The Latest Breaking News from Sweden

Earlier this month, Sweden experienced a political earthquake when the Sweden Democrats (SD), a party with neo-Nazi roots, became the country's second-largest party in parliament. For the first time, the far right was running not as an outsider, but as part of the traditional right-wing coalition. According to journalist and…

The leader of Sweden’s third largest party -- the center-right Moderates -- has formally been asked to try to form a new coalition government that could include the populist Sweden Democrats

Sweden's Moderate Party leader, Ulf Kristersson, has been handed a mandate to try and form the country's next government after a recent general election gave the right-wing bloc a majority, the speaker of parliament said on Monday.

Cities in Sweden and Norway are aiming to recycle the heat given off by data centers.

Here are 5 charts that will help you understand some of the key stories from this week

The success of the Sweden Democrats shows that no country is immune to hard-right populist parties

Therese Corfiatis and Britta Stenberg have never met in person but the pair now describe themselves as "sisters" after developing a close relationship sparked by a love of poetry.

Mainstream parties have allowed the Sweden Democrats to shape the political agenda and are now paying the price

Portugal's parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday, bringing the most significant expansion of the alliance since the 1990s a step closer as NATO responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Spain's parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday, bringing the two Nordic countries one step closer to joining the alliance in its most significant expansion since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

With final election results announced, it is now clear that Sweden is to have a new government. Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democratic leader and prime minister, has resigned and Ulf Kristersson, party leader for the centre-right Conservatives (Moderaterna) has already begun informal negotiations over who will sit in his cabinet.