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Swedish woman finds wedding ring after 16 years, on a carrot
A Swedish woman who lost her wedding ring 16 years ago was flabbergasted when she found it again, around a carrot growing in her garden, media reported on Saturday.
Lena Paahlsson had taken off the w
End of the road as carmaker Saab files for bankruptcy
Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy on Monday, a Swedish district court told AFP, bringing to an end two years of efforts to rescue the iconic brand that manufactured cars for six decades.
The final
Half of Swedish 3-yEAr-olds online: study
Swedes are among the world’s most connected people and are swarming to the Internet at an ever earlier age, a study published Wednesday showed, indicating that half of Swedish three-year-olds have bee
Bopanna-Qureshi win Stockholm Open, win third title together
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi won their second ATP doubles title of the season, and third overall together, after outplaying Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in straight sets in the summit clash
Bopanna-Qureshi in finals of Stockholm Open
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi on Friday advanced to the final of men's doubles competition of the Stockholm Open tennis tournament after a hard-fought victory ov
Sweden: 23 women convicted of child pornography
A Swedish court on Tuesday convicted 23 women and one man of child pornography offenses in what investigators called a unique case because of the number of female perpetrators.
The Falu District Cou
Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims win Nobel economics prize
Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such
Swedish poet wins Literature Nobel
Swedish poet Tomas Trans-troemer, who sets moral goals with unexpected yet simple imagery, won the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday. Transtro-emer, 80, was honoured “because, through his condensed, translucent ima-ges, he gives us fresh access to reality,” the Swedish Academy’s jury said.
Nobel Peace Prize shared by three women
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly Friday to three women - Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, African activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemen's Tawakkul Karman.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Af
Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer wins Nobel Literature Prize
Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer won the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.
Transtroemer, 80, was honoured 'because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives
