Sweden

Serious books are being written about the pop icons. But do we risk letting light in on the magic?

She had nowhere to hide but, as both documentary and book are at pains to point out, just because she wanted to be alone it did not necessarily mean she shunned personal contact

A Finnish comedy trio are among the bookies’ favourites to win the song contest... for Sweden

Eleven people are dead in the latest outbreak of horrifying violence in Sweden. Can the nation hold together?

From catchy pop hits to far right death threats and knife attacks – the shocking story of the Swedish pop group

Sweden’s youth show no sign of cutting down on their tobacco habits

Sweden is now a Nato member and Russia is escalating its threats against the country

The leader of Sweden's far right is mired in scandal after a member of a notorious motorcycle gang attended his wedding

Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish minister for justice, has blamed the emergence of ‘child soldiers’ on years of failed integration policies in Sweden

The late Sven-Göran Eriksson faced scepticism and downright xenophobia from the British press but always remained a true gentleman of football

How Råpunk – raw punk – brought pure rage to Sweden

Multiple generations of Swedes have grown up in prosperity and security, but today they are having to imagine social collapse

The question of whether Israel's Eden Golan should have been allowed to perform plagued this year's competition

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

In 1974, the group won Eurovision.. and changed Sweden

The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward

The Swedish actress’s unhappy Hollywood experience prompted a lifelong questioning of what being herself actually meant

The prime minister’s reaction to recent violence in the country has made it all too clear that the political weather is set to darken

In parts of Sweden and Finland, the practice of changing your surname to make it sound more learned goes back to the 1600s

During the second world war, the nobleman negotiated the release of tens of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps

The hostage crisis that gave rise to the idea of a strong bond between captive and captor took place 50 years ago this week. But does the condition really exist?

The current situation is not a bug of the Swedish legal system, it's a feature

Few directors have mined their internal anguish and lived experience as deeply as Bergman

The Turkish president has finally seen sense and removed his veto over Swedish membership. But he wants something in return

Painstakingly plotted, the Swedish author’s bestselling debut Collected Works weighs in at 733 pages – over a quarter of a million words

Is the drug that fuelled sixties counterculture due for a comeback?

How Sweden’s Eurovision loser became perhaps Europe’s greatest-ever jazz singer

A gripping work of literary fiction – soon to be a Netflix series – sheds light on the Sámi’s plight

An award for Swedish power metallers Sabaton quickly turned sour when a concert in Crimea emerged

The Cardigans' Nina Persson on Sweden, Britpop and getting back on the road

The Swedish star surely claims the crown as the most uninhibited woman in pop