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Swedes claim Paralympic curling bronze

Sport: 22 Mar 10
The Swedish curling team has claimed the bronze at the Paralympics overcoming the USA 7-5 in Vancouver on Saturday. The host nation, Canada won the gold after beating the Koreans 8-7. READ »

Springtime skiing - just a bus ride from Stockholm

Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien. READ »

Swedish curlers face Paralympic tie-break

National: 19 Mar 10
Sweden will face Italy in a tie-break in the Paralympic wheelchair curling in Vancouver on Friday as the teams finished the round robin on identical points. READ »

Swedish Eurovision fever cools

Society: 12 Mar 10
Is Sweden falling out of love with Eurovision? On the verge of this year's national final, new figures show that while the event still tops the ratings, media interest, viewing figures and public voting are all in decline. READ »

Olsson claims new cross-country bronze

Sport: 1 Mar 10
Johan Olsson claimed Sweden's 11th medal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games when fortune favoured him in the battle for the bronze in the men's 50 kilometre cross-country classic. READ »

Sweden grabs slalom bronze

Sport: 28 Feb 10
André Myhrer won Sweden's tenth Winter Olympics medal in Vancouver on Saturday finishing third place in the mens slalom following an impressive spurt in the final leg of the race. READ »

Sweden defends curling gold

National: 27 Feb 10
The Swedish women's curling team, the reigning Olympic champions, triumphed over Canada 7-6 in the curling final on Friday after forcing an extra end when defeat seemed imminent. READ »

Swedes knocked out of Olympic hockey

National: 25 Feb 10
Sweden, the defending Olympic men's hockey champions, has been eliminated from the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Wednesday, losing to Slovakia 4-3 in their quarter-final. READ »

Swedes strike gold in cross country relay

Sport: 25 Feb 10
Sweden claimed the 4x10 kilometres cross country relay gold on Wednesday, for a record fifth time. Norway settled for silver with the Czechs taking the bronze. READ »

Swedes claim silver in cross country sprint

Sport: 23 Feb 10
Sweden claimed a valiant silver behind Germany in the women's cross country team sprint event at Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday, the team's fifth medal in the sport. READ »

Swedes beat Finland to reach hockey last eight

National: 22 Feb 10
Sweden clinched a place in the last eight of the Vancouver Winter Olympic hockey tournament with a 3-0 win over Finland on Sunday evening. READ »

Sweden and Norway in sprint clash

Sport: 22 Feb 10
Old rivals and neighbours Sweden and Norway will meet in both the men's and women's team sprints to decide who gets the cross-country bragging rights at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. READ »

Pärson sets sights on slaloms

National: 21 Feb 10
Slalom specialists Anja Pärson of Sweden and Maria Riesch of Germany can now focus on the more technical events after the speed disciplines of the women's Olympic alpine skiing program finished on Saturday in Vancouver. READ »

Swedes dominate in men's cross-country

National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden's Marcus Hellner made up for just missing out in the 15km race when he powered away from his rivals in the home stretch to claim gold in the men's cross-country 30km pursuit. READ »

Spectacular crash ends Järbyn's Olympics

Sport: 20 Feb 10
Veteran Swedish skier Patrik Järbyn saw his Olympic career come to an abrupt end on Friday as he crashed out of the super-G at the Vancouver Olympics. READ »

Ghostbuster Swedes bag Belarus win

Sport: 19 Feb 10
Reigning Olympic champions Sweden saw off the challenge of Belarus on Friday, eight years on from a defeat at the hands of the same opponents that still haunts the men in blue and yellow. READ »

Spirited Haag snags sensational silver

Sport: 19 Feb 10
Swedish cross-country skier Anna Haag clinched a superb second spot on Friday in the 15 km pursuit event at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. READ »

Anja Pärson beats pain to claim Olympic medal

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson battled through the pain barrier to claim an heroic bronze medal in the women's super-combined at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday. READ »

Sweden beat Germany in hockey opener

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Sweden opened their Olympic hockey title defence with a 2-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday with goals from Mattius Öhlund and Henrik Lundqvist. READ »

Anja Pärson crashes out of 'icy' downwhill

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson crashed out of the women's downhill in Whistler on Wednesday leaving American Lindsey Vonn to claim the gold. READ »

