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New study suggests hitting the snooze button may be no bad thing
Speed Read People who delay getting up perform better in some cognitive tests, research finds
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Gangs, guns and bombs: Sweden's 'crisis of violence'
Why Everyone's Talking About Surge in bomb attacks and gun violence has led government to call on military support
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Koran burning in Scandinavia: freedom of expression’s ultimate test?
Talking Point Anti-Islam demonstrations have sparked condemnation and raised constitutional challenges for Sweden and Denmark
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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A boat trip around Sweden’s Bohuslän islands
The Week Recommends Thousands of islands make up the remote and ‘stunningly beautiful’ Bohuslän archipelago
By The Week Staff Published
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The mystery of Roman coins discovered on remote Baltic Sea island
Speed Read Archaeologists have found two silver denarii coins in area where ‘contact with Romans was limited’
By The Week Staff Published
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Turkey holds Finland and Sweden hostage over Nato bids
feature Swedish PM refuses to meet concessions around deporting alleged terrorists
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Denmark’s royal family: a ‘Game of Thrones’ drama
Under the Radar Queen Margrethe II’s attempt to streamline the Danish monarchy brought rumoured tensions to the surface
By The Week Staff Published
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Swedish and Dutch royals meet in glamorous state visit – in pictures
In Pictures The Dutch royal family are on a three-day stay in the Scandinavian nation
By Richard Windsor Published
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Sweden elections: how the far-right surged in popularity
In Depth Centre-left PM stood aside after general election delivered right-wing block
By Jamie Timson Last updated
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The Week Unwrapped: Policing, Sweden’s far-right and ‘passkeys’
podcast Can the Metropolitan Police’s new commissioner fix the force’s problems? Why has Sweden swung to the political right? And are passwords set to become obsolete?
By The Week Staff Published
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Far-right nationalists shake up Swedish election
Speed Read Sweden Democrats could power right-wing bloc to surprise victory
By The Week Staff Published
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Did Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment pay off in the end?
In Depth Scandinavian country had lower excess death rate than many but immigrants and elderly bore the brunt
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Will more countries join Nato after Russia’s Ukraine invasion?
Under the Radar Finland and Sweden mulling over plans to abandon neutrality and join military alliance
By The Week Staff Published
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Why Sweden’s first female prime minister lasted just seven hours
feature Political ‘bulldozer’ hits the skids as Green Party quits governing coalition
By The Week Staff Published
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