The combined Nordic  consumer agencies are investigating whether advertising laws have been broken on the social networking website, Facebook. Read the full story

Bjorgvin Bjorgvinsson, head of the Icelandic police sexual crimes division, said yesterday that there is no doubt that the newspaper Frettabladid has been advertising prostitution in its classified ads section. The paper says it has done nothing wrong. Read the full story

The Inspired by Iceland advertising campaign carried out on behalf of the entire Icelandic tourist industry, has won gold at the European Effie Awards — one of the continent’s most prestigious advertising industry award ceremonies. Read the full story

A Swedish mustard company has been slammed for being chauvinist after releasing an advertising campaign about what constitutes a ‘real man’. Read the full story

The Swedish branch of Durex has caused a surge of excitement after launching an advertising campaign appealing for condom testers. Read the full story

A Hallowe’en-themed campaign aimed at attracting blood donors in Gothenburg, Sweden, has been scrapped after the community reacted in horror to its “threatening” message. Read the full story

Consumer ombudsmen in the Nordic region are looking into social networking sites such as Facebook to decide whether they are engaging in illegal marketing. The watchdogs are planning to investigate whether social media websites contravene advertising laws in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Read the full story

The Danish Nurses’ Organisation has had an online advertisement yanked, after the images of randy medics using unconventional methods to revive patients were deemed too racy. The nurses’ union pulled the commercial from the YouTube website, calling the ad a “slip-up” and saying it “went over the line”. Read the full story

A Danish tourism agency is on a mission to find a noise that encapsulates all things Copenhagen. After the World Cup in South Africa left no doubt that the ear-blasting drone of vuvuzelas is the sound of Johannesburg, Wonderful Copenhagen is looking for something similar for Denmark’s capital. Read the full story

Iceland’s intensive campaign to remain at the forefront of cool places to visit, despite a spate of negative headlines, began today with an hour-long internet show and the release of a flashy new video to get toes tapping and faces smiling. Read the full story