Chicago Eurovision 2013: A Viewing Party People of all ages gather to watch the Eurovision Song Contest in a local bar downtown Chicago. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

May 22 in Swedish History ..well, at least in the history of Scania or Skåne, the southernmost region in Sweden. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

H&M celebrated for 'normal' model
The American model thought to have a 'normal human body', is size 12 (42 in Europe). READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Swedish royals visit New York T.R.H. Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden together with Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Swedish News: Swedish town Umeå proposes gender tax. Norwegian bosses love Swedes. Congratulations Emmy and Jasmine! READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Sweden's largest lake
..the largest in the European Union and still only about a tenth of the U.S. equivalent largest body of water. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Fewer get married in Swedish Church The number of Swedish children and youths who get baptized and confirmed in the... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

65,000 identities stolen in Sweden in 2012 Last year 65,000 Swedes got their identities stolen. Altogether they were robbed of 2.7... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Generous Stockholmers According to Svenska Dagbladet, fresh statistics from Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency) shows that... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Center Youth for marijuana According to Sveriges Radio, Centerpartiets ungdomsforbund CUF (the Center Party Youth) voted to support... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Piraten Award to Claes Eriksson The Piratenpriset (the Piraten Award) is annually awarded by the Fritiof Nilsson Piraten Sallskapet... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Why do you get sick on your vacation? To stress or not to stress, that is the question.. Swedish scientists may have the answer. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Happy Mother's Day!
'Mors Dag' on May 26 and Mother's Day May 12 makes it fitting for us to take a closer look at mothers in the world. Sweden comes in second on the list, with Finland first, followed by Norway in third place. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

First Swedish emigrant farmer Peter Cassel: Another early emigrant from Sweden, arguably the first farmer and leader of the first group of emigrants from the country. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

May 21 in Swedish-American History Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris after having performed the first-ever solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Artemis team member killed in capsize Our thoughts are with the family and near of Andrew Simpson, a two-time Olympic... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Stressing over looks The greatest sources of stress among young Swedish women are their weight and their... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

More children in Sweden start early
.. at preschool and much of the recent increase to nearly half of the country's one year olds due to new rules. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

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