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  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Sweden’s distinctive Covid strategy nears an end as lockdown proposed

    Gradual shift has moved Scandinavian country’s pandemic approach more in line with rest of Europe

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Swedish navy chief says military cutbacks ‘wrong decision’

    Ewa Skoog Haslum says it will take time to build up capabilities as parliament approves defence spending increase

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Sweden announces toughest Covid measures yet

    Announcement follows king’s admission that country had ‘failed’ to manage pandemic

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Sweden’s king says country’s coronavirus strategy has failed

    Light touch approach has left it with far higher death toll than its Nordic neighbours

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessRichard Milne
    Norwegian Air woes reveal the hazy status of corporate nationality

    When things go badly, where a company calls home can matter

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Sweden’s government blamed for failing to protect elderly from coronavirus

    Official inquiry finds that structural problems contributed to death toll

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    Sweden’s neighbours offer medical help as second Covid wave intensifies

    Stockholm region reports 99% of its intensive care beds are full but Finland and Norway stand ready to assist

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    Travel
    Travel discoveries of 2020

    William Dalrymple, Sophy Roberts, Pico Iyer and many more reveal their best finds in a turbulent year

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Ellen Carr
    How joint custody makes lockdown possible

    Equitable co-parenting is the key to juggling schedules and maintaining children’s wellbeing

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  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Sweden recommends children of Covid sufferers should stay at home

    Public health agency makes U-turn after criticism that it underestimated potential for asymptomatic transmission

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Swedes question Covid-19 approach as second wave hits

    Sharp rise in cases has forced government to bring in controls, raising fears of split with health officials

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Sveriges Riksbank
    Sweden’s central bank expands bond-buying to ease Covid economic hit

    Riksbank downgrades output forecasts as coronavirus cases rise sharply in country

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Mining
    Sweden’s LKAB plans $47bn push into carbon-free iron ore

    State-owned miner’s project will require electricity equivalent to a third of country’s current supply

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    5G networks
    Ericsson chief hits out at Swedish 5G ban on Huawei

    Borje Ekholm says action against his rival undermines free competition and trade

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus: Merkel urges Germans to further limit interactions — as it happened
  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Sweden unveils tougher coronavirus restrictions

    Europe’s outlier on Covid-19 is forced to step up measures to fight the virus as cases surge

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    Mark Leonard
    Frugality exposes a Europe in need of optimism and reform

    Many people in the EU’s wealthiest states feel powerless to shape its future

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Surge in Covid cases tests Sweden’s go-it-alone approach

    Country’s public health agency admits its prediction for pandemic second wave appears wrong

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    European banks
    Sweden opens door to resumption of bank dividends

    Reasonable for profitable banks to pay out, says financial regulator

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    Streaming services
    Swedish streaming company aims to be Netflix’s main challenger in Europe

    Nent will also take on Disney and HBO in ‘strikingly ambitious’ plan to push beyond Scandinavia

  • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
    Europe
    Police chief warns of gang violence threat to Sweden

    Anders Thornberg says the country must not allow parallel societies to develop in inner-cities

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    European prime property
    The Swedish exception and the effect on house sales

    The no-lockdown approach has boosted Stockholm’s market — yet a slowdown could be on the way

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    5G networks
    Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G telecoms networks

    Move follows security services warning on spying and technology theft by China

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    Anna Konig Jerlmyr
    ‘Flatten the curve’ of traffic to make cities liveable

    By deploying the strategy used to fight coronavirus, rush hour could be a thing of the past

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Sweden: why the ‘moral superpower’ dissented over Covid-19

    As it did over the migration crisis in 2015, the Scandinavian country took a position distinct from its European neighbours

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