Sweden began its annual wolf hunt this week, allowing nearly 10% of the endangered species population to be killed, as conservationists raise concerns about the controversial policy. Since 2010, ...

About 20% of Sweden’s brown bear population could be killed this hunting season after licenses were issued for 486 of the animals to culled, despite an outcry from conservation groups. There’s ...

Nordic countries still have some of the highest fertility rates in Europe Stockholm: Sweden's population grew by 30,200 people to 10.5 million last year, the smallest population increase in absolute ...

Both immigration and new births fell in the first half of 2020. Photo: Naima Helén Jåma/TT The population in Sweden grew at its slowest rate in 15 years in the first half of the year, new figures show ...

It is often taken for granted that an ageing population will lead to an increased burden for the health care sector. However, for several diseases of big public health impact the rates have actually ...

Here we describe the SweGen data set, a comprehensive map of genetic variation in the Swedish population. These data represent a basic resource for clinical genetics laboratories as well as for ...

The Norwegian wolf, which is believed to have roamed Norway and Sweden for around 12,000 years, is now extinct. That is according to scientists who have spent years studying the genetics of the wolves ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden needs more immigrants not fewer to sustain its cradle-to-grave welfare system and care for an ageing population, a senior official at the state employment service told ...

Crowds on the Drottninggatan shopping street in Stockholm in December last year. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT Sweden last year had the lowest net population growth in 15 years, while December was the ...

A man wearing a face mask waits for a bus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, on Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua) Sweden last year recorded the lowest population growth in 15 ...