Norwegian police said Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia's request over its suspected involvement in damage done to a Baltic Sea cable.
The police are calling it an 'escalation of violence', Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson a 'national crisis', and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has admitted that the government is not in control. But why has Sweden seen a record number of bombings in January?
Joakim Paasikivi, the retired Lieutenant Colonel who is one of Sweden's leading defence commentators, tells The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange why he thinks Russia is behind the spate of cable sabotage over the last few months.
Salwan Momika, the Iraqi activist who carried out four Quran-burnings in 2023, was shot dead in his apartment on Wednesday. a day before a court was due to rule on whether he was guilty of hate crimes.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced at a press conference on Thursday that the government is speeding up the introduction of a law which would allow police to secretly monitor communications of children under the age of 15.
Sweden has seen more than 30 explosions since the beginning of the year with a dramatic increase in the number of incidents involving children and teenagers. Now, police are telling parents to keep an eye on their child's behaviour.
The centre-left Social Democrat opposition wants all of southern Stockholm to be turned into a record-large stop-and-search zone in response to an unprecedented wave of explosions.
Two objects described by Swedish media as "grenade-like" were destroyed by police in the Hammarbyhöjden area of southern Stockholm on Tuesday, after residents were told to stay indoors and away from windows.
Another undersea cable has been broken in the Baltic Sea, this time between Swedish Gotland and Ventspils in Latvia. What do we know about the suspected sabotage?
Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer was set to meet with representatives from the Police Authority on Friday to discuss a sudden wave of explosions in early 2025.
Sweden's government said on Wednesday it wanted to give police the power to secretly monitor phone calls and electronic communications of those under 15 years of age, in response to a surge in gang violence in the Nordic country.
An investigation into alleged rape and sexual assault in Stockholm which Swedish media said targeted Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé has been closed due to insufficient evidence, the Swedish prosecutor said Thursday.
Sweden's civil defence minister initially said 'sabotage' was suspected after two damaged cables were discovered between Sweden and Finland, but it's now been confirmed both incidents were accidents.
Three people with alleged ties to the Islamic State are facing trial in Sweden over allegations they plotted terrorist acts, including against Jewish interests, and tried to find minors to carry them out.
Copenhagen District Court has jailed a Swedish 16-year-old for five years and six months after he was found guilty of travelling to Denmark with the intention of carrying out a gang killing.
Sweden's coast guard said Saturday it had joined Denmark in monitoring a Chinese ship anchored off their coasts, after two undersea cables were severed in a suspected sabotage case.
One week after being given the power to seize luxury items from people not suspected of a crime, Swedish police said on Friday they had already confiscated items worth over 10 million kronor.
The serial rapist known as The Nytorgsmannen, or Nytorg man, who was released from jail in March, has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out another attack, the Sydsvenskan newspaper has reported.
Sweden imposed a law on Friday allowing police to seize luxury items from people even if they are not suspected of a crime, if they cannot prove they acquired them legally.
Police from several European countries detained three Swedish nationals in Spain on Wednesday on suspicion they recruited minors to commit crimes, including attempted murder, authorities said.
