John Nixon

John: Thanks for the input! I don't use hashtags to joke about things in general, but I use hashtag on a lighter note now and then, e.g. FollowFriday, GoodThing and LatteClub. - Martin Lindeskog

A new opinion poll by Sifo looking at regional accents reveals that Swedes are particularly attracted to how people speak in the western city of Gothenburg. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

German experts are carefully taking apart a complete Celtic grave in the hope of finding out more about the Celt's way of life, 2,600 years ago, in their Danube heartland. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Fredrik Reinfeldt, his wife Filippa and their three children live at Sagerska House on Strömgatan in Stockholm but at a press conference on Friday, the Prime Minister said that the living quarters at the house, which was built in the 1800's, is in urgent need of repair, and was not fit for a family; being cold, poorly ventlilated with leaks from the ceiling and with some windows that cannot be opened from the inside. "Unfortunately when I have been baking bread I have been forced to call the fire brigade," Reinfeldt said. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

"On Saturday evening it is time to light a fire, make some noise, and scare away the wild animals, ghosts and monsters. It is finally the spring celebration of Walpurgis night, known here as Valborg." - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Nokia to cut 4,000 jobs as part of reorganisation via BBC - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Spyker Cars, the Dutch owner of Sweden's Saab, has said that production will remain on hold indefinitely while it searches for a solution to funding problems in order to pay suppliers. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Presenter, 85, crosses Atlantic on raft for WaterAid - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

One Swedish couple's honeymoon this winter unexpectedly turned into a tour of world disasters. Stockholmer Stefan Svanström, along with his wife Erika and their baby daughter departed for their honeymoon in early December. They didn't get far before a snowstorm stranded them in Munich, reports the tabloid Expressen. Eventually, the couple made it to Bali, but it was during the middle of the monsoon rains. After, they headed to Australia, just in time for forest fires in Perth and flooding in Brisbane. When they got to Cairns to see the barrier reef, a powerful cyclone swept through and they had to be evacuated. Next on their list was New Zealand, but as they were on their way, a deadly earthquake shook Christchurch. Finally, the family made it to Tokyo. Two days later, the biggest earthquake to hit Japan since measurements have been taken, struck. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman landed the honour of adorning the new 200 kronor note, while the hot favourite children's author Astrid Lindgren will in the future be the face on the 20 kronor note, replacing the popular Selma Lagerlöf. Former United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld will feature on the 1,000 kronor note, opera singer Birgit Nilsson on the 500 kronor, film star Greta Garbo on the 100 kronor and musician Evert Taube on the 50 kronor note. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

The boys were snowboarding off-piste and crashed into the bear's hibernation cave, waking the mother up and scaring her off from her cubs. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

A Russian boy has answered a message in a bottle from a German child nearly a quarter of a century after it was dropped from a ship into the Baltic. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Australian illustrator and author Shaun Tan has been named the recipient of the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

Local police and flying clubs searched the skies above the airport, with no result. Gardemoen’s head of information says the object might have been some kind of glider, a hang glider or a mini-plane. He doesn’t think it was an alien UFO. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

A painting by Anders Zorn, one of Sweden's most prized painters, has fallen foul of Facebook's zero tolerance policy for its depiction of a naked woman in a loft, local newspaper Sydsvenskan reports. - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

"Cuckoos' egg forgery skills are increasingly being put to the test, as host birds evolve better defences, say scientists." - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

"Three-dimensional printing from digital designs will transform manufacturing and allow more people to start making things" - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

"A laser can act as a "tractor beam", drawing small objects back toward the laser's source, scientists have said." - John Nixon from Bookmarklet

"A British judge has approved extradition to Sweden of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face allegations of rape and sexual assualt in Stockholm last August." - John Nixon from Bookmarklet