Prices for second-hand rentals went up by six percent across Sweden in 2017, according to new figures.
A Swedish Lego lover has put his 300 kilo prize collection of building blocks up for sale for 75,000 kronor ($11,500) in a bid to avoid the wrath of his wife.
Swedes with the insanely popular phone app Flappy Birds are trying to make quick cash by selling their smartphones online, after the game was pulled from app stores.
David Hasselhoff, Lord of the Rings, and an old Subaru turned out to be the magic elixir that helped one desperate Swede land the job of his dreams.
A 21-year-old man has been acquitted of fraud charges after a court in western Sweden ruled he only committed the fraud in self-defence.
The cost of subletting an apartment in the Swedish capital continues to rise quickly, despite a growing supply, with the average price 20 percent higher now than it was at the same time last year.
Several fraudsters who used Swedish buy-sell site Blocket to defraud 268 people of more than one million kronor ($156,000) won't end up going to prison following a court ruling.
Police have turned to the Swedish version of eBay, Blocket, in order to sell off a house that was seized during a raid on drug dealers in northern Sweden.¨
A man has been charged with aggravated fraud after he conned internet users in Sweden into parting with over 400,000 kronor ($61,100) for items that the buyers never received.
Four Swedish women on Wednesday lost their appeal and will be forced to pay fines after buying what turned out to be stolen clothes on Swedish internet auction site Tradera.
A permit to run a publicly-funded, privately-managed free school is being sold on a popular Swedish buy-sell site, exploiting a legal loophole and angering politicians.
Enterprising Swedes are looking to capitalize on Norway's ongoing butter shortage by offering the sought-after spread on popular buy-and-sell websites, with one seller hoping to score a Gibson guitar in exchange for a pack of margarine.
Dozens of Swedish university students desperate to find accommodation in Stockholm lost at least 350,000 kronor ($58,000) in a housing scam carried out on the popular buy-sell site Blocket.se.
Santa is barely out of the door before many Swedes are sitting in front of their computers and putting their unwanted gifts online as more and more people sell their unwanted Christmas presents.
Retailing giant Ikea will launch a section to sell used Ikea products with Swedish online classified ad site Blocket.
As one of the busiest retail days of the year kicks off, one in every three Swedes will exchange their Christmas gifts this year, according to a survey. Many are also selling their unwanted presents online.
A man from Dalarna in central Sweden has fined for attacking a man who had stolen his boat and then tried to sell it on the internet.
A woman’s attempt to sell a Swedish prisoner’s uniform on the popular buy-and-sell website Blocket.se nearly resulted in her own brush with the law.
Business is thriving on Swedish buy-and-sell site Blocket.se as the market for second hand goods soars in the wake of the economic crisis.
A house in one of Stockholm's most expensive areas is being given away on the internet by its owner. There's only one catch - the buyer will have to remove the house and rebuild it somewhere else.
Norwegian media giant Schibsted ASA said on Tuesday it has agreed a deal with minority shareholders in Sweden's Blocket AB to acquire the remaining 18.2 percent of the company. The price tag will be 297.2 million Swedish kronor.
The rising popularity of buying and selling used goods over the Internet has brought with it an increasing number of fraudsters. In a case being prosecuted at Luleå district court, con-men are accused of tricking 304 people into paying over 700,000 kronor for electronic goods that never showed up.
Metro International, the international newspaper group, launched "Metro Market", a classified advertising site for consumers, on Wednesday. The move comes just days after rivals Blocket.se ran a limited service after their site was vandalised by a hacker.
Classified-ads' site Blocket.se is currently running a limited service after a hacker attacked the site last week. The popular website's technicians are now trying to track the hacker and improve their site security.