Halland

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Hemp farmer wins state pay out

Society: 26 Feb 10
A hemp farmer in Halland in western Sweden has won a court ruling stating that his crop was illegally seized by the Swedish state. The man has been awarded 10,000 kronor compensation after his ten year legal battle. READ »

Snow causes traffic havoc in western Sweden

National: 1 Feb 10
Snow falls caused extensive traffic problems on Sunday night and into Monday morning. Several accidents occurred in western Sweden while no fatalities were reported. READ »

Social Insurance Agency 'too slow': report

Business & Money: 29 Jan 10
Sweden's justice ombudsman (JO) has levelled heavy criticism at the Social Insurance Agency for a string of perceived shortcomings. READ »

Double murder victim 'shot through the eye'

National: 24 Jan 10
At least one of the two victims of a brutal double murder in southern Sweden earlier this month was shot through the eye in a gangland-style execution. READ »

Heartless thieves steal Haiti cash

National: 23 Jan 10
Robbers broke into a the premises of the Red Cross in Laholm, western Sweden, and made a swift exit with the safe containing around 20,000 kronor ($2,762) collected for earthquake victims in Haiti. READ »

Bunny dance fraudster gets three years in jail

Society: 15 Jan 10
A man claiming to be wheelchair bound has been jailed for three years after he was caught on camera dancing with a rabbit mascot at an amusement park in western Sweden. READ »

Two bodies found in trunk of burning car

National: 7 Jan 10
Two dead bodies have been found in the trunk of a burned out car near Getinge in western Sweden, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. READ »

Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: court

National: 31 Dec 09
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl's genitals while she was sleeping. READ »

Spud missile offender found not guilty due to age

National: 23 Dec 09
A court in western Sweden has cleared a potato-gun-wielding 15-year-old boy of weapons charges due to his young age. READ »

No remand of accused Church of Sweden pastor

National: 19 Dec 09
On Friday, a court in western Sweden elected not to remand the 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor accused sexually abusing two minor boys during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. READ »

Church of Sweden pastor accused of rape

National: 17 Dec 09
A 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor faces a remand hearing this Friday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. READ »

Coke sues Swedish firm over Ukrainian imports

Society: 13 Dec 09
US beverage giant Coca Cola is suing to stop a Swedish company from selling Ukrainian-made Coke products in Sweden. READ »

Taxpayers fund thinking caps for Swedish town's top brass

Politics: 10 Nov 09
Top level civil servants in Laholm in south-western Sweden have received a selection of different coloured hats worth 18,000 kronor ($2,600) in a bid to help the bearers think innovative thoughts. READ »

Fright night for elks in west Sweden

National: 31 Oct 09
The elk population in the county of Halland, western Sweden, took somewhat of a blow on Friday evening as six animals died in the space of an hour, after colliding with traffic in separate incidents. READ »

Liberals open to Green support to block far-right

Politics: 23 Oct 09
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has opened up the possibility of cooperating with the Green party if the far-right Sweden Democrats garnered enough votes to hold the balance of power after the 2010 election. READ »

Sweden Democrat quits over anti-Muslim views

Politics: 22 Oct 09
The head of a local chapter of the far-right Sweden Democrats has quit the party in the wake of an anti-Muslim article published by party leader Jimmie Åkesson. READ »

Beltran demands retrial in rape case

National: 18 Oct 09
Swedish-Chilean opera singer and convicted rapist Tito Beltran has submitted a petition for a retrial in the Supreme Court. Beltran claims that former justice minister Thomas Bodström's involvement in the case amounted to a breach of the constitution. READ »

Jeweller offered wife's stolen valuables

Society: 27 Aug 09
A man walked into a jeweller's shop in Falkenberg in western Sweden and wanted to sell some valuables. But the jeweller recognised the items as those stolen from his own wife the night before and called the police. READ »

Summer rail destinations: Halmstad

Travel: 24 Aug 09
Sponsored article: Initially built by the Danes as a defensive fortress, Halmstad is now a popular coastal retreat with a sophisticated cultural scene and thriving nightlife. READ »

Bunny pic unmasks Swedish benefits cheat

National: 23 Jul 09
A Swedish man who claimed to be wheelchair bound has been asked to repay millions of kronor in social insurance benefits after authorities obtained a picture of a him dancing with a life-sized rabbit. READ »

Suspects arrested in Halmstad shootings

National: 18 Jul 09
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and taken into custody on charges related to the recent wave of gunfire in Halmstad in southwestern Sweden. READ »

90-year-old affirmed right to national transportation service

National: 12 Jul 09
A 90-year-old Halmstad woman who was denied a car ride from the national transportation service to her son's house on Christmas Eve has had her day in court. READ »

