Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsmen (JO) are set to investigate the police authority over how it handled the disappearance of 14-year-old Mohamed – who was kidnapped and later murdered in a bloody gang war.
Sweden's personal care assistance industry has widespread connections to organised crime, according to an investigation by the police and Social Insurance Agency.
The number of people killed as a result of deadly violence in Sweden has fallen to the level last seen in 2014, before the sharp spike in deadly shootings and bomb attacks brought Sweden's gang problems global attention. Why is lethal violence down and is it a dip or a declining trend?
The number of people killed as a result of deadly violence in Sweden, which has struggled for years to rein in gang violence, in 2024 fell to its lowest level since 2014, a report showed on Monday.
Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said.
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions against the Foxtrot Network, a Sweden-based gang accused of carrying out attacks against Israeli interests in Europe on behalf of Iran.
Sweden’s counter-intelligence and security agency Säpo has described the country's security situation as "serious", and that developments in the US and other factors could see it worsen.
Sweden’s former national security adviser, Henrik Landerholm, faces trial over leaving classified documents at a conference centre. The documents were found by a cleaner with connections to a Russian citizen who has been linked to violent Islamist extremism.
The government has submitted a proposal to parliament which would allow Sweden to transfer foreign citizens with prison sentences over to their home countries, in some cases without their consent, to carry out their sentences there.
Robert Kindroth, chief of the Swedish Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE), answers The Local's questions on whether the Örebro school attack could have been prevented and what can be done to lessen the risk of future attacks.
Swedish police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch if they have information on how the gunman responsible for Sweden's worst mass shooting spent the final hours before the attack.
Sweden's Supreme Court has rejected a class action lawsuit brought against the state by 300 young people, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, accusing it of inaction on the climate crisis.
The motive behind Sweden's deadliest mass shooting may never be known but the fact that almost all of the victims had foreign backgrounds has sparked concern among the country's immigrants.
A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a man to three years in jail for joining the Islamic State group, the country's first conviction since new legislation was introduced banning participation in a terrorist group.
Reindeer apparently slain in a grisly manner and a conflict between local Sami reindeer herders and organisers have cast a shadow over one of Sweden's most famous rally events.
Sweden has locked up a 52-year-old woman for 12 years on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes committed by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.
Richard Jomshof, one of the most senior members of the far-right Sweden Democrats, has resigned as chair of the parliament's justice committee in protest of a proposal to ban certain semi-automatic firearms following the Örebro mass shooting.
A prosecutor on Monday confirmed that Rickard Andersson, whose name had already been revealed by Swedish media, is the man suspected of killing 10 people in the worst mass shooting in the history of Sweden.
Swedish police confirmed on Friday that seven women and three men had died in the mass shooting at a college in Örebro and the media are slowly filling in the details. Here's what we know so far.
A 17-year-old Swedish national who is accused of detonating hand grenades near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen is also suspected in relation to a shooting at the Israeli embassy in Swedish capital Stockholm.
With Sweden seeing a record number of criminal incidents involving explosive devices, the media and opposition are questioning the government's handling of gang violence, but so far their criticism has failed to hit home.
Stockhom District Court has convicted Salwan Najem over four Quran burnings, which he carried out together with Salwan Momika, who was shot dead last week.
