‘I Live in Sweden’: Facts About Swedish Society and Health Care
26 April 2018 A popular meme outlines the purported benefits of living in Sweden.
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Did Sweden Ban Mandatory Vaccinations for Children in 2017?
13 March 2018 Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-voluntary vaccination program.
Do People in Sweden Have to Sign a ‘Consent Form’ Before Having Sex?
26 January 2018 A right-wing Facebook page used a prank photograph to misrepresent a Swedish government proposal to change the country's consent laws.
Are Police in Sweden No Longer Investigating Rapes Since Migrants Arrived?
15 September 2017 Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage cited the conspiracy web site InfoWars in a tweet claiming police in Sweden admitted they are "no longer" investigating rape.
Photographers Respond to Trump’s Comments On Sweden
12 September 2017 "Last night in Sweden" launched in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial comments on the country's immigration policy.
DNA of Headless Torso Found on a Beach in Denmark Matches Swedish Journalist
23 August 2017 Kim Wall was last seen alive on Danish inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, which subsequently sank. Madsen has been arrested.
Did a Man in Sweden Die From Penis Enhancement Surgery?
3 August 2017 News articles accurately recount a real case published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Is a Wisconsin Company Offering to Microchip its Employees?
25 July 2017 River Falls-based Three Square Market is giving its workers the option of voluntarily having a microchip implanted in their hands.
Is This What Weather Reports in Sweden Look Like?
17 July 2017 A video comparing weather reports from Sweden and Iraq used footage from a short-lived Swedish program called Halal TV.
Sweden Drops Case But WikiLeaks’ Assange is Not in The Clear
19 May 2017 On 19 May 2017, Sweden's top prosecutor Marianne Ny said a seven-year investigation into rape claims against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was over.
Controversial Study on Plastic Microbeads Retracted for Alleged Fraud
4 May 2017 The authors of the study, which claimed to show that plastic microbeads used in some cosmetics could cause behavioral harm to developing fish, were found “guilty of scientific dishonesty” by an independent review board.
Swedish Police Identify Suspect in Stockholm Truck Attack
11 April 2017 Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, admitted in court to driving a truck in to pedestrians on a busy shopping street in central Stockholm.
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