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The Swedish Dictionary Adds a Gender-Neutral Pronoun to its Glossary

Linguists have finally incoporated the pronoun “hen” into the Swedish language.

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Swedish Pop Star Robyn Partners With Google and Spotify to Launch Tech Festival Just For Girls

Call your girlfriend...and tell her about Robyn’s new ladies-only tech festival.

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Swedish Airport Arcade Wants Your Coins for a Good Cause

Sweden’s “Charity Arcade” gives travelers the opportunity for some retro gaming with a do-good twist.

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Town Says “No” To Statue Of Swedish Woman Who Smacked A Nazi With Her Purse, But…

The #tantentillVäxjö movement has seen handbags popping up on statues across Europe as a sign of support.

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Donate Your Phone Screen To Swedish Doctors

The new Screen Donor app allows smartphone users to “donate” their blank screens to charities and non-profit organizations.

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Swedish Show Hunts Down Internet Trolls

The show’s goal is to spark discussion about internet hate.

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This Is What It Looks Like to Love-Bomb a Mosque

After a series of mosque arson attacks, Swedes show up to protest Islamophobia.

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Looking Back on the Greatest Twitter Experiment Ever

Sweden’s social media culture experiment was derailed, but that doesn’t mean it was a failure.

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When Making Condoms More Accessible, Does it Pay to Get Creative?

What Sweden's condom ambulance teaches about efforts to make sex safer

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Swedish High School Creates Gender Neutral Dressing Room

The elite high school Södra Latin in Sweden recently opened a "gender neutral" changing room.

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Sweden Has the Gender Neutral Pronoun Issue Figured Out, Why Can't We?

If you needed more evidence that Sweden is a leader when it comes to just about anything progressive, this week there's more evidence to back that up.

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A Mobile Design Studio Hits the Road in Sweden

Eriks Designbuss is bringing custom design to the Swedish countryside, in exchange for the necessities of life on the road.

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Pedal Pushers: Denmark Unveils a Bike Commuter's Dreamland

The Danish capitol will be served by 26 solar-lit commuter cycle superhighways, completely free of traffic.