61,000 Swedes descend on jobs meeting after invite mix-up

Police in Sweden have had to be called in after 61,000 jobhunters were accidentally called to a recruitment event in Stockholm.

Police in Sweden had to be called in after 61,000 jobhunters were accidentally called to a recruitment event in Stockholm.

That is roughly the city's entire employment-seeking population. The meeting, organised by the national jobs agency Arbetsförmedlingen, was designed for 1,000 participants.