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Sweden reports a record 25,215 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2022-01-13

Sweden's Riksdag votes for Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to become the first female prime minister of Sweden. However, Andersson resigned several hours later, after the Green Party quit the coalition. The Greens quit the coalition after the opposition budget was approved by the Riksdag.
2021-11-24

Sweden, whose government took a lighter approach to the pandemic, including not enforcing lockdowns, reports 5,990 new cases, a new single-day record that pushes the nationwide total to 177,395 cases.
2020-11-13

Danish inventor Peter Madsen appeals his life sentence for murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall onboard his homemade submarine. He has not appealed his conviction.
2018-05-7

Sweden's terror threat level is raised to 'high' for the first time in history, as national security service "Säpo" says that police are hunting a suspected terrorist.
2015-11-18

The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is held in Vienna, Austria with Måns Zelmerlöw of Sweden winning for the song Heroes.
2015-05-23

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is involved in a car accident on the Nockebybron bridge west of Stockholm.
2014-09-17

Voters in Sweden go to the polls for a general election with a leftist coalition led by the Swedish Social Democratic Party set to form government. Incumbent Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announces that he will step aside as PM and as leader of the Moderate Party.
2014-09-14

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted for questioning in Sweden, says that he will leave his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London "soon".
2014-08-18

Documents are secured as Dutch authorities execute a tax raid on Spyker Cars' headquarters on behalf of the Swedish tax authorities.
2013-05-22