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Report slams denied ambulance call death

Science & Technology: 27 Mar 12
Health authorities in northern Sweden have come in for scathing critique for the death of 22-year-old Jill Söderberg, whose repeated calls for an ambulance were denied because she was "still talking". READ »

Man arrested after bomb threat shuts train station

National: 27 Mar 12
A man in his early twenties has been arrested on suspicion of calling in a bomb threat on Monday that prompted the evacuation of the central train station in Östersund, northern Sweden. READ »

Norwegian Hercules plane missing in Sweden

National: 15 Mar 12
A Norwegian Hercules C-130 military transport plane with five people on board lost contact on Thursday afternoon with the airport in northern Sweden where it was scheduled to land. READ »

Heart attack victim dies after ambulance denied

Science & Technology: 14 Mar 12
A 75-year-old Stockholm man suffering from a heart attack was forced to call three times and wait 13 hours before emergency services operator SOS Alarm finally sent an ambulance. He died in hospital the following day. READ »

Boy's call about fatal fire dismissed as 'prank'

National: 5 Mar 12
When 12-year-old Oscar rang the emergency services to alert them of a fire which ended up killing a 5-year-old girl, he was told to stop making prank calls. READ »

Police 'not told' of stabbing suspect's call

National: 3 Mar 12
The 28-year-old man suspected of stabbing a 10-year-old girl in the throat at a Gothenburg school called and identified himself to emergency services immediately after the attack, but the information wasn't forwarded to the police. READ »

17-year-old dies after ambulance no-show

National: 9 Feb 12
Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the death of a teenage boy to the National Board of Health and Welfare after the ambulance never turned up and his parents had to drive him to hospital. READ »

10-year-old girl stabbed in the throat at school

National: 6 Feb 12
A 10-year-old girl had her throat slashed with a knife outside a school in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday morning, according to police. READ »

Man dies after ambulance call went unanswered

Science & Technology: 1 Feb 12
A woman whose boyfriend died after she was unable to get through to Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the matter to health authorities. READ »

Injured Swedish teen spent night outdoors

National: 4 Dec 11
An 18 year-old man, suspected of fleeing from a road traffic control on Friday, fell down a precipice and spent twelve hours in the woods with both legs broken. READ »

Nurse acquitted of ambulance call death

National: 30 Nov 11
A Stockholm court on Wednesday acquitted the nurse on trial for failing to dispatch an ambulance in answer to a call, causing the death of a 23-year-old man. READ »

Passengers evacuated from Stockholm metro

National: 19 Nov 11
On Saturday morning, smoke forced passengers to evacuate from a subway train in a tunnel near Fridhemsplan in central Stockholm. Police are still unsure what caused the smoke. READ »

Ambulance call death trial opens in Stockholm

National: 14 Nov 11
A 52-year-old nurse on trial in Stockholm for causing the death of 23-year-old Emil Lindell by not sending an ambulance in response to his calls for help told the court on Monday he was "completely innocent". READ »

SOS Alarm has 'severe flaws': agency

National: 12 Nov 11
A government agency slams emergency services operator SOS Alarm for severe flaws in their judgements of ambulance call-outs, claiming that mistakes may have led to deaths, injuries and increased risk. READ »

Patient deaths prompt Swedish healthcare audit

Politics: 29 Oct 11
After a number of cases of patients being denied care, sometimes with lethal outcomes, Sweden’s public healthcare system is set to be audited. READ »

'Nothing can bring her back': mother

National: 7 Sep 11
The distraught mother of a 22-year-old Swedish woman who died after being denied an ambulance because she was “still talking” has reported the incident to health authorities in a desperate search for answers. READ »

Woman calls SOS alarm 2,000 times

National: 12 Aug 11
A 60-year-old woman from southern Stockholm is suspected of having made between 1,500 and 2,000 calls to emergency services since the beginning of the year, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Operator sends neighbour, not ambulance, to help injured woman

Society: 5 Aug 11
Rather than send an ambulance to respond to a call from an injured woman in Borlänge in central Sweden, emergency services operator SOS Alarm elected to call on an elderly couple living nearby to check on her instead. READ »

Nurse charged over ambulance call fatality

National: 28 Jul 11
A nurse formerly employed at emergency services operator SOS Alarm has been charged with aggravated manslaughter for refusing to dispatch an ambulance to a dying 23-year-old, the prosecutor has confirmed. READ »

11-year-old Swedish girl denied ambulance

National: 24 Jun 11
After sustaining an open chest wound of 10cm long while trimming her horse’s mane, Sweden’s emergency repsonse services refused to send an ambulance, suggesting the 11-year-old girl take aspirin instead. READ »

