February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Sollefteå":
Science & Technology: 6 Feb 12
A power outage at a district heating plant in northern Sweden cut off heat to nearly all of Sollefteå's 8,000 residents on Sunday night as temperatures dropped below minus 25 degrees Celsius.
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National: 23 Jan 12
A farm-owner in northern Sweden has been reported to police after a horse was found to have overgrown hooves measuring an "unprecedented" 50 centimetres in length, leaving veterinary inspectors in shock.
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Society: 21 Dec 11
The safest municipality in Sweden is Habo, north of Jönköping in central Sweden, where the risk of having an accident or being subjected to a crime is the smallest in the country, according to a new report.
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Society: 4 Oct 11
Sweden's smallest maternity ward, at Sollefteå hospital in the north of the country, is hoping to reverse the trend of contracting numbers by launching a 'birth tourism' initiative to attract expectant couples from far and wide.
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Society: 9 Aug 11
A hunter who shot his friend dead while under the influence of alcohol in September last year has been charged with aggravated manslaughter.
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National: 4 Aug 11
Fifty-seven people were convicted on Thursday for being part of a massive doping ring in one of the largest criminal cases in Swedish legal history that accrued an estimated 58 million kronor ($9 million) in legal fees.
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National: 23 Mar 11
As the trial of a Swede of Bosnian origin accused of committing war crimes came to a close on Tuesday, the Swedish prosecutor requested eight years in prison.
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National: 18 Jan 11
Train service on Sweden's northern main line will be interrupted for several days after a derailment in Jämtland on Monday evening.
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National: 30 Dec 10
A 47-year-old farmer was on Wednesday gored to death by a bull on his farm near Sollefteå in northern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 11 Nov 10
With unemployment reaching double digits in some parts of northern Sweden, job seekers are being encouraged to look for work in other countries.
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National: 5 Oct 10
A 43-year-old Swedish citizen was charged on Tuesday with war crimes and kidnapping in connection with his job as a prison guard in Bosnia in 1992.
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National: 21 Sep 10
A 62-year-old hunter was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon outside of Sollefteå in northern Sweden, according to local police.
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National: 31 Jan 10
An ice-hockey referee died on Saturday when he was hit by a puck during a game.
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National: 29 Jan 10
A married couple in their sixties have been found dead in the cellar of their home near Sollefteå in northern Sweden. Police believe they may have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
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National: 9 Dec 09
Swedish police have arrested 40 people in a nationwide doping raid, according to a statement.
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National: 24 Oct 09
Health investigators are under more pressure as two elderly women are reported to have died, days after receiving the swine flu vaccine. It brings the total number of deaths linked to the vaccine in Sweden to four.
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Society: 26 Jun 09
What started as a pleasant Midsummer’s Eve stroll had an unpleasant and smelly end for a man and his dog in eastern Sweden.
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National: 16 Nov 08
A 39-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was attacked by a bear near Kramfors in northern Sweden on Saturday.
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National: 21 May 08
The day after a lung x-ray at Sollefteå hospital in northern Sweden, Ingrid Norlin received some shocking news.
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National: 30 Jan 08
Police have surrounded a house in Sollefteå in northern Sweden after a man was injured in a shooting incident on Wednesday morning.
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Society: 26 Apr 07
Three politicians in northern Sweden have reported an advert for Kapp-Ahl to the Swedish Consumer Agency. It encourages people to shop when they are feeling down, they say.
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Politics: 18 Jan 07
Mona Sahlin has been variously described as careless, tough, lazy and street-smart. Now she is set to become the first ever female leader of Sweden's powerful Social Democrats.
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Travel: 3 May 06
A handy list of Sweden's tourist offices, along with their phone numbers, email addresses and web sites.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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