TRAIN COLLIDES WITH TANK SOUTH OF STOCKHOLM, FOUR INJURED

Train collides with tank south of Stockholm, four injured report... READ MORE›

FEARING RUSSIA, NEUTRAL SWEDEN HOLDS BIGGEST WAR GAMES IN 20 YEARS

Around 1500 troops from the United States, France, Norway and other NATO allies are taking part in the exercise dubbed Aurora... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS SAY DNA TESTS SHOW VIKING WARRIOR WAS FEMALE

The researchers say the grave near Stockholm has the first confirmed remains of a high-ranking female Viking warrior... READ MORE›

THE MOST DESIRABLE PASSPORTS ON EARTH DON'T INCLUDE AMERICA'S

A Swedish passport allows visa-free travel to 176 countries or territories, just one fewer than world leader Germany... READ MORE›

HENNING MANKELL WRITER WHOSE WALLANDER PATROLLED A GRITTY SWEDEN DIES AT 67

Mr. Mankell chafed at his failure to reach a broader audience outside Sweden for his many works besides the Wallander series... READ MORE›

'SWEDEN HAS BEEN ATTACKED': TRUCK CRASHES INTO STOCKHOLM STORE, KILLING 4

Shoppers were locked inside stores after businesses triggered their automatic security systems. Police evacuated Stockholm's central train station and shut down the subway... READ MORE›

DNA OF HEADLESS TORSO MATCHES MISSING SWEDISH JOURNALIST KIM WALL

Missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall Police say DNA of headless torso matches... READ MORE›

SWEDEN STEPS UP 'MYSTERY SUB' HUNT

Related Stories The Swedish navy has stepped up its search in the waters off Stockholm amid suspicions that a Russian submarine might be in trouble there... READ MORE›

Soviet submarine sightings caused Cold War security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN WARPLANES 'AGGRESSIVELY' PASS US MISSILE DESTROYER

Russian jets make a simulated attack on a US missile destroyer in the Baltic sea, coming within 30ft 9m of it, a US official says... READ MORE›

SWEDEN BRINGS BACK CONSCRIPTION AMID RUSSIA FEARS

Sweden first introduced compulsory military service in 1901 but halted it in 2010 and replaced it with a volunteer army... READ MORE›

'WE HAVE NO PLANS WHATSOEVER TO INVADE SWEDEN'

Good news from Scandinavia Russia is not going to invade Sweden... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'SIMULATED A NUCLEAR STRIKE' AGAINST SWEDEN, NATO ADMITS

Russian bombers targeted military and intelligence installations in 2013 war game that caught Swedish airforce unprepared... READ MORE›

AMATEUR SUBMARINER ARRESTED OVER SWEDISH JOURNALIST'S DISAPPEARANCE

Two helicopters and three ships searched the sea from Copenhagen to the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm... READ MORE›

DIVERS IN SWEDEN SNIFF OUT 340-YEAR-OLD SHIPWRECKED CHEESE

It's like a mixture of yeast and Roquefort, a sort of really ripe, unpasteurised cheese, Einarsson told local media... READ MORE›

POLICE ARREST MAN SUSPECTED OF DRIVING TRUCK THAT KILLED 4 IN STOCKHOLM

Sweden's prime minister said Friday that the attack was an act of terrorism, though officials have not commented on an exact motive... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN MENACE PUSHES SWEDEN TOWARDS NATO

But a man who spent fifteen years of his military career in Gotland says Sweden needs to go further... READ MORE›

HUMAN TORSO FOUND IN OCEAN MAY BE CONNECTED TO DANISH INVENTOR'S FAILED SUBMARINE SAGA

Before his arrest, Madsen appeared on Danish television to discuss the submarine's sinking and his rescue... READ MORE›

BRITISH TROOPS TO 'TRAIN SOLDIERS' IN UKRAINE

He added that the Government would be ready to give the BBC more funding to counter Russian-backed propaganda... READ MORE›

BALTIC NATIONS TENSE AS SEARCH FOR 'RUSSIAN SUBMARINE' CONTINUES

Baltic nations tense as search for russian submarine continues... READ MORE›

MOMENT OF TRUTH NEARS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE TIME BOMB

Across the Baltic Sea, Sweden is working on a similar project at Oskarshamn... READ MORE›

CENTER-LEFT LEADER NOMINATED AS ESTONIA'S NEXT PM

Under Edgar Savisaar, the party did not criticize the foreign policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and had a cooperation agreement with his party... READ MORE›

SWEDEN REINTRODUCES ITS MILITARY DRAFT OVER GROWING RUSSIA THREAT

But the armed forces lack 1,000 active troops as well as 7,000 reservists, according to Sweden's coalition government of Social Democrats and Greens... READ MORE›

EU RATIFIES INCREASED GAZPROM USE OF KEY GAS PIPELINE

The pipeline stretches about 470 kilometers from the German Baltic Sea coast to Brandov on the Czech-German border... READ MORE›

NAVIGATING EUROPE'S LONGEST ICE ROAD FROM ESTONIA TO HIIUMAA

Europe's longest ice road is 26km long and stretches over the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea, connecting Estonia's mainland to the island of Hiiumaa... READ MORE›

FINLAND STABBING TREATED AS POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK, POLICE SAY

Finnish police Stabbing attack treated as possible terrorist attack... READ MORE›

WILL RUSSIA DECLARE WAR ON EUROPE? NORTHERN EUROPE, BALTICS CONCERNED OVER 'UNKNOWNS' OF TRUMP PRESIDENCY

Republican Donald Trump's victory has raised fears of America pulling out of the defence of the High North and Baltic Sea regions... READ MORE›

SWEDEN REINSTATES CONSCRIPTION OVER WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA

Even so, Sweden's military is not that big, particularly when stacked up against a threat from Russia... READ MORE›

SWEDEN INSTITUTES GENDER-NEUTRAL MILITARY DRAFT AS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT WORSENS

Sweden's left-leaning government instituted a military draft for both men and women Thursday because of what its defense minister called a deteriorating se... READ MORE›

TAKE A BALTIC BREAK THIS SUMMER

This Russian exclave, set between Poland and Lithuania, comprises the old East Prussian capital, Koningsberg, and its hinterland laden with spas, sandy spits and lakes... READ MORE›

REPORTED FINDING OF SUNKEN MINI-SUB PROMPTS SWEDISH MILITARY TO INVESTIGATE

Sweden's military says it's investigating the discovery of a wreck of what could be a mini-submarine in its territorial waters. Swedish Armed Forces spokes... READ MORE›

Sweden calls off submarine search in Stockholm's archipelago... READ MORE›

RUSSIA'S NORD STREAM-2 PIPELINE IS A 'BAD DEAL' FOR EUROPE

Lavrov said Nord Stream-2 will increase Europe's energy supplies and improve the continent's energy security... READ MORE›