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It's now possible to buy it at an auction held by Sweden's state bailiffs. https://www.thelocal.se/20191011/swedens-debt-collection-agency-is-auctioning-off-bitcoin Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:37:35 +0200 swedens-debt-collection-agency-is-auctioning-off-bitcoin The Swedish authorities could step in and confiscate a cat called Ove and try to get him to breed with a Stockholm woman's cat, after she reported a contract breach and fears her love-sick pet cat will start misbehaving soon. https://www.thelocal.se/20130814/49642 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:56:00 +0200 49642 Close to 90,000 Swedes with student loans are endangering their future credit score by late or outstanding payments, prompting the student loans body CSN (Centrala studiestödsnämnden) to place warning calls to those risking a record of non-payment. https://www.thelocal.se/20130121/45738 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:21:00 +0100 45738 Over 90,000 people who studied in Sweden are now in debt to the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogdemyndigheten), owing over 1 billion kronor ($150 million)in total, yet experts maintain that student loans remain a helpful alternative. https://www.thelocal.se/20120820/42718 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:12:00 +0200 42718 Two Swedish women are fighting uphill battles to reclaim their possessions after agents from Sweden's debt collection confiscated their items by mistake. https://www.thelocal.se/20120319/39748 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:27:00 +0100 39748 Sweden's debt collection agency (Kronofogden) had planned to sell seven paintings, believed to be painted by Adolf Hitler, to pay off former Hells Angels head Thomas Möller's mounting debts. https://www.thelocal.se/20111108/37242 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:13:00 +0100 37242 Sweden's debt collection agency's (Kronofogden) plans to sell seven paintings by Adolf Hitler, a move which has drawn criticism from the Jewish association in Stockholm, has been scuppered after the works were deemed to be fakes. https://www.thelocal.se/20111107/37194 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:17:00 +0100 37194 Saab employees’ wages may be delayed, marking the third consecutive month that at least part of the company's 3,700 employees has seen their salary payments delayed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110823/35720 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:01:00 +0200 35720 In May, while Saab’s production lines stood still and clouds were gathering over the factory in Trollhättan, mother company Swedish Automobile treated themselves to a raise, according to a report on Swedish TV 4 News on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110818/35614 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:57:00 +0200 35614 The number of unpaid SMS loans that end up with the Swedish Enforcement Administration (Kronofogden) has shrunk dramatically, according to the government agency. https://www.thelocal.se/20110125/31624 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:53:00 +0100 31624 Swedes are further in the red with the national debt collection agency (Kronofogden) than ever before, with accumulated debts currently totalling 64 billion kronor ($9 billion). https://www.thelocal.se/20091229/24102 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:24:00 +0100 24102 Despite record-low interest rates, an increasing number of Swedish homeowners are having trouble paying their debts, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20091005/22464 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:03:00 +0200 22464 Swedes’ cumulative unpaid debts reached a new record of 62.2 billion kronor ($7.9 billion) in June, with Swedes at the higher end of the earnings scale finding it increasingly hard to pay their bills. https://www.thelocal.se/20090703/20442 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:56:00 +0200 20442 More and more Swedes are having their homes repossessed and sold through executive auction as household budgets tighten in the wake of job losses caused by the economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20090520/19570 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:37:00 +0200 19570 A Swedish man has been found dead in his apartment in Forserum in Småland in southern Sweden. Police in Jönköping believe that the man may have been dead for up to a year. https://www.thelocal.se/20090310/18108 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:17:00 +0100 18108 The state collections agency, Kronofogden, is warning that average Swedes are highly exposed to the negative effects of the current financial crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20081007/14814 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:29:00 +0200 14814 Sweden’s official debt collection agency is suffering from severe economic problems after having over-spent and over-borrowed and may soon be forced to cut staff to stop the bleeding. https://www.thelocal.se/20080929/14630 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:35:00 +0200 14630 The number of apartments repossessed and sold at auction by Sweden's official bailiffs has doubled in the past year. But the Swedish Enforcement Agency (Kronofogden) says the increase in foreclosures is due more to changes in the law than to a downturn in the economy. https://www.thelocal.se/20080813/13660 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:06:00 +0200 13660 A simple drive around metropolitan Stockholm nearly two years ago continues to cause headaches for Sweden’s first astronaut, Christer Fuglesang. https://www.thelocal.se/20080317/10542 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:40:00 +0100 10542 Fire off a simple text message, wait 15 minutes and presto, 3000 kronor ($500) land in your account; the simplicity of obtaining SMS loans in Sweden is increasingly luring youths into debt. https://www.thelocal.se/20080312/10416 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:41:00 +0100 10416