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 or … » 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

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 he … » 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

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. » 6/09/13 1:00pm 6/09/13 1:00pm

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - JUNE 06: (L-R) Queen Silvia of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel of Sweden attend the National Day Celebrations at Skansen on June 6, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) » 6/06/13 9:45pm 6/06/13 9:45pm

Get outta town with your old ass, Veronica Mars — Sweden's Blue Dragons detektivebyrå is a P.I. agency by a seven-year-old and a nine-year-old. This adorable crime-solving duo's rates start at $2.50 and can go as high as $12.50, depending on the difficulty of the case. It's a pretty good bargain, especially considering… » 3/25/13 3:20pm 3/25/13 3:20pm

Hundreds of Swedish teens decided they were sick of being called sluts on Instagram and Facebook and took their fury offline by rioting like crazy today. » 12/18/12 1:40pm 12/18/12 1:40pm

Boning! Who doesn't love it? One woman in Sweden loves the sort of boning that gets you arrested, as she was apparently using human skeleton parts to have sex and then make CD's about the undiscovered joys of necrophilia. Okay, guys, we did it. We found a crazier, weirder thing than the Petraeus scandal. Who still uses … » 11/20/12 1:40pm 11/20/12 1:40pm

Remember all those times you were eating school lunch and saying to yourself, "This is just too good. They spoil us, they really do!" Yeah, me neither, but apparently that was the case at one Swedish school until recently. Their crafty head cook Annika Eriksson was a school lunch machine; preparing fresh and flavorful… » 10/08/12 10:00am 10/08/12 10:00am

Alec Baldwin married 28-year-old yoga instructor Hilaria Thompson in a New York City church today, and nothing was wrong unless you count the presence of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn. Here's hoping Baldwin's new wife will lead him in a few sun salutations every morning to stop him from buying a one-way ticket to The… » 7/01/12 11:30am 7/01/12 11:30am