An impressive England advance to their first World Cup semifinal for 28 years on Saturday after headers by Harry Maguire and Dele Alli give them a deserved 2-0 last-eight victory over a disappointing Sweden.

Andreas Granqvist converts from the spot as Sweden get their World Cup campaign to a winning start with a 1-0 win over South Korea on Monday.

A Swedish court sentences a rejected Uzbek asylum seeker to life in prison for terrorism after he mowed down pedestrians with a stolen truck in central Stockholm last year, killing five people.

One man dies and a second person is injured after an explosion outside an underground station in Stockholm, police say, adding they do not believe the incident is terrorism-related.

Teenage striker Alexander Isak -- dubbed the next Zlatan Ibrahimovic -- on Thursday became the youngest international goalscorer in Sweden's history at 17 years and 113 days.

Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic will have a statue erected in his honour after being named Sweden's top player for a 10th successive year.

A statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be erected outside the Friends Arena in Stockholm, the Swedish FA (SvFF) announced as the giant striker won the Golden Ball award for the country's best male player for the 10th year in a row.

In light of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic joining Manchester United on a one-year deal, United legend Eric Cantona had a special message for the Swede, warning him that he could only hope to be the ‘prince of Manchester’ rather than king.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic should complete his long-anticipated move to Manchester United by the end of the week.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's international career ended in a damp squib when Sweden lost 1-0 to Belgium in their final Euro 2016 Group E match on Wednesday and failed to reach the last 16.

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he would retire from international football at the end of Euro 2016.

Italy winger Antonio Candreva has undergone tests after suffering a hamstring injury in their 1-0 Euro 2016 win over Sweden on Friday.

In February 1944, during the heavy Soviet bomb my parents decided to send me and my five siblings to Sweden once again. I was two years old.

The four members of Abba appear together in Sweden, and surprise fans with an impromptu singalong.

Some of the people dialling "The Swedish Number" just get a surprise when the call is answered by somebody who says, "Hello, this is Sweden. I'm the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven."

Sweden expects to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers whose applications have been rejected, its interior minister was quoted as saying.

A frightened burglar in Sweden called police after hiding in the toilets of a pizzeria to escape the wrath of its owner, police say.

Sweden announces the introduction of temporary border checks to control the flow of migrants into the country.

DiCaprio has clearly been reborn, in the form of Swedish bartender Konrad Annerud.

Barcelona's reliance on Lionel Messi should not be considered a bad thing, according to former centre-back Patrik Andersson.