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Jobs agency slammed over 'cheap' interpreters

Business & Money: 9 Jan 12
When the Swedish Employment Office recently contracted for interpreting services, it chose one with a tariff significantly below market prices, according to a new report. READ »

Hitler paintings 'genuine': ex-Hells Angels boss

National: 8 Nov 11
Ex-Hells Angels leader Thomas Möller has argued that a selection of paintings slated for sale to pay off debts were indeed created by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, rejecting an expert opinion that they were fakes. READ »

Agency slammed for Hitler painting sales

National: 7 Nov 11
Sweden's debt collection agency's plans to sell seven paintings by Adolf Hitler, a move which has drawn criticism from the Jewish association in Stockholm, has been scuppered after the works were deemed to be fakes. READ »

Saab staff face new paycheck delay

Business & Money: 23 Aug 11
Employees at troubled Swedish automaker Saab may see their wages delayed for the third month in a row as Sweden's debt collection agency threatens to empty the company’s bank accounts. READ »

Swedish dealers to stop selling Saabs

Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Several Swedish dealerships have decided to pull Saab cars from their showrooms as debt collectors continue to investigate the troubled Swedish automaker and employees face continued uncertainty about their next paycheck. READ »

Board raised pay while Saab stood still: report

Business & Money: 18 Aug 11
While the cash strapped carmaker Saab’s production lines stood still the board of directors from mother company Swedish Automobile had a pay increase, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

57 convicted in massive Swedish doping scandal

National: 4 Aug 11
Fifty-seven people were convicted on Thursday for being part of a massive doping ring in one of the largest criminal cases in Swedish legal history that accrued an estimated 58 million kronor ($9 million) in legal fees. READ »

Fresh questions raised over Saab finances

Business & Money: 13 Jul 11
The future of cash-strapped Swedish automaker Saab remains uncertain after doubts emerged over the finances of potential investor Vladimir Antonov and the revelation that the company has substantial tax debts. READ »

Saab: production to resume in two weeks

Business & Money: 30 Jun 11
Cash-strapped Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile is hopeful of restarting frozen production lines within two weeks after receiving orders totalling 10,000 vehicles. READ »

Swedish women battle mounting debts

Business & Money: 30 May 11
Women are experiencing increasing problems servicing SMS loans and for the first time are defaulting at the same levels as men, according to a new survey from the Swedish Enforcement Authority. READ »

Saab debts mount as cash search continues

Business & Money: 2 May 11
The problems continue to mount at Swedish carmaker Saab with mounting debts, falling sales and an ongoing search for Chinese finance still without result. READ »

Swedish bar lets patrons pay via mobile phone

Lifestyle: 9 Feb 11
A bar in Uppsala in eastern Sweden recently launched a new service that lets mobile phone-toting bar patrons leave their wallets at home. But not everyone is toasting this new taproom technology, contributor Oliver Gee discovers. READ »

Unpaid SMS loans in Sweden shrink: agency

Society: 25 Jan 11
The number of unpaid SMS loans that end up with the Swedish Enforcement Administration has shrunk dramatically, according to the government agency. READ »

Muslim Council head 'clueless' over terror plot

National: 10 Jan 11
The head of the Muslim Council of Sweden has said she had no idea that the man with whom her daughter has two children was suspected of plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper when he was arrested last month. READ »

Jobless man must repay funds for taking Swedish

Business & Money: 9 Oct 10
A Northern Irishman who studied in a Swedish class for immigrants while unemployed has been ordered to repay nearly 200,000 kronor ($30,000) in benefits after incorrectly filling out a form. READ »

Swedish biker gangs in expansion fast lane

National: 8 Oct 10
The Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal motorcycle gangs have ramped up their expansion in Sweden, while at the same time gaining a foothold in Europe. READ »

Stricter requirements for SMS loans

Business & Money: 10 Jun 10
Sweden's government has proposed placing tighter requirements on SMS-loan companies to carry out credit checks. READ »

Chinese pop star in Reinfeldt tax plea

Society: 28 Apr 10
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets. READ »

