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While the Covid-19 epidemic continues to drag on in the United States, it's largely over in Sweden where fatalities have dropped to no more than 2 deaths per day for the last week.
For the first time in history, Swedish female priests outnumber their male counterparts, sixty years after they were first allowed to don the clerical collar, the Church of Sweden said Wednesday.
Why is the media so fixated on Sweden's coronavirus policy? What difference does it make?
As growing numbers of Italians ditch their masks and have declared the pandemic response a scam,
The culture of social distancing does strange things to us. A few weeks ago I got an invitation to an offline work dinner, and I can't remember the last time I had such a sudden rush of joy
Sweden's unique policy approach in this pandemic has been described as "freewheeling" in international news media, but it would be more accurate to call it balanced. Johan Giesecke, a world-renowned epidemiologist and advisor to the Swedish G
Around the world, nations are starting to emulate Sweden's COVID-19 strategy. Here's why.
Sweden's unique approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has been drawing a great deal of scrutiny for weeks, including both admiration and criticism.
A debate over herd immunity is in the news spotlight. Answers vary widely, so let's look at both sides.
Low vitamin D levels could explain why African Americans and even African immigrants in Sweden appear to be disproportionately hard-hit by the coronavirus, regardless of socio-economic factors, researchers have suggested.
We know that the original model from Neil Ferguson of Imperial College was wildly wrong.
The "reopenings" underway in 30 states in the US might be in words only just as the ballyhooed "open" Swedish economy is not open in fact and has been closed by non-participation.
After praising China for enforcing its own draconian lockdown.
Sweden did not lockdown its economy or close its schools in response to the coronavirus.
WHO Flip-Flops Again, Endorses Sweden's Lockdown-Free Approach To Tackling Coronavirus: Live Updates
Great comment on the story by Jon Hellevig: Game over. The Swedish-Belarussian model has won. Herd immunity is the way to go. Study and random testing shows that 600,000 or one-third of Stockholm county's population have had the corona infection.
Down at the Tudor Arms last week, regulars toasted their good fortune, happy to be in one of the last pubs on Earth still open.
Is Sweden throwing caution to the wind and ignoring social distancing or are they being reasonable during the pandemic? The HighWire went to Sweden to get to the truth.
Holman Jenkins describes below how Sweden has a high degree of social trust compared to the USA and how that has resulted in different ways of handling the coronavirus. It's also why the social welfare state works better in Sweden with less governme
Update (0400ET): Stefan Lofven, Sweden's prime minister, said today that after taking a "flexible" approach to restricting movements within its borders, the country's coronavirus measures were "not good enough."
The longer life in Sweden remains relatively normal, the more we should be encouraged.
Sweden's daily death toll and its number of new coronavirus cases both fell today as the country continues to hold out against imposing a lockdown.
Swedish Minister of Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman accused Russia "of destabilizing the Swedish 5G debate" by deploying Russian trolls on Facebook in late 2019.
While most of Europe is locked down in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, Sweden is keeping primary schools, restaurants and bars open and encouraging people to go outside for a nip of air.
Turkish authorities have been positioning refugees and migrants on the European border in the last several weeks as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he's ready to 'open the gates' amid the crisis unfolding in Idlib, Syria.
The number of children who rob other children has increased by 100% in only four years, according to a new study by Swedish police about reported violent crimes in which children under the age of 15 are both the victims and the perpetrators.
Identity politics has supplanted income inequality and the cost of living.
The Swedish welfare state has often been praised by the left in the United States. After the migration crisis of 2015, however, when Sweden was flooded by Syrian refugee claimants, Sweden is now facing a welfare crisis that threatens the entire Swedi
Swedish Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has slammed the ruling Social Democrats, saying the government has lost control of the country after a huge explosion rocked a Stockholm residential area.
The Swedish government told the country's main authority on crime to "correct" their reports in order to cover-up "politically sensitive" data, according to a study by Linköping University.
