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🇸🇪 Sweden • January 12, 2026

Sweden Unlicensed Taxi Assault: 5.5-Year Sentence

A Gothenburg court sentences a man to 5.5 years for a brutal assault involving an unlicensed taxi on Avenyn. The case exposes critical gaps in...

🇸🇪 Sweden • January 12, 2026

Sweden's Engineer Priest: 56-Year-Old Career Shift

At 56, Tommy Brandt left his engineering career at Volvo to become a priest. His dramatic mid-life shift reflects a deeper search for meaning in...

🇸🇪 Sweden • January 12, 2026

Sweden's Conscript Crisis: 50% of Units Use Collective Punishment

A new report reveals collective punishment and health issues for Swedish conscripts in half of all training units. The findings challenge the...

🇸🇪 Sweden

Sweden Unlicensed Taxi Assault: 5.5-Year Sentence

January 12, 2026

Sweden's Engineer Priest: 56-Year-Old Career Shift

January 12, 2026

Sweden's Conscript Crisis: 50% of Units Use Collective Punishment

January 12, 2026

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🇳🇴 Norway

Norway's New Therapy Breakthrough: Chronic Pain Vanishes

January 12, 2026

Norway Christmas Market Death: 1 Worker Killed in Oslo

January 12, 2026

Norway Train Derails Near Bodø: 0 Injuries Reported

January 12, 2026

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🇩🇰 Denmark

Denmark Sentences Nurse in €500k Police Impersonation Scam

January 12, 2026

Denmark Terror Case: 16 Months in Jail Without Trial

January 12, 2026

Denmark's Data Breach: Politician's CPR Number Leaked

January 12, 2026

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🇫🇮 Finland

Finland's Äänekoski Closes Historic Daycare: 22 Children Relocated

January 12, 2026

Finland's Legendary Jämsänkoski Mill Finds New Owners

January 12, 2026

Finland Jails Reckless Biker: 4.5 Months, Bike Seized

January 12, 2026

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🇮🇸 Iceland

Iceland's Unsolved Chess Scandal: 5kg Mystery & 1 Fall

January 12, 2026

Iceland Police Deploy Elite Unit: Selfoss Operation Underway

January 11, 2026

Iceland Workplace Death: 1 Fatality in Rangárþingi

January 11, 2026

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🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden Public Indecency Arrest: 60-Year-Old Man Held

A 60-year-old man was arrested in Västerås, Sweden, for alleged public indecency. The case highlights Sweden's laws on public order and sexual...

🇫🇮 Finland • December 9, 2025

Finland Patient Data Leak: Abandoned Hospital Breach

Sensitive patient data from a closed Finnish psychiatric hospital was found exposed in a viral TikTok video, triggering a police probe and a major...

🇫🇮 Finland • December 9, 2025

Finland's Metsä Group: Fire at Key Mill, 1.3M Tonne Output

A major fire broke out in a wood chip silo at Metsä Group's flagship Äänekoski bioproduct mill in Finland. While contained and with no immediate...

🇫🇮 Finland • December 9, 2025

Finland Youth Home Raid: 6 Suspects Face Machete Attack Charges

A machete-wielding group's coordinated raid on a Finnish youth home to extract a minor resident marks an unprecedented attack on the social care...

🇫🇮 Finland • December 9, 2025

Finland Probes 4 Fire Deaths: Father Held

Finnish police seek to detain a 22-year-old father suspected of setting a fatal fire that killed his three children and their wife on Independence...

🇩🇰 Denmark • December 9, 2025

Denmark Probes PwC Over 1 Major Money Laundering Breach

Danish authorities have reported PwC to police over a failure to promptly investigate a major suspicious transaction, breaching anti-money laundering...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden Coalition Talks Shift to Private Venue

Sweden's coalition leaders met informally at the Prime Minister's private home in Strängnäs, seeking freer dialogue away from Stockholm's political...

🇳🇴 Norway • December 9, 2025

Norway's Vestlandet Braces: 110mm Rain, Storm Bram Hits

Western Norway faces a major rainfall event, with 110mm forecast as Storm Bram sweeps in from the UK. While locals are used to rain, experts warn...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden Traffic Accident: 3-Car Crash Halts Stockholm Commute

A three-car chain-reaction crash during Stockholm's Tuesday morning rush hour disrupted traffic and raised familiar questions about road safety. We...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden's Play Street Experiment Ends: What's Next?

Stockholm's temporary 'play street' experiment on Vackra vägen has ended as planned. The three-month trial aimed to make the route safer for school...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden's Church Bat Rescue: A Protected Intruder

Caretakers at a Swedish church performed a delicate rescue of a protected bat, guided by wildlife authorities. The incident highlights how Sweden's...

🇳🇴 Norway • December 9, 2025

Norway Kidnapping Attempt: 2 Arrested in Halden

A woman fought off a kidnapping attempt in downtown Halden, Norway, with police arresting two known individuals. Witnesses played a crucial role in...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden's Stolen Church Bat: 1 Protected Critter's Winter Rescue

In Östersund, church custodians became unexpected wildlife heroes, rescuing a protected bat under Sweden's strict environmental laws. This small...

🇳🇴 Norway • December 9, 2025

Norway's Yellow Snow Alert Halts Mountain Traffic

A yellow weather warning for severe snowdrift has been issued for Southern Norway's mountains, threatening major transport routes with closure and...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden Halves Night Trains to Norrbotten: New 2026 Plan

Sweden will cut direct night train service to Norrbotten in half from 2026, redirecting a train to Umeå. The move prioritizes freight capacity on the...

🇸🇪 Sweden • December 9, 2025

Sweden Revisits E-Krona: Riksbank Eyes Digital Currency

Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen urges a new official investigation into launching a Swedish e-krona, citing the ECB's advancing digital euro project....

🇳🇴 Norway • December 9, 2025

Norway Recalls Vietnamese Shrimp: 2 Batches Contain Banned Chemical

Norway recalls Vietnamese shrimp contaminated with a banned chemical linked to cancer risks. The discovery highlights challenges in monitoring global...