Young job hunters desert Sweden for Norway
As youth unemployment soars in Sweden, more youngsters are fleeing across the border to Norway in an attempt to find work. A quarter of Swedes aged be...
Couple fined for nameless baby
A Swedish couple has been fined by the Tax Agency for failing to give their 16-month-old son a name. The boy’s father has been forced to pay SEK 4,000...
Unsavoury cartoon ruling sparks debate in Sweden
A Swedish man who translates Japanese Manga comics has been fined for possessing child porn cartoons, sparking a heated debate about censorship. The m...
Sex, family and jogging on an equal footing for Swedish women
Jogging is as important as spending time with the family or having sex, according to a new survey of Swedish women. The study, carried out by iFORM li...
More Danes opt for name change
Traditional Danish surnames such as Jensen, Nielsen and Hansen could be dying out, as more people change their aliases in a bid to stand out from the ...
‘Disabled’ conman in ping-pong bust
A fraudster, who claimed to be crippled by cerebral palsy, has been sent to jail after being caught taking part in a table tennis tournament. The 32-y...
Swedish city builds bird toilet to protect marina boats
A city in Sweden has built a dedicated seagull lavatory in an attempt to lure the birds away from doing their business in the marina. After cries of e...
Swedish sports trainer jailed for sexual attacks on children
A Stockholm sports trainer has been jailed for three years for a string of sex attacks against boys. The 22-year-old man was found guilty of three cou...