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Sweden's Hjorth tops upstart teen in LPGA win

Sport: 2 May 11
Swedish golfer Maria Hjorth tallied seven birdies to triumph over teenager Alexis Thompson in the final round of the Avnet LPGA Classic on Sunday for her fifth LPGA title. READ »

Sweden's Hjorth ends LPGA drought with win

Sport: 6 Dec 10
Sweden's Maria Hjorth fired a par-72 final round on Sunday to capture her first LPGA title since 2007, capturing the season-ending Tour Championship by one stroke ahead of South Korean Amy Yang in Orlando, Florida. READ »

Sweden's Hjorth shares lead at Malaysian LPGA

Sport: 24 Oct 10
Sweden's Maria Hjorth shares the lead with South Korea's Lee Jee-Young after the second round of the inaugural Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia on Saturday. READ »

LPGA's Gustafson leads rain-delayed US Open

Sport: 10 Jul 10
Sweden's Sophie Gustafson currently leads the rain-delayed US Women's Open LPGA golf tournament in Pennsylvania. READ »

Nordqvist to defend LPGA Championship title

National: 24 Jun 10
Sweden's Anna Nordqvist will attempt to become the fifth woman to defend her title at the LPGA Tour Championship, which kicks off on Thursday. READ »

Woods' womanizing no secret: Swedish golfer

Society: 24 Dec 09
Tiger Wood's extramarital activities were no secret to other golfers, Swedish LPGA star Helen Alfredsson said on Wednesday, claiming she first heard rumours about his infidelities during last summer's British Open. READ »

Sweden's Nordqvist claims second LPGA tournament title

Sport: 24 Nov 09
Eight final round birdies by Swedish golfer Anna Nordqvist helped her take home an unexpected win at the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday. READ »

Eagle by Gustafson helps seal win at LPGA Challenge

Sport: 28 Sep 09
Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson scored a long-awaited professional golf victory, her first in more than five years, by winning the$1.1 million LPGA Challenge in California on Sunday. READ »

Surprise victory for Nordqvist at LPGA Championship

Sport: 15 Jun 09
Anna Nordqvist, who turned 22 last week, became the fourth Swede to win a golf major with her surprise victory at the LPGA Championship on Sunday. READ »

Sörenstam announces she's pregnant

Sport: 20 Mar 09
Swedish golf star Annika Sörenstam, who finished her last tournament just three months ago, said on Thursday she is pregnant with her first child. READ »

Sorenstam misses cut as glorious career comes to a close

Sport: 22 Nov 08
Swedish golf superstar Annika Sörenstam missed the cut in her final event in Florida on Friday, ending a 15-year glorious career on the American ladies golf tour. READ »

Swede Sörenstam tells Wie to stop playing with the boys

Sport: 30 Jul 08
Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam cannot understand why US teen prodigy Michelle Wie is continuing to play events on the US men's tour. READ »

Sörenstam to retire at end of season

Sport: 14 May 08
Top Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam has announced that she will retire at the conclusion of the 2008 season. READ »

Sörenstam strolls to record-setting triumph

Sport: 12 May 08
Sweden's Annika Sörenstam fired seven birdies in the final round to win the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open by seven strokes and capture the 72nd crown of her career. READ »

Sörenstam wins 71st LPGA title

Sport: 28 Apr 08
Golf: Sweden's Annika Sörenstam won the 71st title of her career in Miami on Sunday. READ »

Rookie Friberg secures shock tour victory

Sport: 17 Mar 08
Sweden's Louise Friberg fired a final round seven-under 65 as she rallied from a 10-shot deficit to capture the LPGA's MasterCard Classic in Mexico City on Sunday. READ »

Sweden's Sörenstam wins season-opener in Hawaii

Sport: 17 Feb 08
Swedish golf star Annika Sörenstam has captured the season-opening SBS Open at Kahuku in Hawaii. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden bids to retain world hockey title

Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time. READ »

Sörenstam snatches third US Open victory

Sport: 4 Jul 06
Swedish golfing superstar Annika Sörenstam easily defeated Pat Hurst in a playoff on Monday to capture her 10th major win and third career US Women's Open title. READ »

Annika makes it five

Sport: 6 Nov 05
Swede Annika Sörenstam has confirmed her status as a golfing phenomenon after becoming the first-ever golfer to win the same tournament five consecutive times. Even Tiger Woods has only done it four times. READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
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Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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