Last weekend I was at a music conference in Denmark, scoping Scandi indie bands and asking everybody’s opinion of Zara Larsson. “You mean the queen?” replied the first Swede ...

About a hundred years ago, a young Skolt Sámi man, Pekka Feodoroff from the siida of Suonikylä in Finland, falls deeply in ...

She’s the bella of Coachella. Sure, the A-list looks of Kylie Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Teyana Taylor rank top tier. But Leah Halton, a stunning wonder from Down Under, is outshining even the shiniest ...

Lagom, allemansrätt, fika or something else entirely – what's the best word in the Swedish language? Photo: Håkan Wike/imagebank.sweden.se Swedes' favourite word is 'lagom', according to a new poll.

STOCKHOLM, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran executed a Swedish citizen on Wednesday, Sweden's ‌foreign minister said, adding that she had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Stockholm to condemn the decision.

The government is not going ahead with a proposed Swedish language requirement for permanent residency, which news website the Local was the first to report on. The suggestion came from an inquiry set ...

The Swedish Connection (now on Netflix) is the nebbish-to-mensch story of Gosta Engzell, a Swedish bureaucrat who facilitated the rescue of 100,000 Jews from the genocidal clutches of Nazis. His ...

When Linda Perry recorded her version of “Beautiful,” the 2002 hit she wrote and gave to Christina Aguilera, she thought she was just revisiting an old song. As she dug into the grooves of that ode to ...

Doctors don’t just examine bodies—they also decode language. And some words and phrases make them lean in, ask more questions, and rethink what might be going on. A clear, detailed conversation with a ...

There is a particular kind of woman whose kindness doesn't need to be announced because it never fails to show up in the smallest things she says. A wife with a truly beautiful soul tends to leave ...

SEATTLE — Providence Swedish, the combined brand of Providence and Swedish Health Services, announced it is cutting about 296 positions. Layoffs will take effect in early 2026, the organization said.