Gunmen with automatic weapons stormed into a restaurant in Sweden’s second largest city, killing two people and wounding about a dozen in a shooting that police said was likely gang-related.

A Swedish model has said she is "shocked" after a newspaper used a photograph of her for a "honey trap" sting on a Tory minister.

A 91-year-old woman has set time and age records at the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego marathon.

In Sweden, not even a soon-to-be-married princess can get away with breaking the traffic rules.

Swedish police raided Justin Bieber's tour bus and reportedly found marijuana last night.

Enda’s German gong overshadowed

Three people have reportedly been killed in northern Sweden in a collision between a Irish-registered van and a truck.

A Swede pulled from a snowed-in car claiming he had not eaten for two months had lived in the vehicle since mid-2011, media reported, as experts said that his “miraculous survival” was theoretically possible.

Football in Italy this winter has become as unpredictable as the weather, so unpredictable there are genuine doubts about which Milan team will face Arsenal tomorrow night.

A prisoner in Sweden has demanded holiday time, despite being behind bars.

SWEDEN coach Erik Hamren has targeted the matches against the Republic of Ireland as his side’s best chances of finishing second in World Cup qualifying Group C after Saturday night’s draw.

MORE cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a “data war” to protect internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved warned last night.

Keith Richards reportedly threatened a Swedish journalist and hit him on the head yesterday.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange said he believed the Pentagon could be behind a rape allegation against him that was swiftly dropped by Swedish authorities.

Swedish prosecutors today defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks.

REFEREE Martin Hansson broke his silence yesterday by insisting “life must go on” after his blunder contributed to the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup exit.

Referee Martin Hansson broke his silence today by insisting “life must go on” after his blunder sealed the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup exit on Wednesday.

Blundering Swedish referee Martin Hansson was this morning condemned in his homeland.

ISRAELI and Swedish officials have responded furiously to a Swedish newspaper article that suggested Israeli troops killed Palestinians and harvested their organs.

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s assistant Tord Grip says he expects them both to leave Manchester City at the end of the season.

Britney Spears has been accused of stealing four white coats from designer Katja Berglund following her 26th birthday celebrations in Los Angeles at the weekend.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded an apology from Swedish newspapers for their scathing reviews of the group's performance in the Scandinavian country.

West Ham have announced a 2pm press conference today, with reports claiming they will unveil Freddie Ljungberg as their fifth summer signing.

Justin Timberlake has disappointed fans in Sweden by verbally attacking locals and spitting on them, according to reports.

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER is in no doubt that in Henrik Larsson Manchester United have signed the finest Scandinavian footballer of his generation.

Sweden coach Lars Lagerback is understood to be trying to tempt Henrik Larsson out of international retirement.

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose was released from a Swedish jail yesterday, after being arrested for allegedly biting a security guard on the leg.

Rangers have targeted Sweden international Tobias Hysen, according to the player’s father Glenn, the former Liverpool star.

Barcelona are stepping up their pursuit of Sweden’s Euro 2004 hero Henrik Larsson, according to the player’s agent.

SWEDISH police interrogated and took DNA samples from the suspected killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh yesterday, following his capture in a Stockholm suburb, authorities said.

Swedish police today denied two reports that they had captured a man suspected of murdering Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last week.

Barcelona centre-back Patrik Andersson believes David Beckham would struggle to make an impression in Spain – with any team.

NINE prominent Swedish female writers, journalists and academics on yesterday criticised the Nobel Prizes as “sexist” because there are no women among this year’s winners.

SWEDISH police scrambled yesterday to meet a legal deadline to charge a man of Tunisian origin suspected of a plane hijack plot just days before the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States.

Freddie Ljungberg has declared his hip operation a success and is expected to be back in action within three months.

There was shock and surprise across Europe today at the success of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of France’s presidential election.

Coventry goalkeeper Magnus Hedman has been targeted by Italian club Fiorentina following the Sky Blues’ relegation from the Premiership.

IFK Gothenburg are interested in taking Manchester United's forgotten man Jesper Blomqvist back to Sweden.