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'Vladimir Putin' is a banned name in Sweden
9-18-2021 |
6
A couple in Sweden have been officially banned from naming their newborn baby after the Russian leader.
Scientists are developing bouncy pavements
2-17-2020 | 8
A novel new type of rubber pavement being trialled in Sweden could help to save thousands of lives.
Human DNA found in ancient chewing gum
5-17-2019 | 1
The ancient gum-chewing inhabitants of Sweden left behind Scandinavia's oldest known human DNA.
'Eternal Employment' will pay you to do nothing
3-8-2019 | 37
An experimental art project in Sweden will pay you $2,300 per month to do absolutely nothing at all.
8-year-old girl pulls ancient sword from lake
VIDEO 10-5-2018 | 21
Saga Vanecek discovered the pre-Viking-era relic while swimming near her family's holiday home in Sweden.
Rare white 'spirit moose' filmed in Sweden
VIDEO 8-15-2017 | 7
The incredibly rare moose was captured on camera by councilman Hans Nilsson in Sweden's Varmland county.
Public names locomotive 'Trainy McTrainface'
7-23-2017 | 27
A recent poll in Sweden has shown, once again, why asking the public to name anything is a bad idea.
Blue fireball lights up the sky over Sweden
VIDEO 3-21-2017 | 4
People from several towns across the country reported witnessing the spectacle at 9:30pm on Monday night.
Is Queen Silvia of Sweden's palace haunted?
VIDEO 1-8-2017 | 16
The Scandinavian monarch maintains that her residence, Drottningholm Palace, is inhabited by ghosts.
Ritual caves found on 'witchcraft' island
10-6-2015 | 12
Evidence of a 9,000-year-old Stone Age ritual site has been found on the Swedish island of Bla Jungfrun.
Sweden was hit by a double meteor strike
9-14-2015 | 6
Two huge meteors simultaneously slammed in to what is now Sweden roughly 468 million years ago.
World's first womb transplant baby is born
10-4-2014 | 18
A woman in Sweden has given birth using a womb she received in a pioneering transplant operation.
Giant rat terrorizes family in Sweden
3-31-2014 | 39
The huge 16-inch-long rat managed to chew its way in to their kitchen through a ventilation pipe.
Earth sometimes hit by two asteroids at once
3-19-2014 | 6
Scientists have discovered a double-impact site in Sweden thought to be the result of a binary asteroid.
Divers uncover relics of Stone Age 'Atlantis'
1-28-2014 | 22
Stone Age artifacts left behind by Swedish nomads have been unearthed on the floor of the Baltic Sea.
Ice hotel forced to install fire alarms
11-18-2013 | 15
A hotel in Sweden made entirely out of ice has been ordered to install alarms in case there is a fire.
Mystery over seal pup found in a forest
3-25-2013 | 20
Authorities in Sweden have been left confused after a seal pup was discovered in the middle of a forest.
Tomb found near Sweden's 'Stonehenge'
10-25-2012 | 7
The 5,500-year-old tomb of a Stone Age chieftain has been unearthed at Sweden's Ale's Stenar monument.
Is Ales Stenar the Swedish Stonehenge ?
4-20-2012 | 4
A research team has found new evidence that Sweden's Ales Stenar is far older than previously thought.
Man survives for two months trapped in car
2-20-2012 | 27
A man in Sweden has been rescued after being stuck in the snow in his car for a whole two months.
