I was at a house fire and the guy's cat died in the fire. Almost everything in the house was burnt too bad to be of any use and the only thing we had to bring the cat out on was a silver platter. It was sooo wrong, but no one wanted to pick it up by hand.
I´m guessing thats an urban legend. Also, the names mentioned in the article are more norwegian than swedish.
Even a newborn cat is to big to swallow. (I think).