Noomi Rapace is finished with her role as prickly computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium film trilogy - and she's caustic about plans for a remake. By Helen Barlow.

Sweden's royal family has been rocked by a new scandal.

The fashion set is afflicted by Acne at the moment: it's all over their backs, their feet, even their coffee tables.

Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.

Allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, took an unexpected turn today.

Instead of looking to Australian PPP failures, we could follow the example of Sweden and Denmark, reports Nick Smith.

A good day for New Zealand at the World Masters Swimming Games in Sweden.

Divers have found what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

Despite a $20m pre-nup, Elin Nordegren could walk away from her marriage with US$100m and custody of the kids.

The good news for Stieg Larsson addicts: two unpublished manuscripts have been unearthed in his native Sweden.

To all intents and purposes, this dish is the Swedish equivalent of our prawn cocktail.

A study into the health effects of using mobile phones will take 20 or 30 years to complete.

Production of cars has restarted at Saab's Trolhättan plant in Sweden after an interruption of seven weeks while the brand was sold to its new owner Spyker Cars.

A drug thought to be used by Kiwis as a substitute for ecstasy could be banned in Britain after being linked to two deaths.

Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is one automotive industry executive sceptical about the ability of Dutch niche player Spyker Cars NV to turn around the fortunes of Sweden's Saab.

Despite the growing list of Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses, sources say his wife Elin Nordegren has no plans to leave him.