Minivan rollover kills two in northern Sweden

National: 19 Jun 11
Two people were killed and eight people injured when a minivan ran off the road and flipped Saturday night in northern Sweden. The severity of injuries sustained by the eight is unclear. READ »

Ambulance call denied: woman 'was still talking'

National: 14 Jun 11
A woman from northern Sweden died after four calls placed over a four day period requesting to have an ambulance sent to her home were ignored. READ »

Swedish woman dies after ambulance no show

Society: 1 Jun 11
A Swedish woman died in hospital after being forced to call for an ambulance four times, according to a report filed with the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Profit pressures rise for troubled ambulance firm

Society: 22 May 11
Ambulance and emergency response provider SOS Alarm is being pushed to reach higher profits despite several cancelled contracts and increasing dissatisfaction with the company. READ »

SOS service under review after ambulance errors

National: 17 May 11
Sweden's emergency response service SOS Alarm has been put under review by the health board after a man died after being refused an ambulance and a series of other recent cases deemed to endanger the welfare of patients. READ »

Säpo investigates Reinfeldt threat

National: 9 May 11
Sweden's Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed that it is investigating a threat made against prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the leader of the Social Democrats Håkan Juholt. READ »

Stabbed Green politician denied ambulance: report

National: 2 May 11
Prominent Green Party official Anders Wallner was made to wait for an ambulance despite having sustained serious stab wounds in an attack in Stockholm on Sunday, one his companions has claimed. READ »

Dad reports SOS operator after son's death

National: 23 Apr 11
The step-father of the 23-year-old man who died after being denied an ambulance is reporting the management of SOS Alarm to the police. READ »

Ignored ambulance call fatality 'a tragedy'

National: 21 Apr 11
The nurse who refused to send an ambulance to a 23-year-old Stockholm man who later died had been reported several times prior to the incident, which a top health official referred to as a tragedy. READ »

Man died after calls for ambulance ignored

National: 13 Apr 11
A 23-year-old man from Stockholm died after emergency help line operators opted not to send an ambulance, despite the man's repeated calls for help. READ »

Plane crashes in southern Sweden

National: 27 Mar 11
A small single-engine sport aircraft crashed on Sunday when it came in to land at Höganäs airport in southern Sweden, with the pilot miraculously escaping unhurt. READ »

One injured in train crash at Malmö station

National: 1 Jan 11
An out-of-control X2000 train drove into a buffer stop earlier this morning at Malmö Central Station. One person was taken to hospital. READ »

Skåne residents encouraged to stay home

National: 24 Dec 10
Residents in several counties in southern Sweden have been told to stay off the roads on Friday, while trains were nearly back on schedule following a series of weather-related disruptions earlier in the week. READ »

Farms, homes evacuated after dam bursts

National: 7 Nov 10
A dam burst in Hästberga in southern Sweden on Sunday caused floods and forced residents to evacuate. READ »

Fires, floods and tornado winds as storm rolls in

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 10
Fires, floods, overturned trees and a tornado all hit western Värmland in central Sweden within the course of an hour on Monday as a storm front pushed in at around midnight. READ »

Three men arrested for triple murder

National: 12 May 10
Three men have been arrested for killing two teenagers and a middle-aged man in Härnosand, northern Sweden. READ »

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Lifestyle: 13 Apr 10
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Nine injured in bus accident

National: 27 Mar 10
Nine people were injured early on Saturday morning when a bus drove into a ditch on the E6 motorway, north of the village of Tanumshede in Bohuslän in western Sweden. READ »

Warmer winds carry falling ice warning

National: 26 Feb 10
A sudden change in the weather in Sweden has led to a heightened risk of icy roads, while pedestrians are urged to watch out for falling ice and snow from buildings. READ »

Transport hit as snowstorms ravage Sweden

National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden came to a near standstill over the weekend as wind-packed snowstorms blanketed a nation still recovering from earlier snowfalls. Citizens were advised to remain at home, until railway tracks and highways were cleared. READ »

Weather agency issues fresh storm warning

National: 19 Feb 10
Snowfalls of up to 30-40 centimetres have been forecast for southern and central areas of Sweden on Friday evening. Meteorological agency SMHI has issued a storm warning with traffic disruption as a result. READ »

Massive problems for Tele2 mobile customers

Science & Technology: 4 Nov 09
Millions of Swedes have had trouble using their mobile phones on Wednesday morning due to problems with the network of Swedish mobile operator Tele2. READ »

