Swedish police said on Saturday they believed a fatal incident in which a bus rammed into a queue of people in Stockholm the previous day was an accident.

In this week's podcast: reactions to Sweden Democrats' 'immigration map'; where did brands like Billys and Gorbys get their names?; Swedish humour, Migration Agency contact centres closing; delays to ...

Sweden's three smallest parties are given attention completely out of proportion to their microscopic polling numbers. But they hold the cards, and this week Ebba Busch showed she was willing to play ...

A bus has collided into a bus shelter in Östermalm in central Stockholm on Friday afternoon, with the emergency services reporting that several people have been seriously injured.

Karolina Wirdenäs, head of the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University, explains why her department believes it is impossible for it to develop a language test for ...

The Swedish Migration Agency is now accepting British passports as proof of identity in citizenship applications after reviewing its guidelines following months during which citizenship applicants ...

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet ...

Getting your hands on a detached or terraced house in Malmö or Gothenburg isn't quite as prohibitively expensive as it might be in Stockholm. But you can still save more than two million kronor by ...

Sweden's long-planned language and civics tests for citizenship could be delayed by as much as two years, Swedish media reports, claiming the government agencies responsible have said meeting the ...

The Swedish Council of Higher Education said this week that it would not be able to meet the August 2026 deadline for bringing in language and civics tests for citizenship. Here's what we know so far.

A majority of authorities and organisations consulted on the Swedish government's plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 opposed the plans, as the deadline for input expired ...

Celebrations in Sweden are all about the herring. The silvery fish supplies the first few plates of a julbord Christmas buffet, takes pride of place at Midsommar, plays a role at Easter, and often ...