Red Cross official admits multi-million kronor fraud

National: 21 Apr 10
The trial began on Wednesday of former Swedish Red Cross communications chief Johan af Donner, who quickly confessed to swindling the aid organisation and the Swedish Cancer Fund out of millions of kronor. READ »

SMS loan defaults at record high: report

National: 3 Feb 10
The Swedish Enforcement Authority received notice of 46,000 unpaid text message loans in 2009, an increase of 30 percent on 2008. READ »

Homeless need more help: Health minister

National: 30 Jan 10
Sweden's Public Health Minister Maria Larsson has called for new measures to help those living on the streets and a review of legislation to stop children being evicted from their homes. READ »

Swedes reach new peak in mountains of debt

Business & Money: 29 Dec 09
Swedes are further in the red with the national debt collection agency than ever before, with accumulated debts currently totalling 64 billion kronor ($9 billion). READ »

Trustor 'mastermind' questioned by Swedish police in Brussels

Business & Money: 26 Nov 09
Joachim Posener, accused of being the brains behind the Trustor investment scandal, has been questioned by Swedish authorities after more than a decade on the run. READ »

Saab slapped with debt claim over worker pay

Business & Money: 16 Nov 09
Saab Automobile has been hit with a payment demand from the administrative board of Västra Götaland county, which lent the troubled automaker hundreds of millions of kronor to ensure employees' salaries during restructuring. READ »

Red Cross fraud hits donor confidence

Society: 18 Oct 09
Public faith in the Swedish Red Cross has taken a beating in the wake of the embezzlement scandal involving its former communications chief, Johan af Donner. READ »

Swedish secret agent's 15th century castle up for auction

Society: 13 Oct 09
A 15th century castle in southern Sweden belonging to a man who once supplied secret Russian technology to the Swedish military, is set to go up for auction in November. READ »

Payment problems plague more Swedish homeowners

Business & Money: 5 Oct 09
Despite record-low interest rates, an increasing number of Swedish homeowners are having trouble paying their debts, according to a new study. READ »

Pirate Bay closed after court decision

Business & Money: 25 Aug 09
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay remained closed on Tuesday morning after a Stockholm court decision forced a supplier to cut off internet capacity. READ »

Debt collector hunts Pirate Bay buyer

Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
Hans Pandeya, the CEO of Global Gaming Factory, the company planning to buy The Pirate Bay, has been reported to the Swedish enforcement service for mounting unpaid debts. READ »

Music body cautions Pirate Bay suitor

Business & Money: 7 Aug 09
The IFPI recording industry association has warned it will take legal action against the soon-to-be owner of the Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory, if the file-sharing site continues to operate in its present form. READ »

Mother in the red after costly childbirth

National: 5 Aug 09
A woman who received a bill for almost 65,000 kronor ($9,000) after giving birth at Uppsala University Hospital has petitioned the Swedish government to erase her debt. READ »

Renters in Sweden struggle to make ends meet

Society: 8 Jul 09
Sweden’s renters are having a tougher time meeting their monthly obligations, resulting in increased evictions as well as applications for housing assistance payments. READ »

Probe widens against Red Cross fraudster

Society: 7 Jul 09
Damage claims against Johan af Donner, the former Red Cross communications chief suspected of embezzling millions from the organization, continue to grow. READ »

Swedes' unpaid debts continue to pile up

Business & Money: 3 Jul 09
Swedes’ cumulative unpaid debts reached a new record of 62.2 billion kronor ($7.9 billion) in June, with Swedes at the higher end of the earnings scale finding it increasingly hard to pay their bills. READ »

Ex-Red Cross boss faces new suspicions

National: 27 Jun 09
The former head of communications of the Swedish Red Cross was remanded in custody on Friday on charges of embezzlement amid suspicions that he may also have defrauded the Swedish Cancer Society. READ »

Red Cross fraudster faked his academic records: report

Business & Money: 22 Jun 09
The man suspected of defrauding the Swedish Red Cross of 2.7 million kronor ($336,000) to help fund a life of luxury reportedly built his career on falsified university transcripts. READ »

