Weird Sweden

Wrong Margareta Winberg Invited To Swedish Minister's Dinner

AP | Posted 04.26.2012

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's environment minister thought she had asked the country's former agriculture minister to attend a glam dinner. But the invit...

Swedish Man Blames Nutmeg Overdose For Llama-Like Spitting Attack

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 03.30.2012

An excess of one common seasoning has left a Swedish man spitting mad. The man, a 28-year-old from Gävle, a city in eastern Sweden, was behind a s...

WATCH: Sheep-Herding Bunny Becomes Online Hit

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 04.04.2012

STOCKHOLM — Champis the bunny doesn't only hop – he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skil...

New Front On the War On Christmas: Hand Grenade Ornaments Spark Outrage

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 12.13.2011

You won't find these hanging on Bill O'Reilly's tree. The Swedish Army Museum in Stockholm is coming under fire for selling Christmas tree ornamen...

LOOK: Drunk Swedish Moose Stuck In A Tree

Posted 11.07.2011

Too much elk-ahol? Rescue workers had their hands full on Tuesday night when an apparently drunk moose got itself stuck in a tree in Gothenburg, Sw...

Swedish Man Eats 70-Year-Old Brisket: 'It's OK'

www.thelocal.se | David Moye | Posted 10.24.2011

Some people might have a beef with eating 70-year-old meat, but not Swedish senior citizen Eskil Carlsson. He recently decided it was high time to ...

Swede Held For Building Nuclear Reactor In His Kitchen

www.thelocal.se | David Moye | Posted 10.02.2011

Swedish police have detained a 31-year-old man in the town of Ängelholm after he sought advice from authorities on the legality of building a nuclear...

Swedish Police Arrest Woman For Housing A Hedgehog

TheLocal.se | David Moye | Posted 09.30.2011

Police have raided the apartment of a woman in Gävle, Sweden, after being tipped off that she was housing a fugitive: A wild hedgehog she was caring ...

Swedish Man Dies In Savage Lawn Mower Accident

TheLocal.se | David Moye | Posted 09.19.2011

A man in his mid-forties died following a lawn mowing accident early on Wednesday morning in Kungsbacka, in southern Sweden. "We think he was mowi...

Sperm Sniffing Police Dog Solves Rape Case

Posted 09.17.2011

Get a whiff of this. Authorities in Sweden have charged a 23-year-old man with rape after matching the suspect's DNA with evidence discovered by a ...

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Dope Buys Grass: Not Marijuana, Real Grass

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

A 58-year-old man in Sweden is feeling like a dope after getting busted trying to buy marijuana. However, police in Gavle, Sweden, let the man go a...

Swedish Town Mulling Fertility Treatments For New Residents

TheLocal.se | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

A Swedish town wants to boost its population in a big way, and one solution may be offering helping to cover the costs of fertility treatments or adop...

Runaway Moose On Loose Barges Into Swedish Retirement Home

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Officials say a moose burst through the dining room window of a retirement home in southwestern Sweden, knocking over furniture and ...

Sailing In A Giant Duck? Whatever Floats Your Boat

Posted 11.16.2011

Ducks are great swimmers -- but they also make for great boats. At least according to shipbuilder Christian Bohlin, who sailed his eye-catching duc...