Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe GRAMYRA, Norway, April 27 (UPI) -- The identity of the car owner who cheated a Norwegian gas station out of a tank of gas came as a surprise -- it was the king of Sweden. The owner of the Hydro Texaco station accepted an apology and full payment from the palace in Stockholm. Advertisement The unintentional theft occurred as King Carl Gustaf and Queen Sofia, accompanied by two friends and two bodyguards, returned from an Easter visit to their cottage in Storlien, a Swedish ski resort almost on the Norwegian border. They stopped to buy gas at the station in the Trondelag region. The newspaper Tronder-Avisa reported that one of the royal friends was driving. He filled the tank, went inside and paid for a candy bar -- but forgot to pay for the gas. "The owner of the little station in Trondelag was a nice fellow," said Nina Eld, a spokeswoman for the Swedish royal family. "He accepted our apology and we settled up."