Badly burned 1-year-old denied ambulance

National: 9 Aug 09
Swedish emergency services are to launch an internal investigation after a one-year-old boy who received second degree burns was denied an ambulance. READ »

Stockholm taxis to double as ambulances

Science & Technology: 24 Apr 09
Stockholm taxis are to be deployed to respond to emergency calls and drivers trained to treat cardiac arrest using defibrillators, medical and taxi officials said on Friday. READ »

Emergency operator mistook choking man to be drunk

Society: 24 Mar 09
Sweden’s emergency service telephone system, SOS Alarm, has been reprimanded after an operator mistakenly judged a man to be drunk when in reality he had passed out from choking on food. READ »

Lewd crank calls lead to arrest of Karlstad man

National: 8 Feb 09
A 59-year-old man in Karlstad in western Sweden has been arrested for making more than 300 lewd crank calls to the SOS Alarm emergency calls service. READ »

Mystical meteor lights up Swedish skies

Science & Technology: 18 Jan 09
A mystical light phenomenon was observed over southern and western Sweden on Saturday evening. Experts believe that a bolid - a burning meteorite - could provide the explanation. READ »

Jewish burial chapel attacked in Malmö

National: 13 Jan 09
A burial chapel in the Jewish cemetery in central Malmö was fire-bombed early on Tuesday morning. It is the third time the chapel has been attacked in recent weeks. READ »

Arson suspected at Stockholm museum

National: 6 Jul 08
A fire broke out at the Biological Museum in Stockholm on Saturday evening. Police suspect arson. READ »

Man dies after two hour wait for ambulance

National: 27 Feb 08
Despite a woman’s repeated calls to Sweden’s emergency number, it took two hours before an ambulance arrived. READ »

Woman found dead after gas accident

National: 27 Oct 07
One woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning and four others were found unconscious in a building in Härryda, Gothenburg, on Saturday morning. They were organising a Buddhist event in the premises. READ »

One missing after Småland boat accident

National: 9 Sep 07
Four of five people who were missing after a boat accident in Helgasjön, a lake north of Växjö, early on Sunday morning have been found alive. The leader of the rescue team says that an empty life jacket has been recovered. READ »

Mobile calls 'cannot be traced by emergency services'

National: 27 Jul 07
SOS Alarm, which handles all emergency telephone calls in Sweden, is not able to trace half of all the calls it receives from mobile phone users - because of a lack of agreements with operators. READ »

Skåne flooding subsides

National: 7 Jul 07
In just one day there was as much rain as Skåne would expect in an entire month. But during the night the region finally began to dry out, offering a glimpse of relief to drivers and homeowners who have faced days of flooding. READ »

Woman found dead in flooded car

National: 6 Jul 07
A woman has died after her car was submerged on a flooded road in Skåne. Many roads are closed in the area and weather forecasters are predicting yet more rain on Friday. READ »

Plant chimney threatens to fall onto rail track

National: 20 May 07
A 60-metre chimney at a water heating plant in eastern Sweden was threatening to collapse onto Sweden's main east-coast rail line on Sunday afternoon after it was dislodged by high winds. READ »

Man arrested for double murder

National: 7 May 07
Police in southern Sweden have arrested a man in connection with a suspected double murder in the village of Ludvigsborg on Monday. READ »

Emergency calls meet with engaged tone

National: 6 May 07
An investigation has been launched after an operator who carried out a test call to Sweden's 112 emergency number was met with the busy tone. "We're taking this seriously," says operator SOS Alarm. READ »

Rescuers find road crash man using mobile phone signal

National: 18 Mar 07
A man stuck in his car after a road accident in the middle of nowhere on Saturday night was found by rescuers who tracked the location of his mobile phone. READ »

Accidents follow snow and ice in south

National: 21 Feb 07
Snow and ice have been causing problems on the roads in southern Sweden, with trams in Gothenburg also affected. A tram left the rails on Wednesday morning, leading to a crash with another tram. READ »

Two dead in winter traffic smash

National: 21 Jan 07
Two cars were involved in a head-on collision on highway 83 in the Söderhamn area on Sunday afternoon. Rescue workers say that two people died in the accident. READ »

Fire devastates Södertälje shopping centre

National: 3 Jan 07
A shopping centre in Södertälje has been evacuated following a major fire that began early on Wednesday afternoon. Two people are reported injured. READ »

Road collapses in landslide

National: 20 Dec 06
A 200-metre stretch of a major road in western Sweden has collapsed in a landslide, taking with it a number of cars. READ »

