Swedish children given the names ‘Ronny’, ‘Conny’, ‘Benny’ or ‘Sonny’ are more likely to become criminals, according to a new study. Read the full story

The Swedish tax agency has rejected the request of an ordinary citizen to have ‘His Majesty’ officially added to his name. Read the full story

The names of the Icelandic man and the mother of his child, who he admitted to killing this Thursday, have now been revealed by police. Read the full story

A 700-metre peak in eastern Greenland has been named after polar explorer Tom Crean, who served with both Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The mountain was given its new title last week by a group of Irish climbers who became the first people to scale the summit. Read the full story

The biggest halls inside Harpa, Reykjavik’s landmark new concert and conference centre, have been formally named. They will be called Eldborg, Nordurljos, Silfurberg and Kaldalon. Read the full story

Traditional Danish surnames such as Jensen, Nielsen and Hansen could be dying out, as more people change their aliases in a bid to stand out from the crowd. Since new laws were introduced in 2006 making it easier for people to pick their own monikers, over 320,000 Danes have opted to be called by something more exotic than the name they were born with. Read the full story

A man from Grindavik in southwest Iceland has received official permission to use Grindvik as his middle name. His new name is therefore Matthias Grindvik Gudmundsson. Read the full story

The issue of what parents can legally name their child has arisen once more in Sweden after a ruling by the Swedish Tax Authority that an infant cannot be called Allah. Read the full story

Sweden’s interesting naming laws have come into the spotlight again, as the country’s tax bureau has decreed that a five-month-old Stockholm girl is not allowed to retain her name: Elvis.

The Metro newspaper states that Elvis’s parents wanted a name for their daughter that was both pleasant sounding and gender-neutral. Neither parent is a fan of Elvis Presley, nor owns any of his music.

The Swedish tax authorities disagree, however: “It is the National Tax Board’s view that Elvis is a first name of a masculine type and as such may, in light of standard practice, be considered clearly inappropriate as a first name for a woman.”

The parents plan to appeal the decision, and will no doubt be heartened that little baby Metallica was allowed to keep her name on appeal last year. Either way, they intend to continue calling Elvis Elvis whatever the outcome.