Ikea ‘designed like a maze to trap shoppers’
Ikea stores are designed as mazes that trick shoppers into buying more while they attempt to find the exit, according to a UK professor. Alan Penn fro...
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Two Swedes die in Thailand
Two Swedish men have been killed in the popular beach resort of Phuket, Thailand, according to reports. A 32-year-old man was crushed to death by a lo...
Military staff ‘have penchant for porn’
Members of the Swedish Armed Forces surfed pornographic websites on their work computers thousands of times over the last three years, according to a ...
Drunk’s ‘ghost driver’ defence seen through
A man who claimed a ghost was at the wheel of his car when he was stopped for speeding has been charged with drunken driving despite being found in th...
Body heat harnessed for heating at Stockholm Central Station
A Swedish company has found a way to harness the body heat of people passing through Stockholm’s Central Station and use it to warm an office block ac...
Serial rapist in Sweden admits to new attacks
A 24-year-old Swedish man could be named as the country’s worst serial rapist after admitting to four more attacks while being held for a string of of...
Swedish footballers caught in Romanian hooker sting
Two former Swedish footballers have been found guilty of paying for sex in a wider police probe into a Romanian prostitution ring.
Opium dealer points out stash to police
A 51-year-old man has been given a reduced sentence after tipping off police about a large quantity of opium hidden in his home. The man from Umea, no...