A$AP Rocky has been convicted of assault in Sweden and given suspended a sentence. He was not present in the Stockholm courtroom when the verdict was handed down. Two members of the rapper’s entour…

Researchers at Uppsala University have successfully created the world's first paper battery.

These small lumps of pitch were chewed 10 000 years ago by people living in what is now Sweden. But who were these people?

The DNA sheds light on how people moved into Scandinavia after the Ice Age.

In a quiet corner of my high school’s study room in 2009, I booted up my busted laptop while making sure nobody could peer over...

On the Boats Bringing Books to Thousands Who Need Them

Archaeologists in Sweden have made a "sensational" discovery of a rare Viking burial boat site north of Stockholm. The grave includes human and animal remains along with items such as combs and shields.

Disgusting Food Museum invites visitors to explore the world of food and challenge their notions of what is and what isn’t edible. Could changing our ideas of disgust help us embrace the environmentally sustainable foods of the future? The exhibit has 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods. Adventurous visitors will appreciate the opportunity to smell and taste some of these notorious foods. Do you dare smell the world’s stinkiest cheese? Or taste sweets made with metal cleansing chemicals?

Plans for the company’s vast new ‘gathering place’ have been shelved after a backlash. But Apple is growing bolder in its designs on public space

The world’s biggest iron ore tunnel mine is about to swallow the Swedish city of Kiruna. The company’s answer? Move the city

Anna Bergstrom had a dilemma. She loved the glitzy world of high fashion, but had also come to feel that it was unsustainable and bad for the planet. She's now found peace of mind by running a stylish shopping mall in Sweden, where everything is second-hand. "Do you notice the smell?" Anna Bergstrom says, as she surveys her mall from the mezzanine level. "It smells nice here, doesn't it?" It's very important to Anna that this place is enticing, because she feels it is making a statement. Everything for sale here, in 14 specialist shops covering everything from clothes to DIY tools, is recycled.

Daughter of Swedish bookseller jailed in China says Anna Lindstedt set up meetings in Stockholm

Geothermal power is the best of both worlds. It is flexible, like coal power, providing energy whenever needed. And it’s green, like wind and solar power, producing almost no emissions. Current technology, however, limits its applications. Large geothermal power plants depend on accessing to very hot water, which can only be recovered in small regions around the planet. That’s why places with volcanoes, like Iceland and Indonesia, are able to use large amounts of geothermal energy, but others like France or the UK aren’t.

In the quest to reduce the massive carbon footprint from global transportation, Sweden plans to revive a staple of 20th century travel: the overnight train. The Swedish government announced Sunday that it will fund the creation of overnight train services from Sweden to the European mainland. According to a statement from the Social Democrat-Green coalition government, the state will pump 50 million Kronor ($5.3 million) into creating night links by train to major European destinations, as part of a drive to give Swedes more low-carbon ways to travel long distances.

If the Swedish charges against Assange are revived he could face a second extradition request, on top of the existing request from the US. Then it will be up to the UK to decide which to prioritise.

Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. What lessons can we learn, asks Hazel Sheffield

2014 blir ännu ett rekordår för svensk avfallsimport. I fjol importerade Sverige drygt 2,3 miljoner ton sopor, enligt preliminär statistik som SvD Näringsliv tagit del av. För de svenska sopförbränningsanläggningarna är importen en miljardaffär - men nu växer kritiken mot avfallsförbränningens konsekvenser.

En av de omkomna i gårdagens bilexplosion i Göteborg är en tongivande gängmedlem i 30-årsåldern. Det uppger källor till SVT Nyheter. Totalt dog fyra personer i explosionen, varav en är ett barn i förskoleåldern.

Vid årsskiftet blir Sverige ett samfund fattigare. Efter 110 år lägger Svenska Frälsningsarmén ner verksamheten.