Early curling upset as Swedes beat Brits

Sport: 17 Feb 10
Sweden's curling team stunned Britain's world champions with a 6-4 win on the first day of the Vancouver 2010 men's curling competition on Tuesday. READ »

Pärson forecasts rain on Vonn's golden parade

Sport: 17 Feb 10
Sweden's Anja Pärson and Maria Rieschen of Germany will be doing their best to make sure Lindsey Vonn's expected gold medal streak does not take the shine off their own Olympic Games. READ »

Swedes irked by biathlon hold up

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Sweden's coaching team was left fuming on Wednesday as 10km pursuit medal hopeful Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek was held up at the starting line. READ »

Eagle eye Ferry strikes Olympic gold

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish biathlete Björn Ferry shot himself into the Olympic history books on Tuesday with a sensational win in the 12.5 kilometre pursuit event in Vancouver. READ »

Forsberg defies age and injury to lead Sweden

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish ice-hockey's talisman, Peter Forsberg, reports that he is winning his fight to be fit to seek his third Olympic crown with the Tre Kronor national team. READ »

Classy Kalla claims first Swedish gold

National: 15 Feb 10
Olympic debutante Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle in Vancouver on Monday to claim Sweden's first gold medal at the 2010 games. READ »

Injury sidelines hockey star Holmström

Sport: 15 Feb 10
Tomas Holmström's Olympic dream came an abrupt end this weekend as the Swedish right wing suffered an injury to his left knee while playing for the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. READ »

Vancouver 2010 gets underway

Sport: 12 Feb 10
The Vancouver 2010 Olympics gets underway on Friday at 7pm Swedish time. The opening events include ski jumping, the men's downhill and Sweden's women's hockey team in action against the Swiss. READ »

Stockholm to host NHL opener

Sport: 10 Feb 10
Stockholm has been named as one of three cities which will play host to the six opening games of the National Hockey League next season. READ »

Parental 'child sick leave' peaks in February

National: 9 Feb 10
Each February, Swedish parents take an estimated 600,000 paid leave days to take care of sick children, according to new Social Insurance Agency statistics. READ »

A layman's look at ski jumping

Sport: 9 Feb 10
There are no Swedes competing in the perennially insane ski jumping event in Vancouver, but it was a Swede who patented the V-style. And that's not V for Vertigo. READ »

Kalla shows Olympic form in Nordic skiing win

Sport: 6 Feb 10
Charlotte Kalla has triumphed. In a freestyle Nordic skiing race she outclassed the overall World Cup champion in an impressive victory. READ »

Swedes set sights on ten Vancouver medals

Sport: 5 Feb 10
Sweden has declared a target of ten medals at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, despite a record haul of 14 in Turin four years ago. READ »

Pärson scores timely World Cup victory

Sport: 29 Jan 10
Top Swedish skier Anja Pärson sealed her first World Cup win of the season in the women's super-combined event in St. Moritz on Friday, just weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. READ »

Swedes claim surprise double in Nordic skiing World Cup

Sport: 18 Jan 10
Sweden picked up an unexpected pair of victories in the men’s and women’s Nordic skiing World Cup competition in Estonia on Sunday. READ »

Samuelsson outraged by Olympic hockey snub

Sport: 29 Dec 09
A day after forward Mikael Samuelsson slammed the Swedish ice hockey team leadership for leaving him off the provisional Olympic roster, coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson said he had no plans to reach out to the disgruntled right winger. READ »

Sweden names Olympic men's ice hockey troupe

Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title. READ »

Alfredsson's injury could hurt Swedish Olympic hockey team

Sport: 27 Dec 09
While Sweden was set to release its provisional roster for its 2010 Olympic hockey team on Sunday, the Ottawa Senators announced that their captain, Daniel Alfredsson, a key player in Sweden's 2006 Olympic gold medal run, will be out four to six weeks. READ »

Jönsson claims third biathlon win of the season

Sport: 17 Dec 09
Sweden’s Helena Jönsson, the reigning biathlon World Cup champion, cruised to her third victory in five races on Thursday be winning the women's 15km individual race in Slovenia. READ »

