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Peter Madsen, handed life sentence in 2018 for murder of Swedish journalist, makes confession in TV documentaryThe Danish inventor Peter Madsen, who was handed a life prison sentence in 2018 for the killing of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall, has confessed to the crime for the first time, in a television documentary.The 49-year-old, found guilty of premeditated murder, aggravated sexual assault and desecrating a...

Two-metre-long sturgeon found in pantry of Danish king’s vessel that sank in 1495A two-metre-long sturgeon, a species today near extinction, has been found preserved in the pantry of a 500-year-old Danish royal shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.“During archaeological excavations in 2019, a wooden barrel submerged inside the shipwreck revealed the almost complete and well-preserved remains of a sturgeon fish,” archaeologists from Lund University in...

Danish court also sentences two men who were under 18 at time of killings to 20 yearsA court in Denmark has jailed three Swedish men for life and two others for 20 years each over a double murder in Copenhagen, part of a running battle between rival Stockholm gangs.The two men sentenced to 20 years were both under 18 at the time of the...

As the country follows Denmark in easing Covid-19 restrictions, pre-school has become very different for its younger citizensCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was school, but not quite as they knew it. Outside the Hullebergmyra nursery in Ullern, west of Oslo, William Bugge was dropping off his children Louise, three, and Jonas, five, after six weeks of quarantine.Yellow smileys painted on the...

Anti-immigration groups said campaign was disrespectful of Scandinavian cultureThe Scandinavian airline SAS has “clarified” an advertisement intended to highlight the role of travel, immigration and cultural diversity in forging the region’s identity after it was pilloried online by far-right and nationalist groups.The airline, the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, initially withdrew the commercial less than 24 hours after it was released saying...

Rate among those in same-sex unions falls by 46%, but still ‘worryingly high’, say researchersSuicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever their marital status, homosexual people remain more likely to take their own life.The joint study by the Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention...

Spot checks at ferry ports and on trains and vehicles follow attacks in Copenhagen areaDenmark has temporarily reinstated checks at its border crossings with Sweden after a spate of bombings and shootings in the Copenhagen area that authorities say were carried out by members of Swedish gangs.The spot checks at ferry ports and on trains and vehicles crossing the Øresund bridge separating the Danish...