First terror financing trial kicks off in Norway
A Somali-born Norwegian has pleaded not guilty to sending more than NOK 200,000 (USD 30,000) to the leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant grou...
Baltic seals steal catch of the day from fishermen
Greedy seals are leaving fishermen in Finland and Sweden with scraps, as they pick the nets clean and scoop the prize catches in the Gulf of Bothnia.
Airline seeks gay couple for cloud-9 wedding
A Scandinavian airline is searching for a gay couple with a head for heights after announcing plans to host the first ever airborne same-sex wedding. ...
Sweden Democrat blogger claims Africans have ‘rape gene’
A politician has quit a far right party in Sweden after his blog, in which he claimed black Africans are genetically predisposed towards rape, caused ...
TV4 bans Sweden Democrats’ burka chase ad
The Sweden Democrats have submitted their controversial election film for review by a top legal official after broadcaster TV4 refused to air the adve...
Drunken sailor sentenced after wrecking ship in Sweden
A Ukrainian captain who ran his ship aground in southwest Sweden has been sentenced to one month in prison for aggravated drunkenness at sea. Accordin...
Climax comes too soon for Sweden’s orgasm church
The Madonna of the Orgasm church was turned away by Sweden’s highest court this week as it made a last-ditch attempt to be registered as a faith commu...
Swedish octopus predicts election result
The centre-right alliance is a dead-cert to win the upcoming parliamentary election in Sweden, if a slightly fishy forecaster is to be believed. In a ...