September... end of the summer; fall season kickoff. 'Glad arbetsdag' - Happy Labor Day weekend to all! READ MORE »

Eliasson demands Reinfeldt to attend UN-meeting The former Swedish Foreign Minister and former President of the UN General Assembly, Jan... READ MORE »

Ikea´s Russian plans delayed Ikea’s plan to build several new stores in Russia has been postponed after conflicts... READ MORE »

Bloody Skarsgård Literally. Alexander Skarsgård, aka Skarsgård junior, poses naked on the cover of the latest... READ MORE »

Pancake cake Tricky to translate but oh-so-good for dessert! The pannkakstårta, with layers of thin Swedish... READ MORE »

Your personal Swedish bomber
An orphaned supersonic warrior of Sweden's air defense against the USSR is sitting for sale in California. READ MORE »

Welcome to the Scandinavian School in New Jersey!
On a calm and attractive little street in Jersey City there’s a corner building with huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and on one sunny, sleepy Sunday, I peeked in through those windows and what I saw made my heart melt: Cubbies in yellow and blue, standing easels and rows and rows of Swedish books. It’s the new Scandinavian School in Jersey City. READ MORE »

Record breaking rug.
It's a couple of days old now but so far, the record is holding up... At almost 800 feet, the Guiness first class record rag rug was rolled out on a busy Stockholm sidewalk the other day. READ MORE »

Exhibit in Chicago captures Swedish landscape.
'Nordic Light' - a collection of 50 paintings and watercolors by Swedish artist Johan Thunberg, opens Friday, Sept. 3, at the Swedish American Museum. READ MORE »

Allemansrätten - 'Everyman’s right'
There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona... READ MORE »

'Kräftskivan' - An Ode to the Crayfish (Slurp!)
Foreign tourists visiting in August say that crayfish parties are the closest a Swede gets to really letting loose. Nowhere is the crayfish so ardently worshipped as in Sweden and August and September offer opportunities to sample the delicacy in the US. READ MORE »

Swedish lipstick – Iranian women’s 'weapon'
In Iran lipstick is more than just lipstick. It’s a political message, a weapon in the opposition against the mullahs. READ MORE »

Swedish News Record number of tourists in Stockholm. Film director Jan Halldoff dies. Annika – the woman who guides the image of Sweden. Victoria – hottest among princesses. READ MORE »

Liza - New York Times bestseller Swedish author Liza Marklund tops New York Times list of best sellers, and in... READ MORE »

Unemployment declining An increasing number of Swedes are employed, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.... READ MORE »

Unveiled woman got more job offers Swedish Radio’s P3 Nyheter (News) let two women, “Evin Ziadi” and “Emma Svensson”, apply... READ MORE »

Red-green opposition: Free dental care until age 24 The red-green opposition proposes free dental care for young people up till age 24,... READ MORE »

Ground piercing radar unveils Stockholm's 1897 expo.
Stockholm archeologists and amateurs are looking for remains of the 1897 expo that thrilled crowds back then with a replica of the original town and futuristic things like movies and x-rays. READ MORE »

N.Y. Times on post-Stieg Larsson writers.. The New York Times has zeroed in on Swedish Noir, post-Stieg Larsson. Although Swedish... READ MORE »

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