congress in Gothenburg, Sweden
Politics
Sweden’s first female prime minister quits hours later
A red and white sign that says "Welcome to Älvdalen" in the language Elfdalian
Language
A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dying forest language
A sign reminding customers about social distancing is placed at the entrance to a grocery store in central Stockholm.
COVID-19
Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not ‘shift mindsets,’ says Swedish scientist
A woman wearing a face mask is seen in a bus stop next to an information sign asking people to keep social distance due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Stockholm, Sweden, June 26, 2020.
COVID-19
Sweden and Denmark have taken two very different approaches to COVID-19. What’s working?
the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wears a bright red suit jacket
Women & Gender
RBG’s early days in Sweden shaped her fight for women’s equality
A man holds a palmful of pellets
COVID-19
Swedish town uses chicken manure to disperse crowds — and stop spread of coronavirus
Travelers with roller bags walk and look at departure screens
Environment
‘Flight shame’ in Sweden prompts rail-only travel movement
voting booth in sweden
Global Politics
Anti-immigration party set for election gains as Sweden swings right
Arts, Culture & Media
Stockholm Syndrome
Arts, Culture & Media
Theresa Andersson
Arts, Culture & Media
More for New Orleans to Celebrate
Arts, Culture & Media
A Song a Week From Jens Lekman, With Love
Stockholm's old town, the island of Gamla Stan.
Economics
Bernie Sanders wants us to be more equitable like Sweden. Could it work?
Aina from Sri Lanka looks through a window of a playhouse while she and her fellow preschoolers wait for the start of the Saint Lucia pageant.
Culture
Hundreds of miles from danger, these families still aren’t safe
Eight nations share the territory of the Arctic, which is experiencing the fastest changes of any part of the earth as global temperatures rise. The United States will emphasize addressing the causes and impacts of climate change in the region when it tak
Environment
As new leader of the Arctic Council, the US will focus on the region’s Big Thaw
The beer label for the first ever beer brewed by the social beer drinking group for Swedish women, Fem Ale. It's a hopped pale ale with the name, "We Can Do It."
Food
The ladies-only beer club of Sweden launches their first pale ale
Arts, Culture & Media
Sweden and Switzerland work to distinguish themselves in China
Nobel Prize
Arts, Culture & Media
Congratulations, you’ve won a Nobel Prize
Environment
Swedish preservationists document likely cause of sinking of ancient sailing ship
Arts, Culture & Media
Sampling Sweden’s Traditional Surströmming
ship_stern
Arts, Culture & Media
New Clues Emerge in Centuries-Old Swedish Shipwreck
Global Politics
Tweeting for Sweden: Trucks, Coffee, Breasts and Cats
Arts, Culture & Media
Tomas Tranströmer wins Nobel Prize for literature
Yes Trespassing
Sports
Swedish media reacts to Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
Global Politics
We’re all Swedes now: Bo Lundgren heads to the Hill
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Love of Labor (and Ikea)
Arts, Culture & Media
Sweden’s second city
Global Politics
Swedish far-right wins seats in parliament
Arts, Culture & Media
Getting Americans to read Swedish literature