Swedish tourist ‘tortured in Egyptian jail’
A Swedish tourist claims he was beaten up and electrocuted in an Egyptian prison for four days before escaping when protesters set fire to the buildin...
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Swedish Police shoot suspected murderer to death
Police in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna opened fire on a suspected murderer last night, according to Dagens Nyheter.
Swedish man admits stabbing noisy neighbour
A Swedish man has admitted stabbing his neighbour to death because he couldn’t stand the incessant noise coming from his flat.
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...
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...