Avalanche
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Another avalanche hits Åre ski resort
Science & Technology: 10 Mar 13
A snowslide broke out in Åre just a day after a powerful avalanche claimed a young man's life, leading police to appeal to skiers to avoid off-piste areas.
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'Gigantic' avalanche claims skier's life
Science & Technology: 9 Mar 13
A man in his thirties was found buried under the snow three hours after getting caught in a powerful avalanche in the popular Swedish ski resort Åre on Friday.
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Skistar admits errors in avalanche procedures
National: 3 Mar 13
Swedish ski resort operator Skistar has admitted mistakes that could have prevented a 20-year-old man being dragged into an avalanche in Tegelfjäll in northern Sweden on Saturday.
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Swede's snow-chase backflip video goes viral
Sport: 15 Feb 13
Swedish skier Sverre Liliequist has tumbled into the world spotlight after a video clip of his mid-run backflip in the Swiss Alps - with what looks like an avalanche in hot pursuit - went viral on YouTube.
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Swiss avalanche claims Swede's life
Society: 14 Feb 13
A Swedish man in his twenties lost his life on Wednesday in an avalanche near Verbier, which also seriously injured two of his fellow off-piste skiers.
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The white stuff: a guide to Swedish ski resorts
Travel: 29 Jan 13
With Sweden hunkering down for another stretch of winter weather, The Local offfers a run down of Swedish ski areas, where new snow brings fists raised in glee, rather than anger.
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Swedish wrath over 'naked shocker' advert
Business & Money: 4 Jan 13
A Christmas advert in which naked staff members proclaim “I only need my mobile!” has set off an avalanche of sexism complaints against a Swedish mobile payments company.
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Swedish climber killed by avalanche in Norway
National: 4 Jan 13
A 32-year-old Swedish climber died of his injuries on Thursday evening after being carried off by an avalanche in Norway earlier in the day.
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Swedish ski resort hit by avalanche
National: 31 Dec 12
An avalanche broke out Monday in Åre just a day after alert levels were raised in the area, but according to the police nobody was trapped or injured.
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Snow and wind raise Swedish avalanche alarm
Science & Technology: 26 Dec 12
Strong winds and plenty of fresh snow have caused Swedish meteorologists to raise the alarm for potential avalanches, issuing a class three warning in some parts of Sweden.
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Avalanche kills Swedish skier in Switzerland
Sport: 20 Dec 12
A 23-year-old Swedish woman was killed by an avalanche on Wednesday while skiing off-piste in Switzerland.
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Mats Sundin elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
Sport: 27 Jun 12
Swedish ice hockey legend Mats Sundin was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday, making him only the second Swede to gain entry into the exclusive club of hockey greats.
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Lundqvist awarded as NHL's top goaltender
Sport: 21 Jun 12
Swedish ice hockey player Henrik Lundqvist was awarded top NHL goaltender of the year this season, something the very happy Swede described as a "dream come true".
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Swedes thrash Danes for third world hockey win
Sport: 8 May 12
Sweden had little trouble dispatching Denmark 6-4 in Stockholm Monday to remain undefeated after three matches at the 2012 world ice hockey championships.
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Gaming industry booming in Sweden
Science & Technology: 25 Mar 12
Swedish gaming developers are experiencing a boom, as turnover for TV and computer games increased by at least 50 percent last year, according to industry spokespeople.
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Search continues for Hercules crash victims
National: 18 Mar 12
The search continued on Sunday for the bodies of those killed after a Norwegian Hercules military transport plane crashed into Sweden's highest peak Kebnekaise on Thursday.
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Body parts found at Hercules crash site
National: 17 Mar 12
Rescue workers found human remains on Sweden’s highest peak where a Hercules military transport plane crashed on Thursday with five Norwegian crew members on board, all of whom are believed to have perished.
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Plane 'smashed' into Sweden's tallest peak
National: 17 Mar 12
Search teams at the top of Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise, have found the site where a Norwegian Hercules plane crashed on Thursday with five people on board.
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Wreckage found in plane crash search
National: 16 Mar 12
Rescue teams have located wreckage of the missing Norwegian Hercules aircraft near Sweden's highest peak, military sources confirmed Friday evening.
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Bad weather slows hunt for lost Hercules plane
National: 16 Mar 12
Harsh weather conditions complicated search and rescue efforts underway Thursday night to locate a Norwegian Hercules military transport plane which is feared to have crashed in the mountains of northwestern Sweden.
