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Turkish President Erdogan shakes hands with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during their meeting today

Turkey agrees to support Sweden's NATO membership

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, appearing to end months of drama over an issue that had strained the bloc as war has raged in Ukraine.

World • 11 Jul 23

The Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank

Sweden hikes key rate again as inflation persists

Sweden's central bank has today raised its key interest rate to its highest level in nearly 15 years and warned another hike was likely to combat stubbornly high inflation.

Business • 29 Jun 23

Global protests were held in January against the last Koran burning in Sweden

Swedish police grant permit for Koran burning protest

Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque, as the Eid al-Adha holiday begins.

World • 28 Jun 23

Police at the Grona Lund amusement park, after an accident occurred on the Jetline rollercoaster

One dead, nine hurt as rollercoaster derails in Sweden

A rollercoaster derailed at a Swedish theme park, killing one person and injuring nine, police and the park in Stockholm said.

World • 25 Jun 23

Paolo Macchiarini was employed by the Karolinska Institute research facility (file image)

Italian surgeon jailed in Sweden for harming patients

A Swedish appeals court has sentenced an Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery to two-and-a-half years in prison for aggravated assault on patients.

World • 21 Jun 23

Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billstrom said he hoped Turkey's parliament would begin the ratification process (file image)

Sweden hopes to join NATO by July - foreign minister

Sweden still hopes to be a member of NATO by the time of the alliance's summit in Vilnius in July, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom has said.

World • 26 May 23

Sweden's Riksbank has today raised its guiding interest rate to 3.5%

Swedish central bank hikes rate 0.5 points to 3.5%

Sweden's Riksbank has today raised its guiding interest rate by a half-point to 3.5% as the central bank tries to rein in double digit inflation.

Business • 26 Apr 23

Mahmut Tat's request for asylum in Sweden was rejected

Sweden extradites outlawed PKK member to Turkey

Sweden has extradited a convicted member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Turkey as Ankara presses Stockholm for further steps in return for its membership in NATO, state media has reported.

World • 03 Dec 22

Greta Thunberg attends a climate demonstration called by youth-led organisation Aurora, before submitting its lawsuit

Thunberg, 600 youths sue Sweden over climate inaction

More than 600 young people in Sweden, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, have filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state accusing it of climate inaction, a first in the country.

Climate Change • 25 Nov 22

A diver at the wreck of the Applet, launched in 1629

Lost 17th-century warship 'Applet' found in Sweden

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the 17th-century warship "Vasa", which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks has said.

World • 24 Oct 22

Romina Pourmokhtari is a member of the Liberal Party in Sweden

Sweden tasks youngest ever minister with climate brief

The new government in Sweden has named 26-year-old Romina Pourmokhtari as climate minister, the youngest person to lead a ministry in the home of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

World • 18 Oct 22

From left, Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson, Leader of the Moderate party Ulf Kristersson, Leader of the Christian Democrats Ebba Busch and Leader of the Liberal party Johan Pehrson

Sweden's right wing agrees to form minority govt

Three Swedish right-wing parties have agreed to form a minority government with the unprecedented support of the far-right Sweden Democrats, conservative leader Ulf Kristersson has said.

World • 14 Oct 22

The Riksbank's one-percentage-point increase, the biggest rise since it set an inflation target in 1993, surprised analysts who had expected a 0.75-percentage-point rise

Sweden central bank hikes rate to fight inflation

Sweden's central bank raised interest rates by a full percentage point to 1.75% today in a surprisingly large move and warned that more was to come as it sought to get to grips with surging inflation.

Business • 20 Sep 22

Sweden's Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson (L) and the Speaker of the Parliament, Andreas Norlen

Swedish conservative leader asked to form government

Sweden's conservative party leader Ulf Kristersson has been formally asked to try to form a government, a week after his right-wing alliance won a narrow election victory.

World • 19 Sep 22

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson said she would ask the speaker of parliament tomorrow to relieve her of her duties as prime minister

Swedish PM to resign as right bloc prepares for power

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has announced that she will resign after an unprecedented right-wing and far-right bloc appeared on course to win the general election.

World • 15 Sep 22

Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party, speaks during the party's election night event in Stockholm

Swedish opposition set to oust government in election

Sweden's right-wing looked set to oust Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's left-wing bloc in yesterday's general election on strong gains by the far-right, clinging to a slim lead with 94% of electoral districts counted.

Europe • 12 Sep 22

The ship, the Stena Scandica, was located off the island of Gotska Sandon off Sweden's southeastern coast (Stock image)

Fire extinguished on ferry off Sweden with 300 aboard

A fire that broke out on a car ferry carrying 300 people off Sweden's coast on Monday has been extinguished and the ship will be towed to port, Swedish maritime authorities said.

World • 29 Aug 22

Police at the scene of the attack at the Emporia Shopping Centre in Malmo, Sweden yesterday

Boy, 15, held after shooting at Swedish shopping centre

Swedish police have arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of killing one person and injuring another in a shooting at a shopping centre in the southern city of Malmo.

Europe • 20 Aug 22

US President Joe Biden ratifies NATO applications for Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's US ambassador and Mikko Hautala, Finland's US ambassador, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris

Turkey in extradition warning to Sweden over NATO bid

Turkey's justice minister has said Sweden's pledge to extradite a Turkish convict fell far short of Stockholm's commitments under a deal paving the way for its NATO membership bid.

World • 18 Aug 22

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer poses for a photo with an official delegation from Finland and Sweden before the vote

US Senate ratifies Finland, Sweden accession to NATO

The US Senate has ratified the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO, strongly backing the expansion of the transatlantic alliance in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

World • 04 Aug 22

Police and rescue services transfer a woman who has been seriously injured in a stabbing at the Almedalen political festival into an ambulance

One dead in stabbing during Swedish political event

Swedish police have said that a woman in her 60s has been killed in a stabbing on the island of Gotland, where the country's top politicians are gathered for an annual event.

World • 07 Jul 22

(L-R) Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Anne Linde

Finland, Sweden sign protocol to join NATO

NATO's 30 allies have signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden to allow them to join the military alliance once allied parliaments ratify the decision, the most significant expansion since the mid-1990s.

World • 05 Jul 22

Greencoat is to buy the 134.4MW Ersträsk North wind farm in Sweden

Greencoat Renewables increases presence in Sweden

Renewable infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables has made its second acquisition in Sweden.

Business • 24 Jun 22

The US has supported the NATO bids from Sweden and Finland

Nordics in NATO: Momentous strategic decisions taken

Washington Correspondent Sean Whelan examines Sweden and Finland's applications for NATO membership, ending decades of military neutrality.

Analysis and Comment • 20 May 22

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pictured with Sweden's and Finland's application letters

Finland and Sweden formally apply to join NATO

Finland and Sweden have formally applied to join the NATO alliance, a decision spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but face objections from Turkey to an accession process that is expected to take only a few weeks.

World • 18 May 22