Schoolkids let off stinkbomb in ballet

'It's a girl': Prince Daniel

Sweden has a new princess. Crown Princess Victoria has given birth to a daughter, announced the happy father from Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital early on Thursday morning. READ (5 COMMENTS) »

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• 23/02 'She was radiant': crown princess' mentor »
• 17/02 Hospital preps for Swedish royal birth »
• 02/02 Princess Victoria to give birth in 'early March' »

'She was radiant': crown princess' mentor

The Crown princess' previous mentor, the former head of information at the Royal Court, Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, said that the princess was in great health prior to the birth of her baby daughter. READ »

Victoria to hospital early on Thursday morning

Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria was admitted to the maternity ward at Karolinska University Hospital shortly before 1am on Thursday morning. READ (1 COMMENT) »

• 17/02 Hospital preps for Swedish royal birth »
• 02/02 Princess Victoria to give birth in 'early March' »
• 20/10 Haga: Sweden's 'royal nursery' preps for a new arrival »

Dead woman kept frozen in Sweden for four years

The body of a 90-year-old woman who died four years ago has remained frozen since her death, as her distraught daughter refuses to have her buried before an autopsy can determine the cause of death. READ (13 COMMENTS) »

Man dies after being hit by hospital door

A patient exiting a Stockholm-area hospital has died after slamming into an automatic door. READ (14 COMMENTS) »

Swedish street signs axed over 'perky' breasts

Signs featuring a woman with "perky" breasts and a short skirt are set to be removed from the streets of Uppsala in eastern Sweden following a mix up that has left local officials baffled. READ (31 COMMENTS) »

• 30/09 'Fru Gårman' gets ready to cross Swedish streets »
• 15/12 Female road sign rejected »

Lars Vilks egged at 'Mohammad' lecture

Controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks was forced to dodge eggs thrown by angry audience members while giving a lecture about his Mohammad cartoons and free expression at the University of Karlstad on Tuesday. READ (55 COMMENTS) »

• 20/01 Vilks murder plot suspects acquitted »
• 06/12 Three charged for plot to murder Lars Vilks »
• 09/03 'Jihad Jane' ally admits to Vilks murder plot »

Neighbours wrongly blamed for fatal stabbing

A woman from Malmö in Sweden was shocked to find that her parents had been named on a public internet forum as both the victim and offender in a fatal knife attack, even though neither was involved in the murder at all. READ (5 COMMENTS) »

• 19/02 'This was exactly what we feared': Malmö police »