Apple iPod suspected in bizarre Swedish car fire

National: 9 Jul 09
An iPod music player is at the centre of an investigation into a mysterious car fire which completely destroyed a Saab automobile in western Sweden over the Midsummer holiday weekend. READ »

61 of 70 pizzerias fail hygiene inspection

Society: 6 Jul 09
Food safety authorities in Halmstad in western Sweden have been shocked to find minimum hygiene standards observed by just nine out of seventy restaurants serving pizzas in the town. READ »

Agency puts its foot down in Sweden's battle with killer slugs

Science & Technology: 18 Jun 09
Agriculture authorities in Sweden are setting up battle stations in the country’s continuing struggle to fight off killer slugs. READ »

Woman nearly drowned in unprovoked assault

National: 30 May 09
A woman was attacked on a beach outside Kungsbacka yesterday by a man who struck her and then repeatedly forced her under the water. The man was later detained on suspicion of attempted manslaughter. READ »

Glass found in Falun sausage

National: 2 Apr 09
A fragment of glass has been found in a Falun sausage bought from a store in Karlsborg on March 20th. The new alarm comes after further reports of glass found in chicken products. READ »

Danes flock to Sweden to shop

Business & Money: 23 Mar 09
Buoyed a strong domestic currency, Danish shoppers are travelling over the Öresund Bridge by the busload to snap up cross-border bargains. READ »

Swedish woman charged for housing horse in her cellar

Society: 14 Mar 09
A 32-year-old woman in Halland in western Sweden has been banned from keeping animals after it was discovered that she was keeping a horse in the cellar of her house. READ »

Man assaulted with axe outside Swedish hospital

Society: 16 Feb 09
A man leaving an emergency room in Varberg in western Sweden on Sunday night was forced to readmit himself after being attacked by axe-wielding robbers outside the hospital. READ »

Too long leg becomes too short after failed op

Science & Technology: 27 Jan 09
A police officer with one leg longer than the other was left with the opposite problem after a failed operation took too much off the leg, leaving it several centimetres shorter than the other. READ »

Accidents abound on icy roads

National: 7 Jan 09
At least fifteen accidents were reported in western Sweden overnight as treacherous road conditions prevailed. READ »

Icy conditions cause chaos on Sweden's roads

National: 4 Jan 09
Snow and ice made driving treacherous on roads in southern Sweden on Saturday with a slew of accidents as a result. Passengers were left stranded at Stockholm Skavsta airport as a Ryanair flight was cancelled. READ »

Swedish singles shun New Year revelry

Dating: 29 Dec 08
Swedish singles prefer a quiet night in on New Year's Eve and have a more reticent attitude to pleasurable pursuits in general, a new survey of European attitudes has shown. READ »

Two in hospital after motorway crash with elk

Society: 15 Dec 08
Two cars were damaged and two people are recovering in hospital after an elk’s unsuccessful attempt to get across the E6 motorway in western Sweden. READ »

Swedish farm hit by anthrax outbreak

Science & Technology: 13 Dec 08
A farm in the vicinity of Varberg in western Sweden has been hit by an outbreak of anthrax. Thirteen cattle have so far died from the disease which has not been seen in Sweden since 1981 and is harmful to humans. READ »

Long sentences for gruesome cabin torture

National: 25 Nov 08
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced the two primary suspects in a brutal torture case to several years in prison. READ »

Huge doping ring uncovered in Sweden

National: 21 Oct 08
Swedish police rounded up 40 people on Tuesday in series of pre-dawn raids across the country in an effort to crack a massive doping scam. READ »

Storms abate in western Sweden

National: 5 Oct 08
Last night's near hurricane force winds off the west coast of Sweden showed signs of letting up this morning. READ »

Blue tongue outbreak spreads south

National: 24 Sep 08
Sweden’s outbreak of blue tongue disease continues to spread as farms in Småland and Skåne in the south of the country have reported cases of the infection. READ »

Blue tongue disease continues to spread

National: 15 Sep 08
Authorities in western Sweden on Monday morning discovered the latest in a series of cases of animals infected with blue tongue disease at a farm in Halland. READ »

Carpenter's savings spared from massive blaze

National: 4 Sep 08
A Polish carpenter who lives in western Sweden received some good news after a fire destroyed his home. READ »

Engla's killer 'will face jail'

National: 4 Sep 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has confessed to the murders of Engla Juncosa Höglund, 10, and Pernilla Hellgren, 31, is likely to face a lengthy prison sentence after the results of a psychiatric evaluation deemed him not to be seriously mentally ill. READ »

