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Malmö

Mystery white balls wash up on Skåne coast

Skåne authorities are puzzling over the thousands of mysterious white balls which have washed up along the south coast since Tuesday, with one theory linking them to a nearby nuclear power plant.

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VIDEO: Mystery blue fireball lights up Swedish night sky

A bright, blue light which flashed across the night sky in eastern Sweden on Monday followed by a loud bang was most likely a huge bolide.

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Who is Veronika? Online mystery vexes Swedes

An exposé about a mysterious online personality who refers to herself as "TheIneffableSwede" captivated Swedish media this week and left the country wondering just who exactly is Veronika Larsson, making her our pick for Swede of the Week.

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Swedes scour Angola for mystery Swedish colony

A Swedish expedition has set off to Africa in the hopes of finding out why a group of Swedes were never heard from again after they moved to Angola in the 1800s.

Police

Stolen elk mystery baffles Swedish police

Police in northern Sweden are puzzled after a dead elk on the side of the road was stolen before it could be collected by authorities.

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Mum fesses up 42 years after abandoning baby

A woman who left her infant boy in a stairwell in northern Sweden in 1972 has stepped forward in the hope of meeting her son to ask for forgiveness before she dies.

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Mystery blooms over UK airman's Swedish grave

A Swedish church has found itself in the centre of a mystery after English relatives of a gunned down World War II airman realized that an anonymous well-wisher had been planting flowers at the grave since 1943.