INSANE: 26 | Vintage Vibes

Quinn Hughes Had Such an Honest Answer to How He Felt After Scoring Heroic Goal for Team USA

The 26-year-old scored the biggest goal of his life in Team USA's win over Sweden at the Milan Cortina Games.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 19

Team USA vs. Slovakia: Three Bold Predictions for Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Semifinals

Team USA is one win away from playing in the gold medal game in Milan. But first they face Slovakia in the semifinals.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 19

"There were weapons tests and the windows would shake in school. I wondered, ‘What would happen if that hit here?’” Bombings, depression and Oppenheimer: Sweden's Allt are writing a soundtrack to the end of the world

Turns out growing up near a weapons testing facility will give you a sense of foreboding doom

Metal Hammer · Feb 19

European bureaucracy threatens Sweden's AI boom, say startups

Sweden’s strong startup game risks overregulation, Sweden’s startup scene says.

Euronews · Feb 18

‘The whole spirit of curling is dead’: meltdown on the ice as ruckus rumbles on

The row between Sweden and Canada over an accusation of a double-touch continues to cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17

Winter Olympic curling semi-final schedule and results after Team GB qualify

Team GB’s men have scraped into the semi-finals but the women agonisingly missed out at Milano-Cortina 2026

The Independent UK · Feb 17

Sweden is giving away private islands. Billionaires are banned from applying

Visit Sweden has said the initiative is about sharing ‘a very Swedish perspective on freedom and responsibility in nature’.

Euronews · Feb 17

U.S. Women’s Hockey Turns Semifinal Into Swedish Shellacking in Gold Medal Warmup

A 5–0 rout of Sweden was yet another casual win on Team USA’s dominant Olympic run. But the Americans’ focus remains on Thursday’s final, where they will be heavy favorites.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 16

Winter Olympics: Unbeaten USA roll into women’s ice hockey final v Canada

A US women’s hockey team already being hailed as one of the best ever assembled is right where they expected to be: facing Canada for Olympic gold

The Guardian - US · Feb 16

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden

The new year in Sweden began with some record-breaking cold temperatures. Temperatures in the village of Kvikkjokk in the northern Swedish part of Lapland dropped to -43.6°C, the lowest recorded since records began in 1887.

The Conversation · Feb 16