Job losses lead to spike in forced home sales

Business & Money: 20 May 09
More and more Swedes are having their homes repossessed and sold through executive auction as household budgets tighten in the wake of job losses caused by the economic crisis. READ »

Sweden to freeze guilty Pirates' loot

Science & Technology: 12 May 09
Bank accounts belonging to the four men found guilty in the Pirate Bay trial will be frozen as early as Wednesday, according to Sweden’s official debt collection agency. READ »

Agencies often monitor workers' net habits

Science & Technology: 22 Apr 09
A majority of Sweden’s public sector employers monitor their workers’ internet surfing habits, a new survey shows. READ »

Celebrity preacher in copper-coloured revenge

Society: 4 Apr 09
Celebrity evangelist Runar Sögaard displayed a keen sense of the Old Testament message "an eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth" when taking revenge on a Stockholm shopkeeper - he paid his debt in small change. READ »

Swedish man found dead after a year

National: 10 Mar 09
A Swedish man has been found dead in his apartment in Forserum in Småland in southern Sweden. Police believe that the man may have been dead for up to a year. READ »

Ex-cop charged for 'neglecting' to return evidence

National: 9 Mar 09
A former Gothenburg-area police officer was charged on Monday for having pilfered several pieces of police evidence and taking out a loan in another person’s name. READ »

'Porn king' nailed with whopping tax bill

Society: 17 Feb 09
Berth Milton, head of the Private Media Group adult entertainment empire, has been hit with an 865 million kronor ($100 million) tax bill following a Swedish court judgment. READ »

Debt agency calls for greater compassion

Business & Money: 5 Jan 09
Several civil servants have called for Sweden to take a more compassionate approach to people in debt. READ »

Swedes vulnerable to financial crisis effects

Business & Money: 7 Oct 08
The state collections agency, Kronofogden, is warning that average Swedes are highly exposed to the negative effects of the current financial crisis. READ »

Swedish collection agency mired in debt

Business & Money: 29 Sep 08
Sweden’s official debt collection agency, Kronofogden, is suffering from severe economic problems after having over-spent and over-borrowed and may soon be forced to cut staff to stop the bleeding. READ »

Debts lead to more property repossessions

Business & Money: 13 Aug 08
The number of apartments repossessed and sold at auction by Sweden's official bailiffs has doubled in the past year. READ »

Key player in Trustor affair sentenced to prison

Business & Money: 30 May 08
Thomas Jisander, one of the principals in the so-called Trustor affair has been convicted by the Stockholm District Court for grave embezzlement. READ »

State to use old couple's cash to pay thieves' debts

National: 17 Apr 08
It may seem obvious that a robber’s loot be returned to its rightful owner once the crook is apprehended, but an elderly Swedish couple has learned that things aren't quite so simple. READ »

Debt agency makes spacewalk seem like a cakewalk

National: 17 Mar 08
A simple drive around Stockholm nearly two years ago continues to cause headaches for Sweden’s first astronaut, Christer Fuglesang. READ »

Young Swedes trapped by SMS loan debt

National: 12 Mar 08
The simplicity of obtaining SMS loans in Sweden is increasingly luring youths into debt. READ »

Debt troubles affecting Swedes in record numbers

Business & Money: 22 Feb 08
More Swedes are finding themselves hampered by unpaid debts. READ »

Agency to examine debt among Swedish children

Business & Money: 20 Feb 08
As fears mount about debt among Swedish children, a Data Inspection Board project hopes to shed more light on the problem. READ »

No debt too small for Swedish state collections agency

National: 14 Feb 08
A woman from Karlstad was surprised recently to receive a 4 kronor fine from the Swedish state collections agency. READ »

Joachim Posener a free man

National: 13 Jul 07
For ten years Joachim Posener has been on the run from the authorities following his suspected involvement in a major fraud. But the time limit for his prosecution has now elapsed. READ »

Sweden 'breaking EU privacy rules'

Society: 13 Apr 07
Sweden in breaking EU law by making people's personal details public, according to a lawyer acting for a man who remained on a payment blacklist despite his debts being written off. READ »

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Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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