March 20, 2010
Strömstad
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Search for Langeland survivors resumed
National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish coast guard may have located the Norwegian cargo ship that sank yesterday off the west coast of Sweden. Six men are believed to have drowned, although the search for survivors continues.
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Six men missing as ship sinks off Sweden
National: 31 Jul 09
Six men are missing at sea after a Norwegian cargo ship sank off the west coast of Sweden, maritime officials said on Friday.
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Ancient whale skeleton uncovered under Swedish motorway
Science & Technology: 1 Jun 09
A whale skeleton, thought to be around 10,000 years-old, has been uncovered during construction of the E6 motorway near Strömstad in western Sweden.
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Drunk Norwegians mark Easter Thursday tradition
Society: 9 Apr 09
Five young Norwegians were arrested at lunch time for drunk and disorderly behaviour, as Strömstad in western Sweden geared up for the annual Easter Thursday invasion by hordes of thirsty youngsters from the neighbouring country.
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Sentence upheld in Strömstad murder
National: 20 Feb 08
An appeals court has upheld a lower court's sentence of ten years in prison and deportation for the man who beat a woman to death with a wooden plank.
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Ten years for plank murder
National: 27 Nov 07
A 24-year-old dance instructor has been sentenced to ten years in jail for the brutal murder of a 39-year-old woman in Strömstad.
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Woman beaten to death with plank
National: 1 Nov 07
A 24-year-old dance instructor has been charged with the brutal murder of a 39-year-old woman in a small coastal town in western Sweden.
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Hotel workers get million kronor tip
National: 15 Sep 07
Staff at a hotel in western Sweden have received what must be their best-ever tip: shares worth 1.5 million kronor ($225,000).
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Man admits Strömstad murder
National: 23 Jul 07
A man has confessed to causing the death of a woman who was found in the popular tourist quarter of Strömstad on Sunday afternoon.
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'Shrimp academy' established in Strömstad
National: 14 Jul 07
The Bohus county lobster has one, as does the oyster. Now the humble shrimp has one too - its own academy, with a remit to spread knowledge about the little sea creature.
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Building destroyed in Strömstad fire
National: 13 Mar 07
An apartment block in Strömstad, western Sweden, was destroyed on Monday night in a major fire. Thirty apartments were evacuated, but nobody was seriously injured.
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Dozens caught up in road collapse
National: 21 Dec 06
A landslide in western Sweden caused a 400 metre section of the E6 road to collapse taking with it cars carrying 28 people. A nearby railway also collapsed. It's a miracle we managed to rescue everyone, say the emergency services.
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Swedes missing in Himalayas
National: 15 Nov 06
Two Swedish climbers are missing along with a British fellow climber after an avalanche in Nepal, authorities there say. The group was sleeping at an altitude of 8,600 metres at the time.
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Living woman declared dead by Swedish tax board
Society: 10 Aug 06
For the second time in a month, a bureaucratic blunder has led to a woman being declared dead, despite the fact that she wasn't. This time the administrative grim reaper was the Tax Board.
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Sweden fears spread of Norwegian Legionnaires disease
Science & Technology: 24 May 05
Hospitals and health centres in the west of Sweden are on a state of high alert as an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease across the border in Norway claims its fifth victim.
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Sweden and Norway were "close to war"
National: 17 May 05
As Norwegians throughout Sweden don their festive garb to celebrate their country's national day on Tuesday, previously unpublished government records show that the two countries were perilously close to war in 1905.
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Thief Ahoy!
National: 18 Jul 04
Ever on the look out for crime stories, Friday's GP revealed the extent of maritime thefts hitting harbours from Oslo to Skåne. So far this year, 500 leisure craft have been stolen.
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Discrimination hits one in three
Society: 14 May 04
Prejudice at work, in restaurants and in the property market: Sweden's melting pot needs a good old stir.
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West Side Stories
National: 30 Apr 04
Amid unprecedented security a gang trial opens in Gothenburg, and the mother of the accused comes out fighting.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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The novels of journalist-become-author Maria Ernestam are both serious and humorous. Sometimes compared with works by Isabel Allende, Fay Weldon, Ingrid Noll and Ruth Rendell, Ernestam's books have... - Film studio Sweden
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Victoria Webster became Sweden’s first specialist in emergency medical care. This attracted considerable media attention, since she has a cerebral palsy (CP)* disorder.
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