Stockholm, Sweden

The Urban Deli cafe in Stockholm no longer accepts cash for any transactions. Going cashless is a growing trend throughout Sweden that some are beginning to question.

Economy

Sweden's Cashless Experiment: Is It Too Much Too Fast?

8:07pm February 11, 2019

by Maddy Savage

In Sweden, few people use cash anymore. Most people pay by card, online or with digital apps, and that trend is spurring a new debate on whether going cashless is fair for everyone.

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The Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary Sara Danius talks to journalists as she leaves a meeting at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

World News
Books

Head Of Swedish Academy Steps Down Over Handling Of Sex Abuse Allegations

4:00am April 13, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Permanent Secretary Sara Danius resigned on Thursday from the institution that awards the Nobel Prize for literature.

Johan Eriksson, attorney for Stockholm truck attack suspect Rakhmat Akilov, talks to journalists outside Stockholm District Court on Tuesday.

World News

Swedish Truck Attack Suspect Admits Guilt, His Lawyer Says

3:15pm April 11, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek national, is accused of slamming a stolen truck into pedestrians before crashing into a Stockholm department store last week. Four people were killed.