A Swedish inmate had such a bad toothache that he escaped prison two days before he was supposed to be released, went to the dentist, and then turned himself back in.

A malfunctioning escalator unexpectedly accelerated yesterday in the Swedish town of Helsingborg, helping police break up a brawl between rival soccer fans in perhaps the best illustration of that Internet-famous Anchorman quote to date.

After the landmark trial that effectively legalized public masturbation in Sweden, locals have apparently taken to seeing what other penile acts of public lewdness they can get away with.

Sweden is now "okay" with public masturbation. On June 6, a 65-year-old man took off his shorts at a beach near Stockholm and began masturbating into the ocean. The man was charged with sexual assault, but was acquitted last week after a judge ruled he was not targeting a specific person.

A pair of teenage girls who were arrested on suspicion of robbery in late March could have possibly talked their way out of it — had they not snapped a selfie of themselves dressed as robbers and holding a knife just before allegedly committing the crime.

A Swedish lawmaker named Lars Ohly wanted to show off his new tattoo on Instagram. He didn't realize until publication that his genitals were also in the photograph.

A man who fucks bicycles is on the loose in Sweden. After Swedish cyclist Per Edstrom had his bike violated one too many times, he installed a security camera in front of his home, left his bike outside, and then waited.

What's a guy to do in the summer when his company bans shorts? Well, if you're a Swedish train driver, the answer is to wear skirts instead.

It turns out not even an honest-to-goodness Princess can successfully pull off the "don't you know who I am" line in order to get out of a traffic ticket.

The Nybro Action Team consists of Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex Bejerstrand, two under-employed roommates living in Nybro, a small industrial town in southern Sweden. Hjalmar is a chef; Alex takes woodworking courses. Today, they write about the riots that swept Stockholm and other Swedish towns last week. We have…

Violent riots continue to shake Stockholm's suburbs for the third night in a row, following a police shooting last week. Last Monday, police shot a man in the impoverished, mostly immigrant suburb of Husby, after the 69-year-old allegedly threatened the police with a machete that he was brandishing. Husby is primarily…

An elderly couple in Stockholm, Sweden, faces charges of harassment after they allegedly blasted Iron Maiden tracks at full volume in an effort to exact revenge on a noisy neighbor.

You think popping a mint is going to help you? Think again. Swedish researchers announced Thursday that they were able to detect drugs like marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines and prescription pills simply by breathalyzing subjects.

Police in Stockholm have reportedly discovered drugs and a stun gun on the tour bus of World’s Worst Baby Monkey Mother Justin Bieber.

A nosy neighbor who filed a criminal complaint against a free spirit whom she spotted walking around sans clothing inside his own house nearly landed the man behind bars on bogus sexual assault charges.

A district court in Sweden determined that a 23-year-old woman was subjected to "serious provocation" before slapping a man for allegedly grabbing her ass, but found her guilty of assault nonetheless.

Every December, the Swedish Language Council (a government-funded group that regulates the Swedish language) releases a list of new words that have entered everyday speech but do not appear in any dictionary.

Last week, Gawker posted a job listing seeking applicants for a reporter position. Among the responses was a letter from Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex Bejerstrand, two under-employed roommates living in Nybro, Sweden. In addition to inquiring after work, Hjalmar and Alex provided samples of their artwork and…

Earlier this week, Gawker posted a job listing seeking applicants for a reporter position. Among the responses was this letter from Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex, two under-employed Swedish roommates. We have reproduced the letter without correcting grammar or punctuation; the images shown above were attached.…