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The cranes are dancing – it's spring! 🌱🇸🇪Every year between February and April, many thousands of cranes migrate north for the summer ... Show more

Welcome to Malmö, located in the very south of Sweden! 👋 The city is a mix of industrial areas, old buildings and celebrated modern Swedish architecture – all ... Show more

Meet Yalla Trappan, a social enterprise founded and run by women – for women! The purpose of this non-profit association is to help women born outside of ... Show more

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This is Hisingsbron, an award-winning bridge crossing the Göta älv river in central Gothenburg. 🌉 With dedicated lanes for buses 🚌 and trams 🚋 ... Show more

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Making greeting cards out of leaves, and then re-planting them?! Talk about a circular business idea! 🍃 LeafCraft is the brainchild of five high school ... Show more

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Did you know that Sweden boasts a strong reputation for innovation and research, with 39 universities offering courses and programmes in English? 🌟🧑‍🎓 👉 ... Show more

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🌸 This time of year, every year, children all over Sweden sell small Mayflower pins ('majblommor') to raise money for children who are less well off ... Show more

It's tax return time in Sweden! 😅 For most private individuals, this is a fairly simple affair – a check and approval in the Swedish Tax Agency's app ... Show more

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The novel ‘Stolen’ (2021) sheds light on the struggles of the Sami people to preserve their culture and way of life in Sweden ... Show more

The winners of this year's Swedish Birdhouse Championship have been announced! 🐦🏆 The annual competition, organised by the Swedish Society for Nature ... Show more

This is Liljevalchs' Spring Salon in Stockholm, perhaps best described as a democratic art exhibition! 🖼🌷 An annual tradition dating all the way back to 1921 ... Show more

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Today is International Roma Day. 💙💚❤️ Roma people have lived in Sweden since at least the 16th century and they make up one of Sweden's national minorities ... Show more

🎶 Meet one of the B's in ABBA, Björn Ulvaeus! He shares the backstory of 'Waterloo' and how the song lives on, generation after generation. On 6 April 1974 ... Show more

My, my – ready for some retro fashion à la ABBA's 'Waterloo' hat? Here's your chance to crochet your own! 🧶💃 Follow @MakeYourOwn's guide on how to crochet ... Show more

Fifty years ago, ABBA triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision in the British city of Brighton with 'Waterloo'. 🕺💃💃🕺 Here are some fun facts about the iconic song: ... Show more

Caveman cooking is all about cooking directly on the fire, on a bed of glowing coals. 🔥 Just like in the Stone Age! 🏞️ In a sunny and snowy Skellefteå in ... Show more

This new Swedish truck front is designed to save lives! ❤️ Despite the fact that trucks only account for 6% of the traffic volume in Sweden ... Show more

‘I’m rebuilding my body because I want it to fit with my feminine gender expression. But at the core, I remain the same person. My thoughts ... Show more

Happy Easter! 🐥 Swedish Easter celebrations are just around the corner. The Church of Sweden considers Easter the most important Christian holiday of the year ... Show more

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Ever heard of Ronja, the robber's daughter? 🦹 This strong-willed character now steps out of Astrid Lindgren's (1907–2002) book ‘Ronja the Robber’s Daughter’ ... Show more

A few centuries ago, 'gravlax' was prepared by digging down salted salmon and letting it ferment. 🐟 Today, we prefer a salt- and sugar-marinated version that ... Show more

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Many parents in Sweden follow a longstanding tradition and let their toddlers nap outside all year round – as do parents in other Nordic countries ... Show more

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Saturday 23 March is Nordic Day! 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇴🇬🇱🇦🇽 We want to take this opportunity to celebrate the Nordic countries – this geographical and cultural region ... Show more

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This is a day to raise awareness and end the stereotypes – it's World Down Syndrome Day. We met up with 25-year-old Nora ... Show more

As of 2024, you are legally obliged to separate food waste in Sweden – this applies to households and businesses alike. The collected food waste will be used ... Show more

Welcome to one of Sweden's largest waterfalls, Tännforsen – 38 metres high and 60 metres wide! 🌊 It lies in the mid-Sweden province of Jämtland ... Show more

Today we pay tribute to Berta Persson (1893–1961), Sweden's first female bus driver! Hers is a story of perseverance. In 1925 ...

When design lifts accessibility, literally. 😍 This clever lift at Dramaten is pretty much invisible until it is needed – then it shoots out of the stairs ...

🌨️ Did you know that in the Sami languages, there are over 300 words to describe snow and ice? 👉 Let us give you some examples in Lule Sami ... Show more

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Season 3 of ’Young Royals’ has just launched on Netflix! 👑 Wow, did you have a lot of questions for the series' stars Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg!! 🤩 Thank ... Show more

🌙 Over this coming month, Muslims across Sweden and the world fast during their respective daylight hours. Ramadan is a time to strengthen connections with ... Show more

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What an Oscar Sunday it was for Sweden! 🎬🏆 Huge congrats to composer Ludwig Göransson and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema – they both won Academy Awards last ... Show more

Ladies, gentlemen and all others, we have a winner – or two, actually! 🥳 Big congrats to Marcus & Martinus! And thank you Norway ... Show more

♀️♂️ Sweden believes that everyone, regardless of gender, should have the right to work and support themselves. As well as to balance career and family life ... Show more

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The city of Luleå in Northern Sweden is not only famous for its University of Technology and Gammelstad Church Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... Show more

In 1946, Swedish doctor Nils Alwall started testing his 'artificial kidney' for dialysis – the first in the world to be used in hospitals. Since then ... Show more

The Eiffel Tower in Paris 🇫🇷 or the Statue of Liberty in New York 🇺🇸 – many countries have national monuments that symbolise the country. Sweden doesn't ... Show more

❄️ Vasaloppet is a Swedish cross-country ski race with quite a history. On Sunday 3 March, the race takes place for the 100th time. More than 15 ... Show more

Fifty years ago, Sweden paved the way for more equal parental leave. 💛 In 1974, Sweden became the first country in the world to replace gender-specific ... Show more

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Less than two weeks till the premiere of 'Young Royals', season 3! 👑🙌 We met up with one of the stars of the series, Edvin Ryding ... Show more

Are you up for some Nordic noir?🖤 Sweden and its Nordic neighbours have a long tradition of crime fiction, both in literature and on screen ... Show more

The 24 February is Swedish Finns' Day! 🇸🇪🇫🇮 Swedish Finns have Finnish roots but live in Sweden – a people with two cultures and two languages ... Show more

We don't want to sound big-headed, but the solar system actually fits within Sweden! 🌌 ☀️ Sweden Solar System is the world’s largest model of the planetary ... Show more

🌍 Hej från Sverige! Hello from Sweden! Today is International Mother Language Day! 🎉 In Sweden, we have around 200 different mother languages ... Show more

Winter holiday time for schoolchildren in Sweden! ❄️⚽️⛸ The one-week winter break – which Swedes call 'sportlov' (sports holiday) – is spread out across five ... Show more

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🏘️ Behold, the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland! In the Swedish province of Hälsingland, around a thousand wooden farmhouses with highly decorative ... Show more

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A Swedish company decided to reinvent one of the most common building materials, cement – a major cause of carbon dioxide emissions in the world ... Show more

−20°C in the air, −0.1°C in the water. Would you dare to participate? 🏊‍♂️🥶 Every year, Skellefteå hosts the Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championship. Here ... Show more