Social media overtakes text messaging in Sweden
Recent statistics suggest that messages sent via social media have overtaken SMS among Swedes.
Puppy torturer gets record sentence
A young man who “sadistically” tortured and killed a tiny puppy has received the longest sentence ever handed down for animal cruelty in Sweden.
Teenager loses file sharing appeal
A teenage boy has become what is thought to be the youngest person in Sweden to be convicted of copyright violation, after his school handed him over ...
Slippery Swedes branded butter bandits
Two Swedish men have been apprehended by Norwegian police after they were caught smuggling butter across the border in the hope of profiting from the ...
Sports pundits announce women’s naked relay
A Swedish sports pundit may be reprimanded after jokingly announcing a women’s naked relay event while thinking he was off air.
Husband in hiding after wife’s ‘antifreeze cocktail’
A Swedish man has gone into hiding in Norway after claiming his wife attempted to poison him on several occasions.
Dad jailed for faking daughter’s mental illness
A father has been jailed in Sweden after keeping his daughter in isolation for years and forcing her to pretend she had a mental illness in order to s...
Debate blows up around hand grenade Christmas baubles
The Swedish Army Museum (Armémuseum) has defended selling hand grenade-shaped baubles as part of its Christmas charity drive.