It is still possible to bid on the auction of an old bottle of whisky found buried in the ground in Reykjavík in 1994. The bottle is being sold to benefit a former electricity worker who lost both his arms in a work accident. Read the full story

A gun duel, which saw one man being shot in the buttock and the other in the chest, has resulted in five-year prison sentences for both the survivors. Read the full story

A Hell’s Angels leader has been ordered to pay back more than a million kronor in sickness benefits, after the Swedish Social Insurance Agency claimed he committed crimes that would have been impossible with his purported back pain. Kent Nilsson, who is a self-confessed Hell’s Angels chief from Lulea, northern Sweden, has received SEK 1.4 million (USD 200,000) in handouts since first reporting his back trouble to authorities in 1998. Read the full story

Over a hundred people are still unable to work following accidents during the construction of the Karahnjukar hydro power plant constructed to power a new aluminium smelter in East Iceland. Read the full story

More Swedish children are bouncing their way to hospital as the country sees a tenfold increase in trampolining accidents. As the spring-loaded devices continue to become a common fixture in gardens across the country, statistics reviewed by research foundation Barnolycksfonden reveal hundreds of children are failing to keep their feet on the ground. Read the full story

A convicted criminal in Sweden’s Gavle prison has been awarded compensation after injuring his little finger playing table tennis. The 46-year-old man has received SEK 18,300 after hitting his hand on the edge of the table during a game in 2007. Read the full story

The Supreme Court of Iceland yesterday sentenced a farmer to pay ISK 2 million plus interest to a young woman hurt by a cow with a newborn calf in 2002.

The girl, who was 14 at the time, was injured when the cow gored and trampled her shortly after giving birth to a calf. The girl has suffered back complaints ever since and is considered 5 percent physically disabled. Read the full story