| Police busy on alcohol-soaked Walpurgis Night Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses. thelocal.se |
Armed men hit Stockholm auctioneers The Bukowski auction house in central Stockholm was raided on Thursday lunchtime with the thieves reported to have made off with 12 million kronor ($1.5 million) in looted jewellery. thelocal.se |
Swedish climber dies in Himalaya expedition A Swedish climber died in an accident on the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Himalayas early on Friday morning while taking part in an Austrian-led expedition. thelocal.se |
Danes call for election observers in Sweden Representatives of the governing parties in Denmark have argued that freedom of speech is threatened in Sweden after a media ban on a campaign advert for the far-right Sweden Democrats, calling for observers to monitor the election. thelocal.se |
Stockholm takes a stand for racial tolerance A crowd of around 6,000 people gathered in central Stockholm on Monday evening to demonstrate for tolerance and against racism after the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats were voted into Sweden's parliament. thelocal.se |