A Norwegian charity received a “return to sender” letter that had been sent out to a potential donor 39 years ago. Norwegian Church Aid received the letter earlier in the month with “address unknown”, “return to sender” stamped on it. The charity had sent it out in 1975. The charity’s press officer Hakon Haugsbo […]...
Nearly one in six Danish men have admitted that they have paid for sex on at least one occasion in their lives. This means that 15.5 per cent of males in the country, between 260,000 and 285,000 people, have been a sex customer at some stage. Thirty per cent of men say they have […]...
An 80-year-old Swedish man is lucky to be alive after a female bear attacked him while he was fishing. The bear and its cubs have since been put down. The man was emptying his catch by the lake in Homnabo, northern Sweden, when he spotted the bear. He tried to run away from it […]...
Eve Online developers CCP have permanently removed three players linked to the vandalism of the monument it erected in Reykjavik as a tribute to its players. In total, they have permanently shut down seven Eve Online accounts and a Dust 514 account linked to the three players. The developers have also given a six-month […]...
Swedish beauty Elin Nordegren, the ex-wife of golfer Tiger Woods, recently graduated from Rollins College Hamilton Holt School in Florida, and couldn’t resist taking a swipe at her former husband during her graduation acceptance speech. The Scandinavian, who topped her class in earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology, said she was 25 years old […]...
Searching for the Abba documentary, I happened on a real-life Icelandic murder mystery The Reykjavik Confessions ABBA I was actually listening out for an implausibly long documentary about Abba when I chanced on The Reykjavik Confessions (BBC World Service), Simon Cox's unavoidably enigmatic documentary about what could be the greatest miscarriage of justice Iceland has ever seen. There are huge chunks...
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has said climate change is hugely impacting the fish stocks in the Arctic. He explained that with the sea ice melting so quickly, a new ocean was being created that, for the first time since humans have inhabited the Earth, will result in a “monumental transformation”. Ólafur Ragnar, who […]...
After performing in front of a watching world at the European Song Contest in Copenhagen on Saturday, some members of Finland’s representative, Softengine, returned to school on Monday morning. It was an exciting start to the week for students at the Seinajoki senior secondary school as they gave members of the Finnish act a […]...
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has revealed that it is to turn its first ever store, in southern Sweden, into a museum. The Swedish company, which is now renowned around the world, explained that it wants to celebrate its history by making the first store, which opened its doors in 1943, more of a cultural […]...
Aron Jóhannsson, who opted to represent the US over Ic eland, has been selected in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s preliminary squad for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil. The 23-year-old forward, who was born in the US to Icelandic parents and returned to their homeland when he was three, currently plays for AZ Alkmaar in the […]...
Iceland has put its plans to drop its European Union membership application on hold, its government revealed on Monday. The North Atlantic nation’s centre-right government has been opposed to Iceland joining the EU and on 21 February announced a draft bill to drop the country’s membership application, made in 2010, without holding a referendum. However, […]...
There has been a shock increase in the number of Swedes found to be begging in Spain’s most popular tourist resorts. The thought of beggars in Spanish tourism hotspots generally brings up images of African and eastern European migrants, but recent research has shown that a number of struggling Swedes can now be found begging […]...
Greenland wants to force Denmark to admit human rights abuses against its former colony’s indigenous Inuit people including taking over ancestral hunting grounds, said Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond. A commission has been put in place to investigate such abuses, which also include taking Inuit children from their families in the 1950s to help them integrate […]...
An investigation is underway in Iceland after EVE Online’s brand new player monument was vandalised not long after it was erected. The EVE universe player monument, which was erected in Reykjavik to honour the Icelandic players of the game, featured the names of many enthusiasts living in the North Atlantic island. However, one fan was […]...
Iceland must take a stronger stance on world creditors as its failed banks aim to safeguard the failed króna in a planned exit from a six-year capital controls regime, said a World Bank economic adviser. Washington-based Icelandic economic adviser for the World Bank, Friðrik Jónsson, said the priority since the beginning appears to have been […]...
Filipino au pairs on a two-year stay in Denmark are soon to receive a monetary reward of 6,500 kroner if they don’t get pregnant while in the Scandinavian country. According to a report on the Copenhagen Post, the Aupair Agency Denmark proposed the initiative as a way of preventing au pairs from the Philippines going […]...
Norwegian Oil Minister Tord Lien has braved the freezing water by accepting a challenge to take part in the ‘Jump in the Sea’ fad. The minister became the first person from the government to take part in the cold-water bathing craze currently doing the rounds in Norway, running into the water at the popular beach […]...
With the divorce rate in Finland on the rise, an increasing number of newlyweds are signing prenuptial agreements. Fresh data from the registry office reveals that the number of pre-nups has gone up over the past decade, with 32 per cent of newlyweds signing such agreements before tying the knot – five per cent higher […]...
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife Princess Mary have confirmed they will attend the Eurovision Song Contest in their home city, Copenhagen, this week. This year is the 59th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and it is being held in the Danish capital because Denmark is the current holders of the […]...
Rolling Stones fans in Sweden have been warned to be cautious about buying tickets for the band’s upcoming Stockholm gig as there are many fake ones in circulation. The UK legends are scheduled to perform at Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena on 1 July, with demand to see the rockers unsurprisingly proving particularly high. Tickets went on […]...