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Pastor dons antlers for Swedish elk hunt sermon
Parishioners in central Sweden got a shock earlier this week when the female pastor and newly licenced hunter conducting the town's annual "elk hunt sermon" appeared wearing some unusual headwear.
Abused ghosts lambast Stockholm theme park
Young seasonal workers hired to scare people in the haunted house at Stockholm's Gröna Lund amusement park have told their own horror stories of beatings and groping by visitors to the popular theme park.
Swedish wrath over 'naked shocker' advert
A Christmas advert in which naked staff members proclaim “I only need my mobile!” has set off an avalanche of sexism complaints against a Swedish mobile payments company.
Unwitting Stockholmers sublet flats to prostitutes
Prostitutes in Stockholm are using short-term rented apartments to sell sex, which is proving to be a difficult case for police to crack, and a bitter pill to swallow for the holidaying homeowners.
Breastfeeding mum in Swedish car wreck
A woman who was breastfeeding her weeks-old infant while behind the wheel is under criminal suspicion after crashing into a truck on a motorway in western Sweden.
Wrong of guards to stop inmate's sex act
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex during an authorised visit simply because the couple's five-month-old daughter was also in the room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman (Justitieombudsmannen – JO) has ruled.
Ingrid, 65, finds 3 metre boa on her balcony
An elderly Swedish woman was given quite a scare on Monday morning when she discovered a 3-metre-long boa constrictor lying on her second-floor balcony.
Royals in unwitting electoral bid
Voters in Sweden's general election will be able to cast a vote for Princess Madeleine or Prince Daniel, thanks to a fringe party and a quirk in electoral law.
Prison guards take rapist to sex shop
A convicted rapist was taken by prison guards to a sex shop during supervised leave despite being on a strict no-porn rehabilitation regime.