Mamma Mia! ABBA museum opens in Stockholm
The first permanent museum dedicated to ABBA has opened, showcasing memorabilia from one of the most successful bands of all time.
The first permanent museum dedicated to ABBA has opened, showcasing memorabilia from one of the most successful bands of all time.
Swedish police have said they have found drugs on Justin Bieber's tour bus in Stockholm but were unlikely to pursue the case further.
A Snow Hotel has re-opened in Norway. The annual event sees guests stay in rooms built of the white stuff.
Swedish firefighters fought blazes across the capital Stockholm last night after a fifth night of rioting in which banks and police stations were targeted and cars set alight.
The unrest has been focused on the suburb of Husby, where police shot dead an elderly man who was wielding a knife on May 13, but has spread to other areas.
There were reports of incidents in several Stockholm suburbs with youths damaging a police station and schools.
Although quieter than previous nights, eight arrests have been made in connection to disturbances related the police station incident in which people tried to start a fire at the station in Alvsjo in south Stockholm. They had also broken nearby shop windows.
In Tensta, near Husby in northwestern Stockholm where the violence started on Sunday evening (May 19), a fire bomb was thrown into a school building. The fire was quickly put out. Later, the emergency services were called to a another fire at a kindergarten school in Kista, also near Husby.
Since Sunday, hundreds of youths have torched cars and attacked police in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital.
Several Stockholm suburbs experienced a fourth night of unrest on Wednesday with youths setting fire to cars and throwing stones at police and fire fighters.
Violence started in Husby in northwestern Stockholm on Sunday evening with cars torched and police attacked in the suburbs of Sweden's capital.
The riots spread from Husby to other poor Stockholm suburbs as groups of youth pushed through the streets throwing stones, breaking windows and setting cars alight.
One police officer was injured in the latest attacks and five were arrested for attempted arson.
Local media said a police station office was set on fire in the southern suburb of Ragsved, where several people were also detained. No one was hurt and the fire was quickly put out.
The riots appear to have been sparked by the police killing of a 69-year-old man wielding a machete in the suburb of Husby this month, which prompted accusations of police brutality.
The first permanent museum dedicated to ABBA has opened, showcasing memorabilia from one of the most successful bands of all time.
Read the full storyManchester City and Sweden striker John Guidetti has tweeted following news of the death of Croatian goalkeeper, Ivan Turina.
R.I.P Ivan Turina !! I am lost for Words ! My prayers goes out 2 him and his Loved once :( ?? http://t.co/axH5434k7T
From @superguidetti on Twitter:Tributes have been paid to Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Turina who was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm today.
Flowers and football shirts were laid outside the training ground of Swedish football team AIK Solna, the club the 32-year-old was playing for.
Read: Croatian goalkeeper found dead in Stockholm home
West Brom Albion and Sweden midfielder Markus Rosenberg has tweeted following news of the death of Croatian goalkeeper, Ivan Turina.
Thoughts are with the family of Ivan Turina
From @M_Rosenberg82 on Twitter:
Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Turina, who was found dead in his apartment in Stockholm today, played for several clubs across Europe.
He began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1998 as a youth team player before gradually making his way into the first team.
He made over 70 appearances for the club and had various loan spells at other teams around Europe.
Turina, who was 32, won his only international cap for his country in a friendly match against Hong Kong in 2006.
He appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in a UEFA Champions League third round qualifying match against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium later on that year.
Turina's current club, Swedish side AIK, confirmed his death in a statement.
Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Turina has been found dead in his apartment in Stockholm, his club AIK said in a statement.
The Swedish football club added that Turina "died suddenly in his sleep and there was no suspicion of crime."
The 32-year-old joined AIK from Dinamo Zagreb in 2010 and had one cap for Croatia.
Swedish police have said they have found drugs on Justin Bieber's tour bus in Stockholm but were unlikely to pursue the case further.
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