Iceland creates its own version of ‘Movember’
The Icelandic Cancer Society has come up with a new way of raising awareness about the illness by introducing its Mottumars campaign. In a similar way...
Abba return as silicon dolls
Swedish pop legends Abba have made a sensational return, but unfortunately for fans of the 70s idols, it is only in the form of life size silicon doll...
Princess Madeleine to deliver royal baby in June
Queen Sylvia of Sweden let the cat out of the bag during a state visit to Finland by revealing that Princess Madeleine will give birth in June. The gr...
Tourism remains top of Iceland’s economic statistics
After moving in front of Iceland’s lucrative fishing industry to become the country’s largest export industry two years ago, tourism retained its stat...
Sweden may be home to world’s oldest cat
A 29-year-old cat from the central Swedish town of Karlskoga is believed to be the world’s oldest cat. The pet’s owner, Asa Wickberg, said Missan, who...
Björk opens up on new album
Icelandic musician Björk has admitted that she was initially appalled by her new album, Vulnicura, because it was all about her break-up with long-ter...
Sweden changes ‘racist’ bird names
The Swedish Ornithological Society has officially changed the names of some birds amid concerns that they sound racist. The group recently put togethe...
Ice climber dies after 40-metre fall in Norway
An ice climber plunged 40 metres to his death while attempting to scale the Rjukanfissen waterfall in Norway’s southern Telemark region. A group of to...