The goal of 100% fossil fuel-free energy was adopted by Parliament, giving the right-wing government the green light to go ahead with plans to build new nuclear power plants; 40 years ago the country voted to phase out atomic energy

Up to 300 tons of wheat have leaked out in Åhus harbor after a grain silo burst, amid initial concern that someone might have been caught under the grain

The 'cultural canon', or the list deemed to define what it means to be Swedish, was unveiled; part of the election manifesto of the right-wing and nationalist parties, it includes Pippi Longstocking, IKEA and the Nobel Prize, but not the Abba

Kiruna church is on its way to the new city center, the most spectacular event of the transformation forced by crack formation in the ground resulting by LKAB's mining; the 40x40m building weighs 627 tons and the gigantic moving convoy rolls on 220 wheels

A month after a law came into effect making insulting a public official a criminal offense, over 170 police reports have been filed from police officers, security guards, public employees and 10 preliminary investigations are underway