Yet, suddenly, there's talk of army and artillery right on her doorstep. She's lived on Gotland, Sweden's largest island, since moving here about a year ago with her family in pursuit of ...

More JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images Finland's Åland Islands and Sweden's Gotland sit in the middle of the Baltic Sea, the former almost equidistant between the two nations and the ...

There are many reasons to fall in love with Gotland. One of the best is that ... the most microbreweries per capita of any place in Sweden. “We do this because we’re idiots,” quips Karl ...

Beaches might not be your first thought when you think of Sweden, but the country’s many lakes and islands, not to mention ...

Sweden announced last year it would discuss with NATO leaders plans to ramp up the militarisation of the island of Gotland, deemed the most strategic location in the Baltic Sea. Described by ...

“Gotland has always been important . . . that will be one of the many things to discuss.” Kristersson acknowledged Sweden only had a “small” military presence on Gotland, which ...

Putin is eyeing a key island in the Baltic Sea to dominate the waters, Sweden's army chief said. Gotland is near both Sweden and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave. It became a key NATO asset after ...

From Sweden’s Stockholm archipelago — a scattering of 30,000 islands — to Denmark’s ... Further north, you’ll find the Swedish island of Gotland. Home to Visby, a medieval city where ...

Visit Sweden has given this prestigious title to Gotland with a wilderness full of character and coastline boasting sandy beaches and striking sea stacks. The island's main town, Visby ...

The HSwMS Gotland wasn’t expected to be a threat—until it was. In 2005, the tiny Swedish submarine “sank” a U.S. supercarrier during a series of training drills, bypassing advanced sonar ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has his eyes on the Swedish island of Gotland, warned Sweden’s defense chief Micael Bydén. Gotland, Sweden's largest island and comparable in size to the smallest U.S.