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Back to homepageSweden: Bomb found at Stockholm Culture Festival
NordenBladet — On Sunday 20th August, a bomb was found and subsequently disarmed by the Swedish police bomb squad located at the popular Stockholm Culture Festival in Sweden’s capital. The device was found in a bag in a park, one
Read MoreSweden: Unregistered pre-paid mobile SIM cards to be banned in Sweden
NordenBladet — In an attempt to fight organized crime, anonymous mobile phone pre-paid SIM cards will be banned in Sweden from 1st August. As of tomorrow, pre-paid SIM cards in Sweden will require registration with information including the owner’s name
Read MoreSweden: Sverigetaxi won continued trust from The City of Stockholm
NordenBladet – The City of Stockholm has chosen to give Sverigetaxi with TaxiKurir as a subcontractor continued confidence to run school transport and service transports until February 2024 in subarea South-west Stockholm (Hägersten, Ă„lvsjö och Skärholmen). The new agreement can
Read MoreScandinavian Airlines opens new routes to Toronto from Copenhagen and Stockholm
NordenBladet – Scandinavian Airlines (more commonly known and styled as SAS) expands its network in North America and will start direct routes to Toronto from Copenhagen and Stockholm in June 2022. SAS will operate three weekly flights from Copenhagen and
Read MoreWorld’s first permanent vehicle-charging electric road to be built in Sweden
NordenBladet — Sweden’s highway network is set to build the world’s first permanent electric road in the country by 2025, which will allow electric vehicles to charge as they drive. According to a report by World Highways, the electric road
Read MoreNorway, Sweden and Finland to reduce wolf population
NordenBladet — Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden and Finland are joining forces this winter to reduce the population of wolves through culling. In turn, conservation groups are appealing to the European Union to combat the slaughter of the animals. In Sweden,
Read MoreSweden: Rate of Gun violence in Sweden significant on the rise
NordenBladet — As part of a report conducted by the Swedish national council for crime prevention, only Sweden has recorded a significant rise in deaths caused by gun violence since 2000 compared to 22 European countries analyzed. The report found
Read MoreSweden: Bronze Age artifacts excavated in Swedish town AlingsĂĄs
NordenBladet — A large deposit of Bronze Age artifacts thought to originate between 750 and 500 BC have been excavated in the Swedish town of Alingsås by Archaeologists from the Administration for Cultural Development. In April 2021, various bronze objects
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Sweden: Sweden’s new royal Prince Julian Herbert Folke – What’s in a name?
NordenBladet – Princess Sofia of Sweden gave birth to her third child on Friday at 11.19 am at Danderyd Hospital. King Carl XVI Gustaf revealed the name of his two-day-old grandson this morning in a cabinet meeting with the Prime
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Sweden: Swedish royals attend Prince Julian’s Te Deum at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm Palace
NordenBladet – Members of the Swedish Royal Family attended a Te Deum* at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm Palace on Sunday at noon to mark the birth of Prince Julian. Due to the pandemic, those in attendance were limited to
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