Malmö

Melodifestivalen semi-finalist Chris Adam says stomach flu was really tough

Smash Into Pieces frontman Chris Adam had a stomachache and was about to faint during the performance that took them straight to the Melodifestivalen final. I felt it moving under my feet.

Cimberly roared - straight to the final in Melodifestivalen

Debutant Cimberly rocked; her "Eternity" joins veterans Smash Into Pieces in the final of Melodifestivalen. "It feels crazy. It was nothing I expected," she says with tears of joy. The qualifying spot in the fourth round in Malmö went to Meira Omar.

Furry parade at Nordic Fuzz Con in Malmö canceled due to slush

Bad weather has led to the cancellation of the closing parade for Nordic Fuzz Con in Malmö.

Smash Into Pieces Say Mistakes Must Be Fixed

Smash Into Pieces once again hopes to advance to the final of Melodifestivalen. According to preliminary speculation, they are favorites in the semi-final in Malmö despite illness and technical difficulties. "It has to be fixed. This is important to us," says the band's guitarist, Benjamin Jennebo.

Explosion at home in Tygelsjö in Malmö

Oskar Linnros pays tribute to Ted Gärdestad in Melodifestivalen

This year, Ted Gärdestad would have turned 70, and it will be celebrated in the fourth round of Melodifestivalen in Malmö with a special interlude. Artist Oskar Linnros will perform an interpretation of one of Gärdestad's most famous songs, "The Sky Is Innocently Blue".

Meira Omar's sand problem - dancer hit in the eye during rehearsal

Four artists are making their debut in Melodifestivalen's fourth round in Malmö - but during Thursday's rehearsal, it was the most experienced ones who encountered challenges. "There's a lot going on in my act," says Meira Omar, who is competing for the second time.

Long queue of new electricity consumers in Sweden could raise electricity prices

The queue to connect to the electricity grid is long and congested. It points to electricity consumption more than doubling in 15–20 years. A large number of new data centers could raise electricity prices.