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With the 2026 World Cup expanding to 48 teams, six playoff spots remain to be decided via intercontinental and UEFA play-offs. The Athletic surveys writers predicting likely qualifiers, highlighting Italy, Sweden and Turkey as UEFA contenders and naming rising stars Arda Guler and Kenan Yildiz, while potential showdowns (e.g., Gyokeres vs. Lewandowski) add drama to the race for a spot at the tournament.
A large Swedish study of over a million fathers shows that while psychiatric diagnoses decline during pregnancy and the first months after birth, depression and stress-related disorders rise by more than 30% one year after childbirth, underscoring the need for long-term support for paternal mental health.
A Swedish study mapped eight years of field data from old-growth lowland forests and compared them with managed forests using the national forest inventory, finding old-growth stores 78-89% more carbon in trees, dead wood, and soils, for a total 83% more carbon overall—most of it in soils. Even when harvested wood products are included, old-growth forests still store about 70% more carbon. The difference equates to roughly 1.5 times Sweden’s fossil-fuel emissions since 1834, underscoring the climate value of protecting old-growth forests and highlighting policy debates over definitions and protections for remaining stands in Europe.
Health authorities report 13 mpox cases of the transmissible clade Ib in Austria (6) and Sweden (7) as of March 12, 2026, prompting travel precautions. The virus spreads through direct contact with lesions, with a 5–21 day incubation, allowing infection during travel. Guidance includes vaccination where available, thorough hand hygiene, avoiding contact with sick animals in certain regions, and for sexually active travelers to monitor symptoms, discuss with partners, and avoid new sexual contact if symptoms appear until cleared.
A Swedish nationwide study following nearly a million girls and young women for up to 18 years shows the HPV vaccine substantially lowers cervical cancer risk, especially when given before age 17, with protection persisting for at least 18 years and supporting gender-neutral vaccination programs.
A newly developed soil-analysis technique examined 139 samples from Skateholm graves in southern Sweden (5200–4800 BCE) and uncovered perishable grave goods, including a boy buried with a woodpecker‑feather headdress and others with feathered footwear and fur garments, indicating that early hunter‑gatherers used organic materials in burial attire and suggesting widespread decorative use of feathers in Mesolithic Sweden.
Top-ranked Canada, skipped by Rachel Homan, suffered a shock loss to Sweden in the women’s curling semifinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, ending Canada’s gold-medal hopes as the Swedes celebrated advancing to the final.
Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson publicly accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of cheating by double-touching a curling stone during the 2026 Winter Olympics, a claim Kennedy denies; Swiss teammates joined the accusations. The World Curling Board said it does not use video replay to overturn calls and noted a rule change allowing a second touch after release, as Canada advances to a gold-medal matchup against Great Britain.
Switzerland defeated the United States 7-4 in the Milan Cortina women’s curling semifinals, earning a spot in the gold-medal game against Sweden, who defeated Canada 6-3. The U.S. will play Canada for bronze, with Team USA aiming for its first Olympic curling medal; Patz led the Swiss with precise draw shots and takeouts, while the American team battled back in the second half but couldn’t overturn the early deficit.
Quinn Hughes scored 3:27 into overtime to give Team USA a 2-1 win over Sweden and send the Americans to the Olympic semifinals, with Hughes praising the United States as the greatest country in the world and embracing the pride of representing his country at the Winter Games.
In a tense Olympic quarterfinal, Quinn Hughes logged a huge 27-minute-plus shift and scored the overtime winner to lift Team USA past Sweden, sending the U.S. to the semifinals; Hughes spoke of relief rather than emotion, underscoring his role as a cornerstone defenseman for the tournament.
Quinn Hughes scored 3:27 into overtime to give the United States a 2-1 win over Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals, sending Team USA to the semifinals against Slovakia; Hughes logged 27:31, the most on the team, and has been a key catalyst for the U.S. this tournament.
Low Baltic Sea levels reveal a 17th-century Swedish Navy shipwreck off Kastellholmen in Stockholm, buried for about 400 years; researchers believe it was sunk around 1640 to serve as a bridge foundation, with the Lost Navy program aiming to identify and date the vessel.
Team USA beat Sweden 2-1 in overtime in the Milan Olympic quarterfinals after Dylan Larkin opened the scoring and Mika Zibanejad forced OT with a late equalizer. Quinn Hughes buried the game-winner mere minutes into overtime, sending the Americans to a semifinal matchup against Slovakia. Connor Hellebuyck steady in goal for the U.S. while Jacob Markström kept Sweden in it, and Sweden’s Victor Hedman missed the game due to a warmup injury. It was a tense, physical win that keeps USA on a potential path to gold by facing strong competition in the next round.
Former USA coach Dan Bylsma says the Olympic quarterfinal against Sweden will be the toughest test and a do-or-die moment for the U.S., stressing that while the preliminaries allow wiggle room, the knockout round demands 60 playoff-style minutes; the U.S. relies on Connor Hellebuyck in goal and depth across four lines and three defense pairs, but will face Sweden’s star power and must stick to its system, forecheck hard, and stay focused to advance.