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More extreme weather heading toward Sweden
Science & Technology: 17 Feb 12
Swedish forecasters have issued warnings for the coming weekend, flagging for heavy snow across much of the country and as well as a heightened avalanche risk at Swedish ski resorts.
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Austrian avalanche kills Swedish skier
Sport: 16 Feb 12
The death of a Swedish skier who was killed on Wednesday in Ischgl, western Austria, after being swept up in a 100-metre wide avalanche, has prompted a probe into possible criminal negligence.
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Avalanche kills man at Swedish ski resort
Sport: 7 Feb 12
A ski patroller has died after being buried in an avalanche at the Funäsfjällen ski resort near Härjedalen in northern Sweden on Monday, while assessing the avalanche risk in the area.
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Colorado to honour Forsberg by retiring shirt
Sport: 1 Jul 11
The Colorado Avalanche, the final career port of call for Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, are to honour their former star by making him only the fourth player to have their number retired.
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Swede dies in avalanche in Norway
National: 24 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish skier died Saturday after he was carried away by a snow slide in Breidalen in western Norway.
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Avalanche rattles Swedish ski area
National: 6 Mar 11
An avalanche rumbled down a valley near Åre in northern Sweden on Sunday afternoon, prompting search teams with dogs to be dispatched to the area.
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Sweden's Peter Forsberg retires from ice hockey
Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey.
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Sweden's Forsberg loses in NHL comeback
Sport: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's Peter Forsberg return to the NHL on Friday with his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, was not enough to lift them against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with a 3-1 victory.
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Swedish star Forsberg returns to NHL club
Sport: 7 Feb 11
Swedish centre Peter Forsberg, a former NHL Most Valuable Player pursuing a comeback after a three-year break from the North American league, formally inked a deal on Sunday to return to the Colorado Avalanche.
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Forsberg hits the ice with former NHL club
Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg plans to practice with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday to see if he’s ready for a comeback in the National Hockey League at age 37.
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Swedish skier killed by avalanche in French Alps
Sport: 11 Jan 11
A Swede was among the four skiers who died at the French Alpine resort of Val d'Isère after an avalanche swept the group away while they had ventured off-piste, police announced on Tuesday.
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Swedish ski resort hit by avalanches
Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
Two avalanches were triggered in two consecutive days at the Swedish ski resort of Åre this week, prompting warnings about increased avalanche risk in the Swedish mountains.
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Sharks top Jackets in Stockholm NHL opener
Sport: 9 Oct 10
The National Hockey League's (NHL) San Jose Sharks and Columbus Blue Jackets opened their 2010-11 season in Stockholm on Friday night, with the Sharks edging the Jackets 3-2.
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Swedish climber dies in Himalaya expedition
National: 6 Aug 10
A Swedish climber died in an accident on the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Himalayas early on Friday morning while taking part in an Austrian-led expedition.
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Boy convicted of rape reports TV show
National: 6 Apr 10
A 15-year-old boy convicted of two rapes in the village of Bjästa has reported SVT's investigative programme Uppdrag Granskning to the broadcasting watchdog, claiming the show had made it too easy to identify him.
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Spring held at bay as deer starve
National: 7 Mar 10
The worst winter in years lingers on, with the nation dealing with an avalanche warning in mountain ski areas, train delays, stranded ferries in the icy Baltic, and deer dying from a lack of available food.
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Avalanche warning for northern Sweden skiers
National: 6 Mar 10
Ski resorts in northern Sweden have been put on high alert for avalanches in areas popular with off piste skiers.
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Ghostbuster Swedes bag Belarus win
Sport: 19 Feb 10
Reigning Olympic champions Sweden saw off the challenge of Belarus on Friday, eight years on from a defeat at the hands of the same opponents that still haunts the men in blue and yellow.
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Sweden names Olympic men's ice hockey troupe
Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title.
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Swedish swimmers shine while Phelps disappoints in Stockholm
Sport: 11 Nov 09
Swedish swimmer Stefan Nystrand set a new national record at the short-course World Cup in Stockholm on Tuesday, while American Olympic sensation Michael Phelps failed to live up to expectations.
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Sjöström swims to title in world record time
Sport: 28 Jul 09
Swedish teen swimming sensation Sarah Sjöström took home the women's 100m butterfly world title in Rome on Monday, setting a new world record of 56.06sec.
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Stockholm to host Detroit Red Wings NHL opener
Sport: 16 Jul 09
A number of Swedish stars from North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) will have the chance to open their 2009-2010 season in Stockholm, the league announced on Wednesday.
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Sweden triumphant in comeback hockey win over US
Sport: 30 Apr 09
Sweden scored a thrilling, 6-5 come from behind victory against the United States in sudden death overtime on Wednesday night at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne, Switzerland.
