‘I have always known I wanted to be on big stages’: Zara Larsson looks unrecognisable in throwback clip as a 10-year-old on Sweden’s Got Talent By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 13:50 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 13:51 GMT, 8 March 2021 Zara Larsson has told how she always wanted ‘to be on big … Read more
Sweden’s King, 74, and Queen, 77, become the latest European royals to receive Covid-19 vaccine, despite the country not giving jabs for other over-70s for another month Sweden’s King, 74, and Queen Silvia, 70, received doses at Stenhammar Castle General public over-70s in Sweden will not receive vaccine until next month Sweden is one of six … Read more
Sweden to bring in new powers to close businesses and pubic transport and issue fines for social distancing breaches to curb second wave of Covid infections Sweden’s temporary pandemic law should be in place from January, officials say Will allow Government to shut shopping malls or public transport if necessary Lockdown-free Sweden controversially relied on mostly … Read more
Sweden’s king has said his country’s lockdown-free approach to battling coronavirus has ‘failed’ and that people have ‘suffered tremendously’ as a result. Carl XVI Gustaf, whose son and daughter-in-law tested positive for Covid-19 last month, used an annual royal Christmas TV special to highlight the growing impact of the virus In a rare intervention from … Read more
Sweden’s no-lockdown Covid approach left elderly people vulnerable, with high levels of community infection the biggest factor in care home deaths, report finds Sweden has never gone into lockdown, with shops and restaurants staying open Thousands have died at nursing homes despite talk of ‘ring-fencing’ the elderly Commission found that too little was done to … Read more
The first images of Sweden‘s Icehotel for 2021 have been released – and it looks as amazing as ever. Each year since 1989, the Icehotel has been built and rebuilt using just snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle next to the shores of the Torne River. … Read more
The first images of Sweden‘s Icehotel for 2020 have been released – and it looks as amazing as ever. Each year since 1989, the Icehotel has been built and rebuilt using just snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjarvi, 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle next to the shores of the Torne River. … Read more
Lockdown is finally looming in Sweden with coronavirus infection rates now more than double that of Britain, Germany or Spain and its death rate once again the highest among Nordic nations. Some parts of Sweden have infection rates similar to the worst hotspots in Europe, and cases have yet to start falling after the second … Read more
The health expert behind Sweden‘s no-lockdown Covid-19 strategy has been sidelined by the government as the country’s number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s press conference overran on Thursday, clashing with that of Anders Tegnell, the architect of the country’s liberal approach to the outbreak. It follows Sweden admitting that … Read more
Greta Thunberg says she is abandoning her Friday protests outside Sweden’s parliament due to the surge in Covid-19 infections Climate activist Greta Thunberg is moving her regular campaigning online ‘The situation is worsening, so therefore it’s back to #ClimateStrikeOnline for me,’ she announced on Twitter Thunberg has been skipping school on Fridays since 2018 to … Read more