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February 14, 2012
Strömstad
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Helga, the blue lobster, receives police escort
Society: 4 Nov 11
Police in western Sweden responded to an unusal call this week when a local fisherman requested a police escort for a rare blue lobster caught off Sweden's west coast.
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Cycling holidays and travel in Scandinavia
Lifestyle: 4 Aug 11
If you want to see Scandinavia at its best, there’s no more exciting way to do it than to hop on a bike and explore the region’s excellent network of hostels.
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Oil slick threatens Sweden's west coast
Science & Technology: 18 Feb 11
Oil leaking from a vessel which ran aground off Norway on Thursday evening is threatening the Kosterhavet national park off the west coast of Sweden.
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Strömstad named Sweden's top tourist spot
Travel: 2 Nov 10
Strömstad in western Sweden has been named as Sweden's primary tourist municipality for the third consecutive year, a new annual report shows.
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67-year-old man dies in lawn mower accident
National: 8 Aug 10
A 67-year-old man died on Saturday after a ride-on lawn mower tipped over and landed on him in a village in south-west Sweden.
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Swedish Customs targets EU garlic smugglers
National: 30 Jun 10
The Swedish Customs (Tullverket) has exposed a garlic smuggling operation which operates across the EU, after a shipment of the offending onion was recently seized in western Sweden.
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Malmö airspace opens as Stockholm stays closed
National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open.
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Stockholm Skavsta set to reopen
National: 20 Apr 10
Skavsta airport south of Stockholm is set to reopen on Tuesday, according to an update from the Civil Aviation Authority, while airports south of a line between Norrköping and Strömstad remain closed.
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Southern Sweden faces airspace shutdown
National: 19 Apr 10
A new airspace shutdown has been announced for southern parts of Sweden from 8pm on Monday. Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is set to remain open, although a new cloud of volcanic ash moving in towards Norway could spell trouble.
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Drunken Norwegians storm Strömstad
National: 2 Apr 10
Thousands of drunk Norwegians stormed the Swedish border to invade the town of Strömstad on the Swedish west coast – as they do every Maundy Thursday.
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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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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
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 »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
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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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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