A statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be erected outside the Friends Arena in Stockholm, the Swedish FA (SvFF) announced as the giant striker won the Golden Ball award for the country's best male player for the 10th year in a row.

In light of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic joining Manchester United on a one-year deal, United legend Eric Cantona had a special message for the Swede, warning him that he could only hope to be the ‘prince of Manchester’ rather than king.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic should complete his long-anticipated move to Manchester United by the end of the week.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's international career ended in a damp squib when Sweden lost 1-0 to Belgium in their final Euro 2016 Group E match on Wednesday and failed to reach the last 16.

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he would retire from international football at the end of Euro 2016.

Italy winger Antonio Candreva has undergone tests after suffering a hamstring injury in their 1-0 Euro 2016 win over Sweden on Friday.

In February 1944, during the heavy Soviet bomb my parents decided to send me and my five siblings to Sweden once again. I was two years old.

The four members of Abba appear together in Sweden, and surprise fans with an impromptu singalong.

Some of the people dialling "The Swedish Number" just get a surprise when the call is answered by somebody who says, "Hello, this is Sweden. I'm the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven."

Sweden expects to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers whose applications have been rejected, its interior minister was quoted as saying.

A frightened burglar in Sweden called police after hiding in the toilets of a pizzeria to escape the wrath of its owner, police say.

Sweden announces the introduction of temporary border checks to control the flow of migrants into the country.

DiCaprio has clearly been reborn, in the form of Swedish bartender Konrad Annerud.

Barcelona's reliance on Lionel Messi should not be considered a bad thing, according to former centre-back Patrik Andersson.

Maradona would cost €40m at today's prices, having scored 119 times, won the Primera Division top scorer awards on three occasions and lifted the Youth World Cup in 1979.

Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man.

A pupil and a teacher at school in Sweden are killed after a masked man with a sword entered the building.

The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.

Snoop Dogg has had another run-in with European authorities.

Sweden, Russia and Italy are among the favourites to win the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in Vienna later.