Sweden

Over the last few years the Swedish Film Institute have blessed us with some amazing restorations of crime films from the 1950s. We previously looked at a collaboration between two giants of Swedish crime writing, as well as the first two…

What's sure to be one of the strangest records of the year comes from Stockholm as the joyfully subversive Viagra Boys return on Welfare Jazz with a hedonistic hybrid of lo-fi, punk, jazz, country and a whole host of other genres which the…

Sweden has long been a hotbed for music of heavier persuasion. Gothenburg, in particular, has been home to an influential melodic death metal scene. This has led to many lesser-known bands from that town, who fit other metal subgenres,…

Border is an intriguing, bizarre, fable-like film that has many admirable traits but never quite comes together. From the off, we are introduced to Tina, a woman who looks like a Neanderthal and can smell people's fear, working as a…

Whether up a mountain, under a bridge, sitting pretty with their lovely bums or simply spitting hate speech online, Trolls are here to stay. But do you know where they come from? What can they do? Sit back, learn some proper knowledge…

Ruben Östlund's last film, 2014's brilliant Force Majeure, unflinchingly scrutinised a middle class Dad and his family coming apart after one huge fuck up. It's heightened cringe comedy came from the director's ability to relentlessly…

Christina of Sweden was trouble, right from the moment she was born. Her parents had no surviving children, and her mother Maria was desperate to give King Gustavus a son. The only legitimate heirs to the throne of Sweden at the time…

Tycho Brahe was born as Tyge Brahe in 1546, though he would adopt the Latinized form of his first name when he was fifteen. His parents were Danish nobles, with his father, Otte Brahe, one of the close advisors of the King of Denmark. Tycho…

Sponsored post. Avicii is a superstar DJ. Tim Bergling is a real person in the world. It turns out Tim's life has changed since he became a world-beater. With some glorious shots of beautiful Sweden and a nice Volvo to boot, Tim takes it…