Sweden
Gustavsson gears Matildas up for World Cup ‘bronze medal game’ against Sweden
Australia are bound once again for Brisbane to contest a consolation play-off against Sweden that, if won, will mean finishing third at an expanded 32-team tournament.
- by Emma Kemp
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Expat Matildas reveal travel tips for their adopted home
Teagan Micah and Charli Grant are Matildas and best friends now living the Scandinavian lifestyle.
- by Belinda Jackson
‘Should be vigilant’: Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden
In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests.
- by Andrew MacAskill
How Koran burning has turned the Swedish way of life on its head
It was intended to shock and antagonise the Muslim community, but now it has triggered furious reactions from foreign governments and UN intervention.
- by Rob Harris
Sweden’s bold plan to build a new ‘city’ out of wood
The southern suburbs of Stockholm are about to become a beacon of wooden architecture on a global scale.
- by Rob Harris
Japan slice up Norway to book place in quarter-finals, Spain progress
Norway only had themselves to blame for their round of 16 exit, making awful defensive blunders in both halves.
Plane crash victims’ families sue Gippsland company from Sweden
In 2019, a plane carrying eight skydivers crashed about 30 minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. It was Sweden’s worst air accident in 30 years.
- by Tom Cowie
Sweden says it’s the target of ‘damaging’ Russia-backed info campaign over Koran burnings
Sweden’s bid to join NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put it in the international spotlight in the past year.
- by Simon Johnson
Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning
Hundreds stormed the building in Iraq’s capital to protest against the second planned Koran burning in Sweden in weeks.
- by Timour Azhari and Anna Ringstrom
Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in protest over Koran burning
The Iraqi security official said the man who burned the Islamic holy book was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in Iraq.
- by Ali Jabar and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Sweden dumps renewables target as it seeks more nuclear power
The country has changed its legislated climate targets to 100 per cent “fossil-free” energy – meaning no coal or gas – by 2040 and carbon-neutral by 2045.
- by Rob Harris