Sweden

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

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

If Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg is a Viking, he’s one who is fully paid up to modern Scandi liberal values

The fictionalised story of a real Swedish football prodigy’s struggles tells ugly truths about the beautiful game

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

As the Scandinavian countries prepare to apply for membership, with Moldova and Georgia waiting in the wings, how will Russia react - and what hope is there for Ukraine?

What appears to be the inevitable tragedy of Inger Stevens began long before she arrived in Hollywood and long before she left Sweden for the US

A new museum dedicated to the Swedish dance star has more in common with its earnest predecessors than at first seems the case

It was submerged in 1922 as part of a plan to build a new reservoir. Now, after a historic drought, it returns

The ‘Corvid Cleaning’ trial in Södertälje will determine whether the project will be rolled out across the rest of the nation

Would hopefuls like Liz Truss and Valérie Pécresse deliver a calmer, fresher politics in the spirit of Ardern and Merkel, or just a retread of muscular Iron Ladyism?

Umberto Bombana secured the product known locally as Truffle of the White Madonna.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

Pictures emerged showing the winner posing with other models in the colours of the opposition.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

The continent's strangest news, including a colony of rabbits winning a court battle against the French military and an alleged fraudster with a gold toilet

ALEXANDRA HADDOW on the Nordic trendsetters who have style sussed A couple of weeks ago when I needed a new pair of jeans and asked around as to who is doing the best denim, the answer was unanimous – Weekday. The Swedish brand has just opened a shop in central London, I bought a pair. […]