Car explodes in Malmö

National: 16 Dec 06
A car exploded on Friday evening in the Rosengård district of Malmö. No injuries have been reported. READ »

Blaze destroys Ronneby heritage building

National: 4 Dec 06
A fire broke out around 4pm at the Wiener café in Ronneby, one of the old wooden buildings in the famous Brunnsparken. The café could not be saved. READ »

Tear gas attack on Stockholm metro

National: 22 Nov 06
Passengers on Stockholm's metro fled Tensta station in panic on Wednesday evening after someone threw a tear gas bomb into the ticket hall, filling it with smoke. READ »

Woman falls down Stockholm lift shaft

National: 3 Nov 06
A woman was injured on Friday when she fell down a lift shaft in a Stockholm shop. The woman is reported to have walked through the lift door, not realising that the lift itself was on a different floor. READ »

Bomb threat empties ice hockey arena

Sport: 28 Oct 06
An ice hockey arena in Karlstad, western Sweden, was evacuated on Saturday afternoon after emergency services received a bomb threat. The Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad was cleared just before 6pm. READ »

Four dead after coastguard plane crash

National: 26 Oct 06
Rescuers say there is no hope of finding survivors after a coastguard plane crashed into a canal in southern Sweden. Four men were on board the plane, which crashed after apparently losing a wing. READ »

Växjö school emptied by bomb threat

National: 25 Sep 06
A school and a shopping mall in the southern Swedish town of Växjö were evacuated on Monday after emergency services received a bomb threat. READ »

Fake elks will warn drivers

National: 29 Aug 06
After speed bumps and traffic cameras, Sweden's road safety authorities have introduced the latest in traffic-calming measures: papier maché elks. READ »

Pregnant woman dies after emergency calls ignored

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 06
A pregnant woman has died in Västerås, northwest of Stockholm, after the emergency services failed to respond to several phone calls for help. READ »

51 year old dies after lightning strike

National: 23 Jul 06
A man died on Sunday afternoon after being hit by lightning at a medieval market in Mariefred, while violent storms caused chaos in many parts of Sweden. READ »

21 injured in Liseberg rollercoaster crash

National: 15 Jul 06
Two wagons on one of the rollercoasters at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg collided just after noon on Saturday. READ »

Security vehicle robbed in Sollentuna

National: 15 Jul 06
Three attackers armed with a pistol and an axe robbed a security vehicle on Saturday afternoon at a shopping centre in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm. READ »

Pier collapses in Västerås

National: 26 Jun 06
A 30 metre long section of a concrete pier in Västerås harbour collapsed on Monday, dragging leisure boats into the wreckage. READ »

Earthquake shakes Stockholm

National: 25 May 06
A seismologist has confirmed that rumbling heard overnight in Stockholm, which prompted hundreds of residents to call SOS Alarm fearing a mysterious explosion, was in fact an earthquake. READ »

Coach trip continues with dead pensioner on board

National: 13 May 06
When 40 pensioners from Skåne were on a coach trip back from Vienna, one of the participants, an 82 year old woman, died. But the tour leader and coach driver, mindful of their tight schedule, refused to stop. READ »

Nine cyclists hit by motorist

National: 6 May 06
Nine cyclists have been injured after they were hit by a car during a cycle race outside Uppsala. READ »

Swedish woman held for murdering own son

National: 7 Feb 06
A woman in her 30s has been arrested in Motala on suspicion of the murder or manslaughter of her three year old child - after she herself called police to the scene. READ »

Window cleaners trapped fifty metres up

National: 29 Jan 06
A rescue operation was underway on Sunday to rescue two window cleaners stranded outside the twentieth floor of Sweden's tallest building, the Turning Torso in Malmö. READ »

School buses crash on icy roads

National: 20 Jan 06
In separate incidents, two buses carrying school children crashed on Friday afternoon as snow and winds made driving conditions hazardous. READ »

Southern Sweden braced for snowstorms

Smörgåsbord: 28 Dec 05
Wednesday afternoon and evening are expected to bring strong winds and heavy snowfalls to the south of Sweden. Forecasters say that the bad weather will cause chaos on the roads. READ »

Email from US rescues Swedish girl

Lifestyle: 20 Oct 05
An extraordinary chain of online messages, from a girl in a small Swedish town to a young man in America and then to a Stockholm-based news site has led to the emergency services rescuing a girl who overdosed on painkillers. READ »

Government blocks funds for improved 112 services

Science & Technology: 26 Oct 04
Mobile phone calls to Sweden's emergency services are putting the system under severe strain - but the government won't pay 5 million crowns for new technology which would "save 100 lives a year". READ »

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