Swedish swimmers shine while Phelps disappoints in Stockholm

Sport: 11 Nov 09
Swedish swimmer Stefan Nystrand set a new national record at the short-course World Cup in Stockholm on Tuesday, while American Olympic sensation Michael Phelps failed to live up to expectations. READ »

Franzén injury blow to Swedish Olympic hopes

Sport: 10 Oct 09
Swedish ice hockey star and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzén will be out for four months with a torn knee ligament and risks missing the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. READ »

Mats Sundin: 'I'm retiring from pro hockey'

Sport: 30 Sep 09
Swedish hockey great Mats Sundin announced his retirement from professional ice hockey at a hastily announced press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Obama to 'shut down' Öresund Bridge

National: 30 Sep 09
Even though US president Barack Obama isn't setting foot in Sweden, his planned visit to Copenhagen on Friday is expected to cause headaches for Malmö-area businesses and commuters. READ »

Sjöström swims to title in world record time

Sport: 28 Jul 09
Swedish teen swimming sensation Sarah Sjöström took home the women's 100m butterfly world title in Rome on Monday, setting a new world record of 56.06sec. READ »

Stockholm to host Detroit Red Wings NHL opener

Sport: 16 Jul 09
A number of Swedish stars from North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) will have the chance to open their 2009-2010 season in Stockholm, the league announced on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish strip club continues McDonald's-inspired expansion

Society: 9 Jul 09
Having settled a logo dispute with McDonald’s, an enterprising Swedish strip club owner is courting new controversy as he attempts to build an empire echoing that of the fast food giant. READ »

Thigh injury to keep Klüft out for six months

Sport: 9 Jul 09
Sweden’s Carolina Klüft will miss the world athletics championships in August following a serious injury to her thigh muscle earlier this week. READ »

Injury could sideline Sweden's Klüft from worlds

Sport: 8 Jul 09
Swedish track and field star Carolina Klüft may not be able to compete in next month's world athletics championships in Berlin, her coach said on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish boat sails to overall victory in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 16 Jun 09
Ericsson 4 of Sweden won the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday, marking the second time a Swedish boat has placed first in the grueling nine-month round-the-world sailing competition. READ »

Sweden's Thomas Johansson hangs up his racket

Sport: 12 Jun 09
Swedish tennis star Thomas Johansson, the 2002 champion of the Australian Open, announced his retirement on Friday at the age of 34. READ »

Swedish yacht secures home win in Volvo race

Sport: 11 Jun 09
Sweden's Ericsson 4 docked at Marstrand in southwest Sweden on Thursday morning as the clear leader of the nine-month yacht race, which is set to conclude later this month. READ »

Titanic exhibition opens in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 29 May 09
A new exhibition has opened in Stockholm charting the legacy of the world’s first “unsinkable ship”. READ »

Sweden and Ernman gear up for Eurovision

Society: 12 May 09
Malena Ernman is in Moscow preparing for her semi-final heat of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday. Meanwhile Swedes are gearing up for the party, hopeful that the opera singer can bring home the glory. READ »

Västervik: Building boats for half a millennium

Travel: 24 Apr 09
Sponsored article: The beautiful coastal town of Västervik once built warships for King Gustav I. These days luxury yachts are more in evidence, writes Jennifer Heape. READ »

Introducing...Filip and Fredrik

Lifestyle: 16 Apr 09
This pair of zany, youngish guys have made one heckuva splash on Swedish television in the last year, and are now set break more TV barriers with a talk show to be broadcast live in Sweden from New York City. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

Alshammar's new world record stripped

Sport: 17 Mar 09
Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar broke her previous world record in the 50m butterfly on Tuesday, only to have the record stripped because she wore two swimming suits. READ »

Court revokes ban on Swedish wrestler

Sport: 10 Mar 09
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian is free to return to competition following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to revoke a ban imposed after his medal protest at the Beijing Olympic games. READ »

Crowd ban 'risks bolstering extremists'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou. READ »

Swedish wrestler loses bid to have Olympic bronze reinstated

Sport: 16 Feb 09
The sporting world’s highest court on Monday rejected an appeal by Swedens’ Ara Abrahamian to have his Olympic bronze medal for wrestling reinstated. READ »

