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Swedish jazz fans mourn pianist Esbjorn Svensson

Swedish FlagStockholm- Swedish jazz fans Monday continued to pay tribute to acclaimed pianist Esbjorn Svensson who died over the weekend in a scuba diving accident.

Svensson, 44, formed the Esbjorn Svensson Trio - known as EST - with Dan Berglund on base and drummer Magnus Ostrom in 1993.

The trio were lauded for blending other genres including rock and electronic music and improvisation, and won numerous awards.

"We are a rock band that plays jazz," Svensson once said.

Test rules out nesting birds as factor in spread of forest fires

StockholmNesting Birds - A theory in play that nesti

Swedish media group buys pay-TV group C More Entertainment

Stockholm  - Swedish TV4 Group said Monday it has bought pay- TV company C More Entertainment from Germany's ProsiebenSat. 1 Group.

Court renews custody for German woman accused of killing toddlers

Swedish FlagStockholm- A Swedish district court on Friday ruled to extend the custody of a 31-y

Reactor at Swedish nuclear plant offline

Stockholm - A reactor at the Swedish nuclear plant Ringhals has been offline for a month after problems with auxiliary coolant pumps were detected during annual maintenance work, the plant said Fri

Probe dropped over explosives scare at Swedish nuclear plant

Stockholm - A Swedish prosecutor Monday dropped a probe over an explosives scare that caused the precautionary shut down of a nuclear reactor in May.

A so-called smear test had triggered an alert for an explosive at a spot security check on May 21. Two men, aged 53 and 44, were arrested on suspicion of planning sabotage at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant but were released the following day.

They have remained under suspicion until Monday.

Subsequent tests indicated that "a container of shaving cream" carried by one of the men contained traces of the explosive TNT or trinitrotoluene, but authorities could not explain how this occurred.

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