It goes "snippity, snippity, snippity snop" and you will never be able to get it out of your head. Not even when you learn that the translated lyrics are: "The vagina is cool, you better believe it, even on an old lady. It just sits there so elegantly." » 1/12/15 9:35pm 1/12/15 9:35pm

Rebekka Karijord is a super-prolific musician, composer, actor, and director who is well-known in Scandinavia for her intensely unique vocal pop and avant-garde scores for film and dance. This February, the Norway-born, Sweden-based artist will release We Become Ourselves for the first time in the States, a gorgeous… » 1/08/15 1:00pm 1/08/15 1:00pm

Apparently, Pippi Longstocking is a Swedish cultural icon. And when national broadcaster STV recently announced it would edit a couple of the more racist scenes from a beloved 1969 television adaptation, the decision was met with howls of outrage. Really? Preserving the casual racism in a television show for children… » 12/03/14 3:40pm 12/03/14 3:40pm

Do you remember a few years back when Jimmy Kimmel started encouraging people to delete their surplus Facebook friends? Because, let's face it, none of those 3,567 people you "friended" because they went to your college (or were fake Facebook friends with your college buds) are actually your friends. Turns out, doing… » 11/25/14 1:50pm 11/25/14 1:50pm

When it comes to self pleasure, dudes have a lot more ways to describe their one-on-one time than women. Sure, we're not exactly short for euphemisms: flicking the bean, polishing the pearl, beating around the bush, and the fan favorite: Jilling off, etc. For some reason plenty of people find female masturbation to… » 11/23/14 12:15pm 11/23/14 12:15pm

Start planning your move to Sweden, at which time you will give up on email and return exclusively to sending letters, because starting January 15 you can stamp them all with Robyn's face. » 11/07/14 11:50am 11/07/14 11:50am

Earlier this month, a Swedish appeals court overturned conviction and two-year prison sentence of Mikael Halvarsson, a man who allegedly assaulted a woman while he was asleep, citing that he was fully asleep when the attack happened. This isn't the first time someone was acquitted for "sexsomnia," a condition similar… » 9/20/14 4:36pm 9/20/14 4:36pm

This may or may not be the legal equivalent of a child covering his eyes, and saying, "If I can't see you then you don't exist." » 8/12/14 1:50pm 8/12/14 1:50pm

Damn near a third of Germans have, at some point, sunbathed buck-ass naked. » 7/17/14 3:45pm 7/17/14 3:45pm

A 25-year-old Swedish man who's spent thousands of dollars extending his first name to 63 words claims to have the world's longest first name. Kim-Jong Sexy Glorious Beast Divine Dick Father Lovely Iron Man Even Unique Poh Un Winn Charlie Ghora Khaos Mehan Hansa Kimmy Humbero Uno Master Over Dance Shake Bouti Bepop… » 7/02/14 6:30pm 7/02/14 6:30pm

Got a worrisome pustule on your crotch that's probably an ingrown hair but could theoretically be something more serious? Well, there's now an app called First Derm that'll allow you to text a doc a pic of your, ahem, situation. Finally, you can stop pestering your friends in the medical profession about your oozing… » 6/24/14 6:20pm 6/24/14 6:20pm

If you ever worry that your popsicle doesn't look enough like a penis, it may be time to take a trip to Sweden where a new icy treat promises to satisfy all your cravings by popping its creamy center in your mouth. » 3/29/14 7:09pm 3/29/14 7:09pm

As you may know, the United States is not the only country with a gender wage gap. This ad from Sweden claims that the quickest way for a woman to earn as much as a man is to be a man. » 3/06/14 2:45pm 3/06/14 2:45pm

If there's one thing that can be said for the Swedish Marines (and this is the first time I've really heard about the Swedish Military, so I have very few things to say), it's that they don't skimp on showmanship. Military music videos have been huge hits in the past but none seem to possess the pure oomph and… » 1/25/14 4:15pm 1/25/14 4:15pm

Last week, a Swedish judge ruled that a man who proceeded to have sexual intercourse with a woman who was screaming "NO" so loudly that she went hoarse was not guilty of rape. People were understandably upset. And so, today, the judge wrote an op-ed clarifying that what he MEANT was that rape really depends on whether… » 1/14/14 12:00pm 1/14/14 12:00pm

Here is your daily dose of futuristic medical news: The AP reports that after a decade of research, doctors in Sweden have successfully transplanted wombs from living donors into 9 women. » 1/13/14 10:30am 1/13/14 10:30am

OH MY GOD, SWEDEN. Staaaaaaahhp!!! Fresh on the heels of codifying their new gender-neutral pronoun, those plucky Swedes are getting even more proactive in their attempts to turn mommies into people. Unafraid to incorporate feminist thought (i.e. basic fucking equality) into official policy—can you imagine!?—some… » 11/06/13 5:50pm 11/06/13 5:50pm

Michael Boatwright, a 61-year-old Navy veteran, was found unconscious in a Palm Springs Motel 6 with five tennis rackets and no memory of being Michael Boatwright. When he woke up in a hospital a few days later, he insisted that his name was Johan Ek, he lived in Sweden, he didn't know shit about tennis rackets, and… » 8/23/13 6:20pm 8/23/13 6:20pm

Swedish self-confessed serial killer Sture Bergwall has been acquitted after a re-trial. After spending 20 years in a high-security psychiatric facility, it's now thought that he invented the dozens of false murders, rapes, and cannibalism that he confessed to committing as "Thomas Quick." Go read GQ's long, excellent… » 8/10/13 4:15pm 8/10/13 4:15pm

The people of Sweden can have sex on their LEIRVIK beds while wearing their H&M clothes and listening to Robyn, but they can't do any of that with animals anymore. Until way too recently, the nation helmed as the "perfect society" was also a nation where it was legal to have sex animals. » 6/13/13 5:45pm 6/13/13 5:45pm