OPINION: ‘I worked hard to become a head chef in Sweden. Now I’m being deported unfairly’
Raja Makendran has just started to forge a career as a head chef in Sweden. Now, he is due to be deported because of a technicality, the Indian argues.
Day: March 17, 2017
Sweden’s crowdfunded car of the future to be built by ‘an army of robots’
The Swedish startup which crowdfunded a sustainable electric "car of the future" has announced it will produce its vehicles in a ground-breaking new facility manned by robots.
Watch transgender Swede sing an incredible duet – with himself
A Swede has used technology to produce a unique tribute to the transgender community by recording a duet featuring his voice before and after testosterone treatment.
Kollektivavtalets Dag 2017: Celebrating the Swedish Model
Did you know that Sweden devotes an entire day to celebrating collective labour agreements?
EU hits SAS with hefty antitrust fine
The EU Commission has issued a fine of €70 million to the Scandinavian airline for antitrust activity.
‘Everyone can and should help fix the problems of the world’
What does it mean to have a local SI NFGL network – and how can one network, or indeed one student, change the world? Taha Haj Ahmad, a Master Student in Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University, shares how his experiences with the Lund SI network have changed him.
Could crisis in the opposition bring a new political climate in Sweden?
With just over a year left until Sweden's next general election, the country's biggest opposition party appears to be in freefall, and could a bigger consequence be a shake-up in the alliances that define Swedish politics?
Tributes as Hans Rosling is laid to rest in Uppsala
Hundreds of people gathered in Uppsala to say their last goodbyes to Swedish statistics legend Hans Rosling, who passed away from cancer last month at the age of 68.
Here’s where spring has arrived in Sweden
No, your eyes do not deceive you: spring has arrived in Sweden, or at least in large parts of it.
Swede kidnapped in DRC was investigating suspected massacre
A Swede and an American working for the UN in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were investigating allegations of soldiers murdering civilians when they were kidnapped.
Swedish defence minister on bomb hoax plane: report
Sweden's defence minister was one of the passengers on a plane evacuated over a bomb threat, local media reported, though police said the threat was a hoax.
How to make cloudberry ice cream
It's spring! Right...? Let's at least pretend it is and try this cloudberry ice cream. Recipe courtesy of food writer John Duxbury.