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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

The completed Eurovision stage at Malmo Arena is shown at a press conference in Malmo, Sweden, on April 25, 2024. Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they’re willing to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the event next week in Sweden. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Israel warns citizens against traveling to Sweden for annual Eurovision contest, citing ISIS threat

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The completed Eurovision stage at Malmo Arena is shown at a press conference in Malmo, Sweden, on April 25, 2024. Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they’re willing to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the event next week in Sweden. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags

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FILE - AIK's supporters hold a banner against VAR during the Allsvenskan soccer match between AIK and Västerås SF FK at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, April 1, 2024. Swedish soccer has adopted an isolationist stance in eschewing technology to retain a pure version of the beautiful game. Sweden is the only one of Europe’s top-30 ranked leagues yet to have rolled out VAR in its domestic competitions. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Video reviews have changed the face of European soccer. One country is holding out.

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Swedish pop group ABBA celebrate winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest on stage at the Brighton Dome in England with their song Waterloo, April 6, 1974. The 68th Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden. It will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown. Founded in 1956, Eurovision is a feelgood extravaganza that strives to banish international strife and division. It’s known for songs that range from anthemic to extremely silly, often with elaborate costumes and spectacular staging. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)

From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of the Nordic countries. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Swedish unions block Tesla’s Supercharger expansion

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Swedish-based Axis Communications demonstrates its artificial intelligence-based 'dynamic masking' technology in an exhibit at the embassy's House of Sweden last week. The surveillance system can monitor crowd movements in real time while automatically obscuring individual faces or entire bodies, the company says, depending on the privacy setting for the AI program. (Photo by Ryan Lovelace/The Washington Times)

Foreign officials ramp up efforts to influence AI policy in Washington

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Eggs are cleaned and disinfected at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, which had seen an outbreak of avian flu. Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden

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Protestor Salwan Momika waves the Swedish flag outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, on July 20, 2023, where he plans to burn a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. Momika, an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday March 27, 2024 that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP, File)

Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

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Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

‘Ukraine cannot win this war’: Hungarian minister says talks with Russia a must

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson address a media conference before a flag-raising ceremony to mark the accession of Sweden to NATO at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Sweden’s flag raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its place as the 32nd alliance member

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference after a meeting with all Swedish party leaders who are in favor of a Swedish NATO membership in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

By Matthew Lee and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

One of three Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft takes off from the Blekinge Wing F17, based in Kallinge southern Sweden for a base in Sardinia to join the Nato-led operation in Libya, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Patric Soderstrom, File)

Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden in defense of its Nordic turf

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Photographers take pictures as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, stands after addressing a Parliament session, on the day lawmakers are expected to approve Sweden's accession into NATO, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb 26, 2024. Hungary's Parliament is to vote Monday on ratifying Sweden's bid to join NATO, likely bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungarian Parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO bid, clearing the final obstacle to membership

By Justin Spike - Associated Press