Crowns without Kings?
March 17, 2010
The Swedish Republican Association wants all references and images relating to the monarchy removed from coins and bills. Hardly to become reality considering that three of four Swedes solidly support their monarchs READ MORE »
ABBA enters Rock's Hall of Fame.
March 16, 2010
On the ides of March, Sweden's all time great musical group, ABBA, was placed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. READ MORE »
Official USA stemware: Swedish
March 16, 2010
Fine crystal stemware from Orrefors in Sweden will grace the dining tables of American Embassies throughout the world. READ MORE »
PM smooths Turkey's ruffled feathers
March 15, 2010
Sweden's PM apologized for a Parliament resolution that recognized Turkey's massacre of some 1.5 million Armenians a century ago. Although without authorization from Brussels, Reinfeldt also assured Turkey's EU accession ambitions were not damaged by the spat of historical events that occurred over a century ago. READ MORE »
EU citizens make less, save more, pay lots of tax...
March 12, 2010
Household incomes are lower in the European Union than in the United States, but the families save more of their earnings. Total income in Europe is being drastically reduced by taxes, much more in comparison to the U.S. than you would expect. READ MORE »
Still shivering, but...
March 09, 2010
Cold winter complaints have been countered by weathermen who say it's actually warmer. READ MORE »
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UN's top cop: she's Swedish!
March 09, 2010
A Swedish female police officer has been appointed the top cop for the United Nations. Decisively underscoring the moment of International Women's Day, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today appointed a Swedish woman, Ann-Marie Orler, as the top police office in the organization. READ MORE »
Double Swedish at Vasaloppet.
March 08, 2010
Sweden’s Jörgen Brink won the traditional 90-kilometer ski race Vasaloppet while Susanne Nyström won in the women’s category. The traditional story behind Vasaloppet is the young Gustav Ericsson Vasa, considered founder of modern Sweden, escaping from the troops of the King of Denmark in 1520. READ MORE »
Oscar nominated Swedes.
March 07, 2010
Congratulations to a hard-working Paul Ottosson, who was awarded two Ocars at the 2010 Oscars! READ MORE »
Actor Michael J. Fox receives his Doctor's hat.
March 06, 2010
Fox received the honorary degree of medicine in a ceremony at the new Swedish Honorary Consul General's residence in New York on March 5. READ MORE »
Lund loses AstraZeneca, 900 jobs.
March 03, 2010
Despite a respectable increase in pretax profits for 2009, AstraZeneca, the UK-Swedish pharma giant, has announced it will close its research operations in Lund, Sweden and lay off 900 workers. READ MORE »
U.S. considers Sweden's atomic waste tactics
February 28, 2010
Lauding Sweden's energy industry for enlisting public support, the AAAS advised that the U.S. adopt the same strategy for depositing depleted nuclear rods. READ MORE »
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U.S. expert praises Stockholm cleantech.
February 28, 2010
Ranking number nine on Shawn Lesser's top ten list of ”green good guys,” Stockholm's Milieu Technology Center was praised by the American expert. READ MORE »
Snøhetta at Scandinavia House
February 16, 2010
Craig Dykers and Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, founders of Norwegian Snøhetta, presented themselves and their ideas during an invigorating evening at Scandinavia House. The evening kicked off the exhibition “SNØHETTA: architecture, landscape, design” curated by Eva E. Madshus for Scandinavia House. READ MORE »
Wearable art from Norway
February 15, 2010
White flowers are bursting open on a cobalt blue background and the waist is slightly cinched with a knitted midsection in two shades of pink, making this, like all Oleana sweaters, look like a painting. Oleana is definitely art. Art you can wear. READ MORE »
Leaving Circus-The spring/summer 2010 collection from IVANA
January 18, 2010
IVANAhelsinki fashion brand correctly introduces itself as a Finnish art brand rather than fashion only. READ MORE »
Cirkus Cirkör at BAM in Brooklyn.
November 05, 2009
Nov. 12-15, 2009. Order tickets - READ MORE »
Cirkus Cirkör at BAM in Brooklyn.
October 29, 2009
Stockholm based cirque nouveau troupe Cirkus Cirkör will be performing at BAM New York's Howard Gilman Opera House between Nov. 12-15. “Like the younger, hipper little sister of Cirque du Soleil..." / Daily Express in a recent review. READ MORE »
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Denials of Visas on the Rise.
October 21, 2009
Spending a longer time every year in the U.S.? Denials of B visa applications are on the rise - How this can change your travel plans forever! READ MORE »
Norsk Høstfest InBox:
October 17, 2009
From our reader and friend Margareta Lidskog, Mass., came these photos and comments about the Norsk Høstfest in Minot, ND, in early October. READ MORE »
Moods of Norway
October 12, 2009
Crazy, colorful and in a constant good mood — meet the guys behind Moods of Norway: Peder Børresen, Simen Staalnacke and Stefan Dahlkvist. READ MORE »
With a taste for the Vikings
October 07, 2009
When Brooklyn-based comic book creator Brian Wood was asked to think outside his comfort zone, which is decidedly urban and somewhat futuristic, he reached for the Vikings. READ MORE »
Evoking Iceland at More North.
October 06, 2009
More North gallery in New York has extended and added to Hjörtur Hjartarsson's works after the Icelandic artist's participation in an earlier collaborative exhibit with Hildur Jónsson. The present exhibition runs until December 6. READ MORE »
Sweden to take charge of EU anti-pirate mission.
October 02, 2009
The Swedish Defense Ministry announced Oct. 1 it would send the command vessel HSwMS Karlskrona to the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in April, 2010, when Sweden takes command of the European Union naval force patrolling the area. READ MORE »
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