Novices dig up rare bronze bowl in western Sweden

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 08
Amateur archeologists digging near Skrea hill outside Falkenberg have unearthed a unique artifact. READ »

Trains halted by fallen trees

National: 5 Aug 08
Rail traffic has ground to a halt in parts of Sweden as a result of Monday night's storm. READ »

Campground to Swedish family: 'Your caravan is just too ugly'

Society: 28 Jul 08
A family from Borås received an unlikely explanation for why they were denied access to a camp site in Falkenberg in western Sweden last week: their caravan was just too ugly. READ »

Anders Eklund charged in Engla killing

National: 18 Jul 08
Murder charges have been filed against 42-year-old Anders Eklund, the truck driver accused of killing 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Högland in April. READ »

Mystery foot found on shore

National: 8 Jul 08
A man's shoe containing a human foot has been found on the seashore in southern Sweden. READ »

Public urination leads to unrelenting stream of fines

Society: 24 Jun 08
More and more Swedes are getting fined for urinating in public. READ »

Swedish 'Donald Duck' comic fetches thousands

Society: 2 Jun 08
The first issue of the Kalle Anka & Co (Donald Duck and Friends) comic book ever published in Sweden has been sold for just over 100,000 kronor ($16,600). READ »

Man sets new Swedish drunk driving record

Society: 15 May 08
A 22-year-old from Varberg in western Sweden may have arranged his own sad entry in the record books. READ »

Rain and theft leave motocross club stuck in the mud

Sport: 14 May 08
The Swedish Sidecar Motocross Championships in early May turned into a losing affair for the arrangers. READ »

Top ten Swedish beaches

Travel: 12 May 08
With summer in the air and the holiday season approaching, Ulrika Österlund pulls on her sunglasses and takes a look at ten of Sweden's best beaches. READ »

Striking nurses make for striking debate

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Apr 08
David Landes looks at press reaction to the Swedish nursing strike. READ »

Health workers union steps up strike pressure

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. READ »

Police accidentally informed Engla's killer

National: 16 Apr 08
Police have admitted to unwittingly giving Anders Eklund, shown in a 1995 file photo, an opportunity to remove evidence from his car just hours before his arrest. READ »

Home town mourns Engla's murder

National: 14 Apr 08
Residents of Stjärnsund in Dalarna are grieving over the murder of 10-year-old Engla Höglund following a confession on Sunday by 42-year-old Anders Eklund, who was suspected last November in another unsolved murder. READ »

Engla's killer admits to a second murder

National: 13 Apr 08
The 42-year-old suspected of having kidnapped 10-year-old Engla Höglund has confessed to killing the girl and to killing a 31-year-old woman back in 2000. READ »

More elderly Swedes prescribed antidepressants

National: 9 Apr 08
The prescribing of antidepressants for people over 75-years-old has increased dramatically since 2000. READ »

Missing girl: truck driver arrested

National: 8 Apr 08
As the search continues for Engla Höglund, a 42-year-old man has been detained in connection with the disappearance of the 10-year-old girl. READ »

Swedish nurses strike looms

Business & Money: 4 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) announced industrial action affecting 3,500 members employed by both municipalities and county councils. READ »

Oldest man in Sweden dies

National: 4 Apr 08
Sweden's oldest man, Bengt Helldal, has died at the age of 108. READ »

Pair held in brutal torture case

National: 1 Apr 08
A 26-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man have been remanded in custody for cutting off the ear of a 44-year-old man. READ »

Men get eight years for 'sadistic' kidnapping

National: 25 Mar 08
Two men have each been sentenced to eight years after forcing a man at needlepoint to sign over ownership of a car, a motorbike and a ride-on lawnmower. READ »

More snow and ice for Sweden's roads

National: 24 Mar 08
Sweden’s weather service is warning drivers to watch for treacherous road conditions, especially in Halland county on Sweden’s west coast. READ »

Storm warnings issued in southern Sweden

National: 21 Mar 08
Large snow falls and hard winds are set to disrupt traffic in the southern parts of Sweden on Good Friday. READ »

Wild weather forecast over Easter

National: 20 Mar 08
Residents in southwest Sweden should brace themselves for some extreme weather conditions Thursday night into Friday. READ »

Teacher to student: 'we don’t want to see your ass'

National: 20 Mar 08
12-year-old Alexander Quint’s low-hanging pants have caused school administrators to ban him from eating in the school’s cafeteria. READ »

Tattoo artist fined for signing own name on woman’s body

National: 7 Mar 08
A tattoo artist has been been fined after writing his name on the stomach of a 19-year-old female customer. READ »

