Meet Sweden, the unicorn factory chasing America in the AI race Stockholm has the highest number of unicorns per capita of any city in the world outside of Silicon Valley. Fortune · Jan 3
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
Nobel laureates arrive for a week of events and awards in Stockholm and Oslo Nobel week is underway in Stockholm and Oslo, with laureates holding news conferences and lectures before receiving their prestigious prizes The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025
Sweden’s mining industry is threatening the Indigenous Sami people’s way of life “There is so much intrusion from all sides and corners,” a Sami reindeer herder tells me, reacting to a government decision to grant a mining permit in Gállok in the Sápmi region in Sweden’s far north. The Conversation · Dec 5, 2025
"It’s Like Living Inside a Snow Globe" — White Works Year-Round in This Stockholm Apartment, but It Comes Into Its Own at Christmas Snowy tones and dashes of silver — the pared-back style of this Scandi abode looks positively festive Livingetc · Nov 27, 2025
‘We start them early’: the small Swedish club that produced Gyökeres, Bergvall and Kulusevski Brommapojkarna will have a close eye on Arsenal’s clash with Spurs on Sunday as their talent factory continues to thrive The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025
Visma approaches City grandee to act as chair if €20bn London listing goes ahead Norwegian software group looks to ex-Worldpay boss Sir Ron Kalifa as it weighs up blockbuster flotation in London or Stockholm The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025
Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age I joined a ‘sacrifice’ ritual outside Stockholm – and found that the revival of Norse paganism reflects broader battles over identity and climate anxiety, says investigative journalist Siri Christiansen The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025
Driver in Sweden released after questioning over crash into Stockholm bus stop that killed 3 Swedish authorities have released the driver of a double-decker bus who had been detained after the vehicle slammed into a bus stop in Stockholm, killing three people The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025
Bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm and causes fatalities, police say Police in Sweden say a double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm, causing fatalities and injuries The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025
Several people killed after bus crashes into bus stop in Stockholm Roads were closed as rescue teams raced to the scene on Friday afternoon The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025
Image of burn survivor wins Taylor Wessing photo portrait prize Stockholm-based photographer Martina Holmberg takes £15,000 first prize for portrait of Mel, who survived car fire The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025
Slow-paced and low-cost: Why you should do a bus and train odyssey around Scandinavia this winter Scandinavia is one of Europe’s most expensive destinations, but choosing the right transport can mean considerable savings. Euronews · Nov 11, 2025
87 Ugly, Unaesthetic And Depressing Buildings That Give Modern Architecture A Bad Name Attractiveness may be subjective, but we all have a sense of what an unappealing image looks like. The following structures you will see fall under that category, and seeing them may provide you with a sensible explanation as to why. Scroll through and see some of the “ugliest” structures around… Bored Panda · Nov 10, 2025
The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2025 Eight winter clothing essentials Scandinavians swear by – from heated socks to ‘allværsjakke’ Brace for the cold with these clever accessories made and tested by people who know long, dark winters
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025 Grand Hotel, Stockholm, hotel review HOTELS: Benjamin Parker visits the grande dame of Stockholm’s hotel scene to experience the very best of Scandinavian luxury with opulent interiors and a world-class cocktail bar
Reason · Oct 27, 2025 How Stockholm Used a $3 Toll To Tame Its Traffic Congestion Swedes initially hated the congestion pricing experiment. After they witnessed the effects, they voted to bring it back.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025 Not to be: Hamlet rages in Stockholm against the political closure of a cultural institution The experimental annexe of Sweden’s national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its home
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025 My dad cursed our family and left us. But after his death, he followed me everywhere His absence shaped me. But as my father lay dying in a Stockholm nursing home, I longed to hear him explain, says Swedish novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri
LiveScience · Oct 11, 2025 Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025 László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025 Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025 The Nobel Prize in physics is to be announced Tuesday The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025 The Nobel Prize in medicine will be announced Monday, starting this year's awards The 2025 Nobel Prizes are starting Monday with the medicine prize being announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025 Home Office missed chances to assess man who died on Bibby Stockholm, coroner finds ‘Distraught’ Leonard Farruku, 27, was found dead in shower cubicle on Dorset barge