Norway has a variety of products half that of Sweden
Despite the assortment of products in Norwegian food stores improving, Swedish stores stock nearly twice as many varied items as our shops at home. A…
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Two men hunted after ax attack on Norwegian couple
Two men have been charged and are being hunted after a Norwegian woman got an ax thrown at her head as her husband was beaten,…
Sweden cuts tax on solar energy
The Government of Sweden makes a sharp cut in tax on solar power for their own use, which was introduced just a few months ago….
More Iraqis may be in Sweden
The situation in Iraq is worse than before, says the Swedish Migration Board. This means that more Iraqi asylum seekers can remain in Sweden. –…
Tens of Norwegians in a Nazi demonstration in Sweden
Between 30 and 40 Norwegians participated in the neo-Nazi demonstration in Stockholm on Saturday. The leader of the Norwegian wing of the Nordic resistance movement,…
Pope arriving in Sweden
Pope Francis has arrived in Sweden, where he will mark the occassion of it being 500 years since the Reformation. The plane with the pope…
Seven years in prison for online abuse against young girls
A court in the Swedish city of Boras has sentenced a 47-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexual abuse of 100 girls. The…
Huge influx of Norwegian Catholics expected when the Pope visits Sweden
Buses loaded with tense Norwegian Catholics will make a pilgrimage to Sweden when the Pope Francis visits Malmo in Sweden on Monday and Tuesday of…
Norway and Sweden starting sales of SAS shares
The Norwegian and Swedish government is starting the sale of up to 19 million shares in the airline SAS, corresponding to 5.8 percent of the…
Norway builds more wind power than Sweden
For the first time since the system of electricity certificates was introduced in 2012 Norway is building more wind power than Sweden. Recent figures from…
Cheapest Swedish cross-border shopping since October 2015
The Norwegian krone is at its strongest against the Swedish since last October. It makes shopping trip across the Swedish border cheaper. Thursday you had…
SAS: – The strike will not have much impact on Norwegian travelers
The strike of the Swedish pilots at SAS will affect Norwegian travelers on Tuesday as well . – We will take care of those who are…
Male surplus in Sweden
For the first time in over a quarter of a millennium, there are more men than women in Sweden. In Norway men became the majority …
Dramatic increase in cases of syphilis in Sweden
The cases of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis are increasing in the western world. In Swedish Västra Götaland the number of new cases has tripled…
Sweden – 35,000 Norwegians waiting for Nordby shopping centre
Scandinavia’s largest shopping center, Nordby in Sweden, is being waited on by 35,000 Norwegians this coming May 16 as a result of closed liquor stores…
King and Queen , Crown Prince and Princess cancel Sweden trip
King and Queen with Crown Prince and Princess will not travel to Sweden to participate in the celebration of King Carl Gustafs 70th birthday. This…
More Norwegians than Danes own cottages in Sweden now
Norwegians now constitute the largest group of foreigners who own a holiday home in Sweden. Foreigners now own 37,438 holiday home in Sweden, according to…
Palme murder will probably remain unsolved
30 years after Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot and killed outside a cinema in Stockholm, new theories still appear on who was behind…
Cruise ship docked in Kristiansand will be turned into reception center in Sweden
A cruise ship that will be put to use as a reception center in Sweden, has arrived at Kristiansand. There the final preparations will be…
The Swedish state will provide work experience for refugees in Sweden
The Swedish state will provide work experience for refugees in Sweden The government of Sweden plans to create 1,000 government-sponsored internships at public institutions for…