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Avalanche risk in the north, grass fires in the south
National: 12 Apr 09
Sweden is a country divided by extremes of weather over the Easter weekend. There is a large risk for avalanches in the north at the same time as grass fires threaten in a dry south.
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K2 mountain drama over: 11 deaths
National: 3 Aug 08
A total of eleven people have died in the K2 mountain death drama this weekend.
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Swedish climber in K2 death drama
National: 2 Aug 08
Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng was forced to break off his expedition to help another team to safety as four people were killed in avalanches on the notoriously challenging Mount Godwin Austin, commonly known as K2.
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Snoop law politicians in email storm
Politics: 30 Jun 08
Swedish members of parliament had received a total of almost half a million protest emails by Sunday evening from members of the public unhappy with a divisive new eavesdropping law.
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Forsberg victorious in Colorado return
Sport: 5 Mar 08
Peter Forsberg helped the Colorado Avalanche to a victory over Vancouver in his first game for the team since 2004.
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Peter Forsberg returns to Colorado
Society: 26 Feb 08
Peter Forsberg has said he will return to the Colorado Avalanche for the remainder of the 2007-08 National Hockey League season.
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Avalanche risk high as half-term begins
National: 24 Feb 08
Many of Sweden's schoolchildren head off to the hills for half-term ski holidays this week. The risk of avalanches at many of the resorts is reported to be high.
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SMS lenders face court setback
Business & Money: 30 Jan 08
Companies which lend money via SMS have been told by Sweden's consumer ombudsman to review the fees they charge borrowers, after one lender is slammed in a court ruling.
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It's a hard life being a Swedish diplomat
National: 17 Dec 07
Poor foreign food, smoking in meetings and poor quality golf courses. These are some of the hardships one has to face as a Swedish diplomat.
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Missing people found as storm subsides
National: 5 Apr 07
The worst is over in a Norrland region that was battered by storm force winds over the course of Thursday. The four people earlier reported missing have now been found and are reported to be in good health.
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Getting a Swedish mortgage
Lifestyle: 21 Mar 07
Charlotte West looks at the perks and pitfalls of borrowing money from a Swedish bank to finance a home purchase.
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Forsberg "shocked" at move to Nashville
Sport: 16 Feb 07
Swedish ice hockey superstar Peter Forsberg has been traded by the Philadelphia Flyers for a posse of young players. Forsberg will now play for the Nashville Predators.
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Swedes die in Austria avalanche
National: 14 Feb 07
Two Swedes have died in an avalanche in Austria. The pair were snowboarding off-piste, local police have said.
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Avalanche warning in Swedish resorts
National: 27 Jan 07
Avalanche warnings have been issued in ski resorts in the Scandinavian mountains. Experts are warning against off-piste skiing in many areas and lifts in Abisko have been closed.
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Swedish woman injured in Austrian avalanche
National: 5 Jan 07
A Swedish woman was injured on Friday when an avalanche struck in the Austrian Alps. The injuries were not serious. "I've been very lucky," she said.
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Climbers still missing in Nepal
National: 16 Nov 06
Two Swedish climbers who went missing in an avalanche in the Himalayas on Wednesday had still not been found on Thursday morning.
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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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Warning after Åre avalanches
National: 11 Apr 06
Mountain rescuers are warning the Easter crowds expected to descend on Swedish ski resort Åre, after two avalanches in the area on Tuesday.
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Man dies in Åre avalanche
National: 30 Mar 06
A man in his 30s is reported dead after an avalanche in the Swedish ski resort of Åre swept across an off-piste area on Thursday.
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Swede dies in ski avalanche
Smörgåsbord: 7 Mar 06
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Avalanche Swede dies in Austria
National: 5 Mar 06
A man who became trapped under an avalanche in Austria on Saturday died in hospital in Innsbruck on Saturday afternoon.
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Avalanche risk in Swedish mountains
National: 31 Dec 05
Skiers on Swedish slopes are warned of an increased risk of avalanches. "Someone somewhere is going to set off an avalanche," says the ski lift operators' association.
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Forsberg moves to Philadelphia
Sport: 4 Aug 05
Swedish ice hockey star Peter Forsberg moves to the Philadelphia Flyers, in a deal rumoured to be worth 10.7 million dollars. Forsberg is one of the best players in the game, his new boss says.
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Queen Silvia praises Swedes' generosity
Smörgåsbord: 16 Jun 05
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"Persson wrong" says Skandiabanken
Smörgåsbord: 15 Feb 05
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