A group of international language enthusiasts has come up with a way to save one of Sweden's most ancient and endangered languages – by recreating the village where it is spoken in Minecraft.
Did you know that <a href="http://www.swedishgamesindustry.com/media/152276/gamedeveloperindex%202015.pdf" target="_blank">one in every 10 people in the world</a> are estimated to have played a Swedish video game? The Nordic nation is one of the leading forces in the field, but what titles are the cream of their crop? The Local looks at 10 unmissable Swedish games, for both avid gamers and gaming sceptics alike.
As the highest selling PC title of all time Minecraft is one of Sweden's greatest modern exports, and now the game has been used to faithfully imitate life in its home nation, after the City of Gothenburg created an exact replica of the country's second city and released it to the public for free.
Users of hit game Minecraft will soon be able to build their own versions of Sweden as the Nordic country prepares to turn unique geodata into virtual reality.
The Swedish founder of online music streamer Spotify was forced to apologize on Friday after angry users accused it of abusive personal data collection by asking for access to their contacts and photos.
UPDATED: Swedish billionaire Markus Persson is reported to have outbid the likes of Jay-Z and Beyonce with his half billion kronor offer ($70 million) for a 2,000-square-metre Beverly Hills mansion.
UPDATED: Microsoft announced on Monday that it was buying Swedish company Mojang, which was behind the hit game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion (17.9 billion kronor).
Swedish creations topped the tables in Apple's yearly global app lists, with Candy Crush earning the most money and Minecraft Pocket Edition topping the paid downloads charts.
An English high school has taken notice after teachers in Stockholm introduced compulsory Minecraft lessons for 13-year-old students, with one Englishman keen to pit his own students against those in Sweden.
A school in Stockholm has made headlines after introducing compulsory Minecraft lessons for 13-year-old students, with teachers hoping the Swedish computer game will encourage the children to develop their thinking.
Minecraft, a Swedish developed computer game that has taken the world by storm, shocked players across the globe recently by greeting them with a racially offensive term.
