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FILE - An optical fibre cable of the Swedish digital infrastructure provider GlobalConnect is being laid underground in Espoo, Finland, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Finnish police don’t suspect criminal activity regarding damaged data cables in south of country

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The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Sweden asks for China’s cooperation over Baltic Sea cables cut while a Chinese ship was nearby

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The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in background, is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish military monitors a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier after undersea data cables were ruptured

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FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting, July 9, 2024, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, file)

Sweden will honor Blinken and others with knighthoods for their roles in its NATO accession

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FILE - A view of the city with Stockholm City Hall, center, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Sweden updates Cold War-era preparedness booklet

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A demonstrator holds up a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Prosecutor Reena Devgun speaks during a press conference regarding the indictment of a 52-year-old woman, associated with the Islamic State group, with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria, in Stockholm, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden charges a woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women and children in Syria

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - A 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Sweden joins countries seeking to end screen time for children under 2

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md. Sweden said Thursday that a person who recently traveled to Africa was diagnosed with a type of mpox that can be spread through close contact. (NIAID via AP, File)

Mpox hits man in Thailand, second case outside Africa

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md. Sweden said Thursday that a person who recently traveled to Africa was diagnosed with a type of mpox that can be spread through close contact. (NIAID via AP, File)

Sweden confirms first case of contagious mpox outside Africa

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Norway's Christian Sandlie Soerum, left, and Anders Berntsen Mol react during the men's pool B beach volleyball match between Norway and Netherlands at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Better known for snow than sand, Norway and Sweden are upstaging Olympic beach volleyball dynasties

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Medal winners, from left, South Korea's Min-Jong Kim, silver, France's Teddy Riner, gold, Uzbekistan's Alisher Yusupov, Tajikistan's Temur Rakhimov, bronze, pose on the podium of the judo men's +100 kg event in the team judo competition, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

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Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his semifinal match against Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic in the men's singles Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden, Saturday July 20, 2024. (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

Nadal reaches first final since 2022 French Open by beating Ajdukovic in Sweden

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FILE - Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Jan. 22, 2024. Sweden’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it will summon the Iraqi chargé d’affaires to protest once again against more death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Sweden protests against death penalties given to 3 Swedes in Iraq, says a 4th case isn’t confirmed

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FILE - A man carries Palestinian flag in a Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March 20, 2023. At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of allegedly having committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014, authorities in the two countries said Wednesday, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

At least 7 arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing war crimes in Syria

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - Henrik Holgersson, right, watches his son, Arvid, center with hat, play with Walter Johansson accompanied by his father Henrik Johansson at a playground in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday June 29, 2011. Fifty years after Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce paid parental leave for fathers, the Scandinavian country has launched a groundbreaking new law granting paid leave allowing grandparents and other legal guardians to care for a child. The law came into effect Monday, July 1, 2024, and allows parents to transfer some of their generous parental leave allowance to the child's grandparents or ‘bonus-parent’ — a term often used in Sweden for a step-parent. (AP Photo/Niklas Larsson, File)

Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid is congratulated by Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, left to right, Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby and Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews after winning the NHL All-Star hockey skills competition in Toronto, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon have never played together internationally for Canada. Same for Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel and Matthew Tkachuk with the U.S. That is finally set to change next year at the 4 Nations Face-Off, an international tournament precursor to the 2026 Milan Olympics that marks the return of NHL players to that world stage.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland unveil 1st 6 players for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Swedish government, Johan Floderus reunites with his family at Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, June 15, 2024, after being released from prison in Iran. (Tom Samuelsson/Swedish government/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The Iraqi chargé d’affaires in Sweden on Friday, June 14, 2024, was summoned to the Swedish Foreign Ministry protesting against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Sweden summons Iraqi diplomat to protest death penalties reportedly handed to 2 Swedes

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Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Eurovision Song Contest final takes stage after protests, backstage chaos and contestant’s expulsion

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press