Swedish resettlement assistants sacked amid Isis link fears
A whole team of immigrant resettlement assistants in Sweden have been sacked amid mounting concerns that a number of them may have been working as rec...
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Danish teenage girls exercising less than the boys
Teenage girls in Denmark are not getting as much exercise as their male counterparts, a recent study has revealed. Researchers at the University of So...
Metal music plays an important role in Finland’s ‘brand’
In the last 15 years, Finland has not only produced a number of renowned metal bands, but these groups have played a major role in the global percepti...
Portland brewers heading to Iceland beer festival
Representatives from two breweries in the northwestern US city of Portland will be present at this year’s Icelandic Beer Festival in a bid to show res...
UK store denies Swedish woman a card because of her ‘rude’ name
A Swedish woman living in London was denied a store card when she registered for it online because her first name is considered a rude word for vagina...
Sweden: Store owners told to beware of chocolate thieves
Confectionary shop managers in Sweden have been told to be on the lookout for thieves after one store owner reported having thousands of kronor’s wort...
Danes among the world’s most unfaithful spouses
If you are looking for a loyal husband or wife, it seems heading to Denmark is not the way forward after recent research showed that almost one in two...
Bjork releases ‘Blake Lake’ trailer in lead up to MoMA exhibition
Icelandic musician Bjork, who is to be recognised at the New York Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective exhibition Bjork between March and June, has sh...