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No, Sweden Did Not Declare Sex a Sport
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 5, 2023
The claim was related to the promotion of a so-called “European Sex Championship,” in which each ...
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Are These Garbage Cans in Sweden Making 'Sexy Moaning Sounds'?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 15, 2022
Trash talk can be really hot.
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'I Live in Sweden': Facts About Swedish Society and Health Care
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Apr 26, 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?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Mar 12, 2018
Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-vo ...
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Do People in Sweden Have to Sign a 'Consent Form' Before Having Sex?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 26, 2018
A right-wing Facebook page used a prank photograph to misrepresent a Swedish government proposal ...
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Are Police in Sweden No Longer Investigating Rapes Since Migrants Arrived?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 15, 2017
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage cited the conspiracy web site InfoWars in a tweet claiming polic ...
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Did a Man in Sweden Die From Penis Enhancement Surgery?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug 3, 2017
News articles accurately recount a real case published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
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Is a Wisconsin Company Offering to Microchip its Employees?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jul 25, 2017
River Falls-based Three Square Market is giving its workers the option of voluntarily having a m ...
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Is This What Weather Reports in Sweden Look Like?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jul 17, 2017
A video comparing weather reports from Sweden and Iraq used footage from a short-lived Swedish p ...
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Controversial Study on Plastic Microbeads Retracted for Alleged Fraud
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
May 4, 2017
The authors of the study, which claimed to show that plastic microbeads used in some cosmetics c ...
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Swedish Police Identify Suspect in Stockholm Truck Attack
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Apr 11, 2017
Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, admitted in court to driving a truck in to pedestrians on a b ...
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Crime in Sweden, a Three-Part Series
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Apr 5, 2017
After politicians and bloggers claimed Sweden was facing rising crime due to asylum seekers, we ...
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Crime in Sweden, Part III: Does Sweden Have 'No-Go Zones' Where the Police Can't Enter?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Mar 31, 2017
Swedish police have identified “problem areas,” but say there is no such thing as a “no-go zone.”
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Crime in Sweden, Part II: Are Refugee Men Overrepresented in Swedish Crime?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Mar 30, 2017
Claims that newly-arrived asylum seekers are causing a crime wave in Sweden are not supported by ...
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Was Sweden 'Rocked' by a 'Massive Terror Attack' in February 2017?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb 28, 2017
An unknown man possibly discharged pepper spray or tear gas into a train car in Stockholm, but t ...
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Riot Breaks Out in Immigrant Suburb of Stockholm, Sweden
Written by:
David Emery
Feb 22, 2017
Days after President Trump referenced a nonexistent instance of immigrant violence in Sweden, a ...
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President Trump and 'What's Happening in Sweden Last Night'
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb 20, 2017
An address President Trump gave in Florida caused widespread confusion with his reference to an ...
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Sweden Bans Christmas Lights to Avoid Angering Muslim Refugees
Written by:
David Emery
Oct 27, 2016
Unreliable web sites spun a news story about the Swedish Transport Administration nixing Christm ...
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Is Sweden Moving to a 6-Hour Workday?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 12, 2016
Although some businesses in Sweden have started experimenting with a shorter workday, the countr ...
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Swedish Police Hand Out 'Don’t Touch Me' Bracelets to Stop Refugee Rapists?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jun 29, 2016
Police in Sweden have introduced sexual assault awareness bracelets to distribute to young peopl ...
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