Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. Sweden borders Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund. At 450,295 square kilometres, Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.5 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country.
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A pretty chart showing Norway and Sweden’s top EVs of the moment
Norway is leading the charge when it comes to EV sales per capita, how does Sweden stack up against it? We charted some top ...
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Swedish cities are betting big on Volvo’s creative 'bendy buses' for clean transport
Sweden is cleaning up its public transport options. To do that, it will be getting electric bendy buses to replace old dirty ...
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Moonday Morning: Buterin says Ethereum Foundation made $100M by dumping Ether at the top
Welcome to yet another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – Hard Fork's selection of this weekend's top cryptocurrency ...
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Netflix's newest original is a scripted series about Spotify
Netflix today announced its plan for a scripted series about “Swedish music sensation Spotify.” The series, based on ...
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Tencent given green light to create blockchain-based invoice standards, bad news for tax evaders
After first announcing the project last year, Chinese tech giant Tencent has been given the go-ahead by the country's tax ...
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How 'The Equal Edit' campaign is improving gender equality in Swedish history on Wikipedia
“The Equal Edit,” launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, recently partnered with Historiskan, the first journal in Sweden ...
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Hackers target major UK supermarket's Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam
Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin ...
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Microsoft's AI hallucinates unique whisky flavors
When whisky is made in Scotland it's called scotch. When it's made in Kentucky it's called whiskey – the Irish also add ...
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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden's top political party
The Twitter account of Sweden's governing party was hacked with cryptocurrency-related nonsense and wildly offensive hate ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Sweden
Dubbed a ‘unicorn factory’ Sweden has become a powerhouse incubator for some of the most innovative startups. It’s no wonder, with massive success stories such as iZettle and Mojang Games (the creators of Minecraft) that the country has been experiencing an influx of growth ...
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2.7 million patient calls to Swedish healthcare hotline left unprotected online
2.7 millions audio recordings of calls made to 1177 Vårdguiden were left online without any authentication or encryption. ...
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Teacher of the year for life: Professor hired mercenaries to rescue student from ISIS
Some teachers deserve apples, this one deserves a whole orchard after sending a team of mercenaries to rescue a student who ...
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November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife
Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...
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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users
Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...
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International Bitcoin miners vanish after stacking up $1.5M debt in Sweden
Sweden is playing host to a cryptocurrency mining mystery. Two mining operations have shut up shop and disappeared, leaving ...
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Tattoodo wants to be the Booking.com of getting inked
Tattoodo has launched a platform that will allow people from across the world to find and book their next tattoo online.