Zetterberg signs landmark contract with Detroit

Sport: 29 Jan 09
Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg signed a 12-year multi-million dollar contract with Detroit in a deal that will likely keep him with the Red Wings for the remainder of his career. READ »

Swede places second in prestigious cooking contest

Society: 29 Jan 09
Sweden’s 30-year-old culinary star Jonas Lundgren burnished his reputation and that of his homeland with a second place finish at the 2009 Bocuse d'Or cooking awards on Wednesday. READ »

Surprise World Cup win for Swedish alpine skier

Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby raced to a surprise alpine skiing victory on Monday, taking first place in the women’s World Cup Super-G in Cortina, Italy. READ »

Sweden falls to United States in winter friendly

Sport: 25 Jan 09
Rising US star Sacha Kljestan scored a hattrick on Saturday as a makeshift Swedish side lost 3-2 to their hosts in Los Angeles. READ »

Hong Kong firm wins contract to operate Stockholm's subway

Business & Money: 21 Jan 09
Stockholm Public Transport (SL) on Tuesday announced that a €1.9 billion ($2.45 billion) eight-year contract to run the Stockholm Metro had been awarded to Hong Kong's subway operator, MTR. READ »

Pärson claims 40th career World Cup win

Sport: 18 Jan 09
Swedish skier Anja Pärson claimed her 40th World Cup career victory as she won the women's downhill in Zauchenzee in Austria on Sunday. READ »

Anja Pärson claims season's first World Cup victory

Sport: 19 Dec 08
Swedish ski sensation Anja Pärson has recorded her first World Cup win of the season with victory in the super-combined in Saint Moritz. READ »

Swedish hockey star in Vancouver move

Sport: 19 Dec 08
Swedish ice hockey forward Mats Sundin has completed a high profile switch from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Vancouver Canucks READ »

Sweden's Sundhage to continue as US women's football coach

Sport: 16 Dec 08
Former Swedish women’s football star Pia Sundhage, who led the US women’s side to Olympic gold at Beijing, has been asked to stay on as coach through the 2012 Olympics. READ »

Swedish yacht wins second leg of Volvo yacht race

Sport: 30 Nov 08
Sweden's Ericsson 4 won the second leg of the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday morning, cruising into India's Kochi port three days ahead of schedule. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 28 - December 4

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
What’s on: Frida Hyvönen & International Film Festival in Stockholm; Melissa Auf der Maur and Sami dance in Gothenburg; Manhattan Transfer and Ibsen in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Video: Winterjam at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 08
For the third year running, Stockholm's Olympic Stadium hosted the LG Winterjam on Saturday. READ »

Swedish magic spells victory for Inter Milan

Sport: 16 Nov 08
Two goals from Swedish striking magician Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a 2-0 victory at Palermo shot Inter Milan three points clear at the top of the Italian league table on Saturday night. READ »

Alshammar sets new swimming world record

Sport: 13 Nov 08
Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar broke the 50 metre butterfly short course world record in the World Cup meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish hockey star Alfredsson to remain in Ottawa

Sport: 31 Oct 08
The Swedish captain of the Ottawa Senators, Daniel Alfredsson, has signed a four-year contract extension to remain with the National Hockey League club, team owner Eugene Melnyk announced Thursday. READ »

High jumper Holm announces retirement

Sport: 14 Sep 08
Swedish high jumper Stefan Holm announced his retirement from the sport on Saturday. Holm ended his 20-year 'love affair' with a second place at the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart. READ »

Swedish wrestler appeals Olympic ban

Sport: 11 Sep 08
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after he was controversially stripped of an Olympic bronze medal. READ »

Sweden wins first gold medals in Beijing

Sport: 8 Sep 08
Swedish athletes have finally won gold in Beijing as two of the country’s Paralympians achieved victory on Monday. READ »

Castro in show of solidarity with disgraced taekwando star

Sport: 26 Aug 08
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday defended the former Olympic taekwando champion who kicked a Swedish referee in the head at the weekend. READ »

Swedish footballer rejects Ronaldinho proposal

Sport: 25 Aug 08
Swedish Olympic footballer Johanna Almgren rejected a marriage proposal from Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho when they met at a hotel in China. READ »

Swedish taekwondo ref kicked in the head

Sport: 25 Aug 08
The sport of taekwondo's Olympic future is in doubt after a Swedish referee was kicked in the head on Saturday by a disgruntled competitor. READ »