Storms forecast for Friday

National: 22 Feb 08
Meteorologists are forecasting storm force winds in parts of southern and western Sweden on Friday. READ »

Ikea guilty of 'cultural imperialism': Danes

Society: 20 Feb 08
Danish newspapers have accused Swedish furniture giant Ikea of "bullying" Denmark. READ »

Court to decide if suicide counts as real estate flaw

National: 13 Feb 08
A court in western Sweden is set to rule as to whether an unreported suicide can be considered a hidden flaw in a real estate transaction. READ »

'Tuva' to bring stormy weather

National: 31 Jan 08
Hang on to your hats! Tuva is quickly making her way to Sweden. READ »

Lonely hearts racketeer gets five years

National: 23 Jan 08
A Norwegian man has been sentenced to five years in jail for serious fraud. Many of his victims were women. READ »

Male obesity to weigh heavy on healthcare system

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 08
Young Swedish men have become so overweight that they may soon pose problems for the healthcare system, new research has shown. READ »

Students outraged by red light district party theme

Society: 12 Jan 08
A student union in western Sweden has come under fire for organizing an evening's entertainment with a red light district theme. READ »

Wild boar emulates English footballer

Society: 12 Jan 08
A wild boar in western Sweden has emulated footballer Robbie Fowler by sniffing the white lines on a football pitch. READ »

Boy fights for life after firework blast

National: 1 Jan 08
Sweden ushered in the New Year overnight with a wave of fires, firework injuries and stabbings. READ »

Wave of Christmas break-ins in southern Sweden

National: 26 Dec 07
Police in southern Sweden have reported a wave of break-ins over the Christmas holiday. 49 burglaries were reported in Skåne, Blekinge and Halland. READ »

Danish politician stakes claim to Swedish territory

Politics: 23 Dec 07
A Danish politician has staked a claim to the Swedish provinces of Skåne, Blekinge and Halland. READ »

Doc’s oversight costs Swedish man his testicle

Science & Technology: 22 Dec 07
A head physician's misdiagnosis of a 50-year old man's testicular pain resulted in the man's testicle being removed altogether. READ »

Tattoo artist signs own name on woman's body

National: 17 Dec 07
A tattoo artist from western Sweden is facing criminal charges after signing his own name on a woman's stomach. READ »

Santa Claus thief works at night

National: 30 Nov 07
Police are searching for a man dressed as Santa Claus who was involved in three robberies on Thursday night. READ »

Teen forced to take treatment for 'computer game addiction'

Science & Technology: 20 Nov 07
A teenager is to be forced to accept treatment for his addiction to computer games, after his family said the games make him antisocial. READ »

Snow draws in over Sweden

National: 8 Nov 07
Now may be the time to pull some winter woollies out of the wardrobe with snow forecast for much of Sweden on Thursday evening. READ »

Elk plots swimming pool escape

National: 25 Oct 07
An unlucky elk has spent all day Thursday stranded in a swimming pool in a small western Swedish town. READ »

Swedish state loses major pollution lawsuit

National: 25 Sep 07
A French chemical giant has been told it will not have to pay the Swedish state for the costs of major pollution caused during the building of a rail tunnel in southern Sweden ten years ago. READ »

Sweden 'should hand back Danish war booty'

National: 28 Aug 07
Sweden should hand back booty taken from Denmark during wars in 17th and 18th centuries, a Danish Member of Parliament has said. READ »

Teenager planned to shoot girls

National: 17 Aug 07
A 16-year-old hid a rifle and ammunition in his guitar case, which police say he planned to use to murder a number of teenage girls. READ »

Job seekers checked on criminal register

Society: 22 Jul 07
Looking for a job in Sweden? Don't be surprised if a brush with the law in the dim and distant past scuppers your chances. READ »

'Molested' girl pays damages to teacher

National: 11 Jun 07
A 15-year-old girl has been ordered to pay compensation to a teacher following false allegations of sexual harassment. READ »

Boom time for bars and restaurants

Society: 1 Jun 07
Business is booming for Sweden's bars and restaurants with customers spending considerably more than before on drinking and dining out. READ »

Scout leader arrested for sex crimes

National: 24 May 07
A scout leader in western Sweden has been arrested following reports by a number of parents that their daughters were molested while in his care. READ »

Cars stolen from Volvo plant

Business & Money: 18 May 07
Up to 20 cars are reported to have been stolen from outside Volvo's Torslanda plant on Thursday night. READ »

Arson attacks baffle Småland police

National: 6 Apr 07
Two villages in south west Småland have suffered around 25 arson attacks in the last twelve months. The latest was in the small hours of Friday morning and police in two counties are now trying to find a connection between the fires. READ »