There appear to be few clues to the identity of three men who strapped explosives to a hostage before making off with 1.3 million crowns from a Stockholm bureau de change on Wednesday.
A Swedish bus has been evacuated in Norway after suspicions were raised that one of its passengers was carrying a bomb. The Swebus Express service from Oslo to Stockholm, carrying sixty Swedish and Norwegian passengers, was stopped on Sunday afternoon at Askim, near the border with Sweden. It appears that passengers had become concerned by the behaviour of one of their number.
Early on Wednesday morning an apartment on Surbrunnsgatan, just off Sveavägen, exploded violently. And the plot thickened later in the day as it emerged that the owner of the flat is under investigation for <a href="/article.php?ID=357">stealing books worth millions of crowns</a> from Stockholm's Royal Library.
A tanning shop in Tomelilla reported that their premises had been vandalised after six of their clients suffered burns from their tanning booths, according to SVD on Wednesday.
Sweden's police departments have been put on high alert following an armed raid on a security van in Årsta, in the south of Stockholm. At least five robbers threatened the guards with automatic weapons before blowing a hole in the side of the vehicle and making off with an undisclosed sum.
Those who have been a victim of crime once are highly likely to be targeted a second time around, reported DN on Monday. Up to half the crime committed in Sweden affects as little as 5 per cent of the population, reported BRÅ (the department for prevention of crime).
Ten men convicted of incest since 1991 have been given leave to appeal by the Supreme Court. The decision follows sensational revelations made by SVT's investigative programme 'Uppdrag granskning' about methods used by a therapist at a children's home in Småland. The first appeal, the case of 'Mats', has started in Malmö.
Police in Bro, northwest of Stockholm, are investigating the death of a baby found by a footpath near the town's station. Investigators are awaiting DNA results which they could show whether the baby is related to another dead child found in the area two years ago.
"The dead baby found outside Bro train station could be a sibling of the infant that was found dead in a subway in Kungsängen two years ago," wrote DN on Monday.
On Friday the police discovered what resembled a car bomb beneath a car in Västerås. On Saturday they destroyed it in a controlled explosion, according to Dagens Nyheter on Saturday.
The main suspect of the murder of Olof Palme died this week at the age of 57. Christer Pettersson was tried for the murder of the prime minister, convicted of the killing in 1988, but later released on appeal. Following his death, it was reported that he had confessed to the killing to a journalist friend.
A general rise in alcohol consumption in Sweden is making its presence felt in criminal statistics, according to Dagens Nyheter. Last year up to 65,000 violent crimes were reported and the police expect this figure to rise this year.
A man suspected of a murder in Botkyrka has been tracked down and caught in Manila in the Philippines, according to Aftonbladet on Wednesday. The Swedish Police have been trying to track down the 32 year old suspect in various countries across the globe for over three years.
A 25 year old Swede died and another man was injured following a shooting at a nightclub in Malmö in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police are holding a 40 year old Danish man on suspicion of the murder.
Following the escape from prison of police murderer Tony Olsson only last week, Sweden has been shocked by the killing of another policeman, this time in Hedemora, in Dalarna.
"Last Thursday morning the telephone rang at the home of Helén Nilsson's parents. It was the police. 'We've probably got the man who killed your daughter.'"
Judging by the contents of this week's papers you would be forgiven for believing that Sweden was a dangerous place to live. The Knutby trial may still be dominating the headlines, but it's not the only crime to have attracted journalists' attention.
Two killings this week once again raised questions about Sweden's approach to psychiatric care. On Saturday, a 22-year old man took his 15-year old ex-girlfriend, Marcella Ahlberg, hostage and then stabbed her to death while police waited outside, while early on Monday morning a 17-year old girl killed her mother in their home.
