In Sweden taking small loans getting more popular by the day. The latest kind of loans is smslån and mobillån that have taken the swedish market with storm. Other kind of loans is mikrolån and snabblån that have its roots in the 3d world, generally for farmers that need to buy pigs and so on.
There is some problems with the goverment tho cus they dont like the idea of snabblån and smslån so much.
FinansJouren have a great guide about this lån and other relative subjects.