Facts and figures about Sweden, which holds national elections Sunday. GEOGRAPHY: Sitting long and narrow on Europe's northern fringe, the Scandinavian nation covers nearly 158,000 square mile ...

A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic ...

Sweden has sought to set the record straight after Donald Trump linked immigration to a supposed rise in violence in the Scandinavian country, publishing “facts” to correct “simplistic” and ...

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Loefven had a few words of advice for his fellow world leaders on Monday, in the wake of the whirlwind of confusion that followed President Donald Trump’s recent ...

A Swedish dad with his children. Photo: Sofi Rosenkvist/imagebank.sweden.se Swedes celebrated Father's Day this Sunday. Here are four facts and statistics about being a dad in the famously most gender ...

• Sweden have won 95 medals at the Paralympic Winter Games, of which 25 gold, 30 silver and 40 bronze. • At the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Sweden will compete in five sports: alpine skiing, ...

Mrutyuanjai Mishra is a commentator with Politiken, Denmark's largest newspaper. He also comments on Asia on Danish TV and radio channels. He has authored many analytical articles on Asia and India in ...

When US president Donald Trump this past weekend mentioned events in Sweden, he was referring to a TV broadcast about Swedish migration policy. Several claims in the broadcast are questionable, and ...

The police officers who appeared in a video that US President Donald Trump cited in his false claims of an incident in Sweden have lashed out at the US filmmaker who interviewed them, saying their ...

Languages: Swedish and recognised minority languages such as Sami (Lapp), Finnish, Meankieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib (a Gypsy language) Per capita GDP (2005 est.): $29,600 (about ...