Court: Abrahamian was right

Sport: 24 Aug 08
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said in a ruling that Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian had reason for being angry when he lost his semi-final bout against Andrea Minguzzi. READ »

Persson defeated as China sweeps table tennis medals

Sport: 24 Aug 08
Swedish veteran Jörgen Persson was unable to prevent China from claiming a clean sweep in the men's singles table tennis on Saturday. Persson lost in straight sets to Wang Ligin while Ma Lin beat Wang Hao to claim the gold. READ »

Table tennis veteran in semi-final loss

Sport: 23 Aug 08
Swedish table tennis veteran Jörgen Persson met his match in China's world number one Wang Hao in the men's table tennis semi-finals on Saturday. China is now guaranteed the gold after Wang Hao beat Persson 4-1. READ »

Klüft: Blonska deserves life ban

Society: 22 Aug 08
Swedish athletics star Carolina Klüft said on Friday she was delighted to hear that Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska would face a life ban after failing a dope test. READ »

Klüft suffers early long jump exit

Sport: 22 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft has been eliminated from the women's long jump final in Beijing after failing to make the cut. READ »

Viewers not amused by Swedish TV Hitler joke

Society: 22 Aug 08
A television show focusing on the Olympic Games has been reported to the Swedish Broadcasting Commission for allegedly making offensive comments regarding Germany's Nazi history on live television. READ »

Swedish table tennis veteran reaches semis

Sport: 22 Aug 08
Veteran Swedish table tennis star Jörgen Persson has defeated Croatia's Zoran Primorac to reach the semi-finals of the men's table tennis at the Beijing Olympics. READ »

Swedish yachting team in bronze 'blunder'

Sport: 21 Aug 08
Sweden's Fredrik Lööf and Anders Ekström won an Olympic bronze in the men's Star yachting on Wednesday amid claims that they were robbed of a silver medal. READ »

Wrestler Abrahamian files official complaint

Sport: 20 Aug 08
Swedish Olympic wrestler Ara Abrahamian has filed an official complaint against the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) following a controversial ruling that denied him a shot at the gold medal. READ »

Holm's Olympic hopes dashed

Sport: 19 Aug 08
Defending Olympic champion Stefan Holm had his hopes of a gold medal dashed on Tuesday - the Swede came fourth in the men's high jump final. READ »

IOC asks Sweden to block Pirate Bay

Society: 19 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has requested the Swedish government to stop notorious file sharing site The Pirate Bay from distributing recordings of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. READ »

Kallur falls at first hurdle

Sport: 18 Aug 08
Swedish medal hopeful Susanna Kallur has tumbled out of the Olympic Games after falling at the first hurdle in Monday's 100 metre hurdles semi-final in Beijing. READ »

Silver for Sweden in tennis doubles

Sport: 18 Aug 08
Sweden's Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson were the victims on Saturday as Roger Federer took out his frustrations on the doubles court as he claimed Olympic gold with partner Stanislas Wawrinka. READ »

Klüft prepares for long jump podium bid

Sport: 17 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft will bid to break a second consecutive Russian podium sweep in the women's Olympic long jump, the heats for which take place on Tuesday. READ »

Abrahamian stripped of bronze medal

Sport: 16 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled on Saturday that the bronze medal awarded to Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has been revoked. READ »

Sweden suffers extra time agony

Sport: 15 Aug 08
World champions Germany took a significant step towards the one major trophy they have never won when they reached the Olympic women's football semi-finals after beating Sweden 2-0 in Beijing on Friday. READ »

Klüft falls short in triple jump qualifying

Sport: 15 Aug 08
Sweden's reigning Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft failed in her attempt to reach the triple jump final at the Beijing Games on Friday. READ »

Swedes in record win to reach tennis final

Sport: 15 Aug 08
Swedish tennis doubles pairing Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson have qualified for the final after securing victory in the longest three-set men's match in Olympic history. READ »

Abrahamian wrestles with IOC over medal tantrum

Sport: 15 Aug 08
Grumpy Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian will face disciplinary action after refusing to accept a bronze medal, which he dumped on the floor, before storming away from his presentation ceremony. READ »

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