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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

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb 23, 2024. Nearly two years after Sweden formally applied to join NATO, its membership now hinges on convincing one country — Viktor Orban's Hungary — to formally ratify its bid to join the military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary and Sweden agree on defense deal ahead of final vote on Sweden’s NATO accession

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

A soldier of the Danish Army (Forsvaret) guards the Copenhagen Synagogue, Saturday Dec. 16, 2023. The number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that that ignited the war in Gaza has never been as high, with the head of the Scandinavian country's small Jewish community calling it the biggest wave since World War II. The figures are in par with what has been reported in other European countries. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend

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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 union to stop servicing Tesla charging stations next month

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier launches a drone attack against Russians APC on the frontline near Klishchiivka the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 19, 2024. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says foreign aid delays are making life ‘very difficult’ on the front line

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his annual "State of Hungary" speech in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. The message on lectern reads: "For us Hungary is the first!" (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

U.S. senators to submit resolution condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Sweden's Kurre Hamrin lines up on the field with his teammates in connection with the World Cup qualifying match at home against West Germany at the Råsunda soccer stadium, in Stockholm, Sept. 26, 1965. Former Fiorentina and Sweden great Kurt Hamrin has died at the age of 89. He was the last living player to take part in the 1958 World Cup final. The Swedish soccer federation announced the death on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (File, Jan Collsiöö /TT News Agency via AP)

Kurt Hamrin, Sweden great who was the last living player from the 1958 World Cup final, dies at 89

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf inspect the Grenadier Guards of the Life Guards during a welcome ceremony at the Inner Courtyard of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Jan. 30, 2024. France’s President Emmanuel Macron started a two-day state visit in Stockholm during which he will meet Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, and the country’s monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP)

France’s president gets a ceremonial welcome as he starts a 2-day state visit to Sweden

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This image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 510th Fighter Squadron takes off during Red Flag 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Jan 25, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Heather Ley/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. OKs F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece after Turkey backs Sweden’s entry to NATO

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, greets Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that more dialogue would be beneficial after Orbán invited the Swede to Budapest to discuss Sweden's NATO accession. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

NATO chief upbeat that Sweden could be ready to join the alliance by March

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