Sweden's military has suggested for the first time that more than one mystery vessel could have been operating in its waters - as it called off an extensive hunt.
The search for a suspected foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago was sparked after sightings of a "man-made object" last Friday and several photos of it emerged.
Later, there were hundreds of reports from members of the public who thought they saw "something" in waters near the capital Stockholm.
The Swedish hunt involved battleships, minesweepers and helicopters as well as more than 200 troops as the military called the alleged incursion "unacceptable".
Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad said: "Our assessment is that there was at least one (vessel)", adding it had now probably left.
He went on: "It's the assessment of the defence forces that probably foreign underwater activity has taken place in Stockholm's inner archipelago."
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Gallery: Accidents And Disasters Since 2000
In August 2000, the Russian Navy's Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea during a training exercise following an on-board explosion. All 118 crewmen were killed
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In February 2001, American submarine USS Greenville collided with a Japanese fishing vessel, the Ehime Maru (pictured) off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. The ship sunk and nine of the 35 aboard died
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The Royal Navy's HMS Trafalgar ran aground off the Scottish Coast in November 2002. No one was seriously hurt but around £5m worth of damage was caused when the 5,200-tonne vessel hit the rocks
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In August 2003, a Russian K-159, similar to this one, was being towed for scrapping when it sank in the Barents Sea. One person was rescued, nine died
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An explosion on British sub HMS Tireless killed two men in March 2007. The blast was caused by a malfunctioning air-purification system while the vessel was under the ice in the Arctic
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The HMS Astute ran aground in October 2010 during sea trials near the Isle of Skye. The sub's rudder became stuck on a shingle bank
There have been fears the vessel could have been Russian - although the Swedes have not blamed Moscow directly.
Russia has denied it was the source of the suspicious underwater activity, blaming a Dutch submarine for triggering the hunt, a claim rejected by the Netherlands.
Analysts said the vessel or vessels - if they were Russian - would fit into a broader pattern of growing Russian activity in the Baltic.
"(It) may become a game changer of the security in the whole Baltic Sea region," Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics tweeted about the suspected submarine in Sweden.
Rear Admiral Grenstad said: "I don't want to comment on what Russia says. I have not pointed fingers at any nation."
He said it could be ruled out that a large conventional submarine had been active in the archipelago, whose 30,000 islands, islets and rocks make the area notoriously hard to patrol - but he did not elaborate.
The Swedish defence forces started officially scaling back the search on Wednesday, claiming some ships had already returned to port.
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