Streaming services such as Spotify continue to bump up revenues for Swedish record companies, new industry figures reveal, offering hope for an industry struggling to recover from rampant file sharing.
Swedish consumers were less satisfied in their relation to companies, organizations and government agencies in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report from the quality measurement organization Svenskt Kvalitetsindex (SKI), thereby breaking an increasing “happiness-trend” which had been going strong since the 1990s.
Rampant holiday consumerism is hard to avoid, writes US-native and parent <b>Rebecca Ahlfeldt</b>, as she struggles to reconcile competing Swedish and American Christmas traditions in finding gifts for her children.
All of the airlines operating domestic routes in Sweden apply terms and conditions in contravention of passengers' legal rights, according to a new report from the National Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket).
A couple from Linköping in central Sweden who were marooned in Brussels after Ryanair cancelled their flight home will have their case heard by Sweden’s highest court.
Airlines Ryanair and Norwegian can continue to charge fees to customers who purchase airline tickets with bank cards, despite new Swedish regulations forbidding the practice.
Ida Riedel Palmer, 23, was left disappointed when what was advertised as a free "body jam" dance CD with her breakfast cereal directed her to a hardcore porn website.
A dissatisfied lover of wafer thin mint chocolate treats has reported the makers of After Eights to the Swedish Consumer Agency on the grounds that the product has become smaller and slimmer over the years.
An extended winless streak by one of Sweden’s biggest football clubs has caused a disgruntled fan to report AIK to the Swedish Consumer Agency (KO) for misleading marketing practices.
The Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket) has revealed that over a third of Swedish online air ticket providers routinely breach consumer regulations.
From the beginning of next year, Swedish consumers will be able to see who caught the fish they are eating, along with when and where it was caught. The idea of 'origin-labelling' of Swedish fish was proposed by the Swedish Fishermen’s Federation (Sveriges Fiskares Riksförbund, SFR).
A new advertisement being distributed throughout Sweden is raising fat people's hopes that they can lose weight through their feet. Not, however, by running with them.
A consumer watchdog group in Stockholm is pushing Sweden’s Medical Products Agency to investigate claims made by cosmetic products surrounding miracle anti-aging and anti-wrinkle creams.
When the phone rings just as Lena Philipsson is about to start gyrating with her microphone on Allsång på Skansen, it's bound to be someone trying to flog you fetching new underwear. This may be why the country's 'no call register' has doubled in length in the past year. DN reported on Wednesday that 5,000 people are signing up every week, but people not on the register are getting more calls than ever.
Sweden's major provider of telecommunication services, Telia Sonera, is at the centre of a phone scam. According to Tuesday's Expressen, thousands of subscribers to the network have received fake missed call alerts on their phone. When they tried to connect to the service their credit was emptied from their accounts.
There was welcome news this week for eaters. As well as food in Sweden's supermarkets becoming cheaper and healthier it's strawberry time - and the nation's growers are expecting bumper crops.
Over the last couple of weeks Göteborgs Posten has been severely troubled by a number of recent research studies into the health effects of coffee. Is the evil bean bad news for heart patients? Or does that morning booster protect against Parkinson's disease?
