The following articles have been tagged with "Everest":
Lifestyle: 4 Dec 12
Challenge lovers in eastern Sweden have created what they've dubbed the first real “social” network, where members find motivation through challenges. With one member set to take on an Antarctic world record soon, The Local finds out more.
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Education: 16 Oct 12
After thousands of children, parents, teachers and principals across Stockholm have expressed their outrage against the capital’s butter ban in schools, the city administration has decided to bring the spread back.
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Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history.
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Society: 20 May 11
Swedish adventurer and free-diving champion Annelie Pompe became reached Mount Everest's fabled 8,848 metre summit on Friday, but failed in her quest to become the first Swedish woman to do so without bottled oxygen.
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Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A subsidiary of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera has enabled Mount Everest climbers to surf the web from their mobile phones and make video calls back home from the top of the world’s tallest peak.
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Sport: 16 Jun 09
Ericsson 4 of Sweden won the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday, marking the second time a Swedish boat has placed first in the grueling nine-month round-the-world sailing competition.
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Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms.
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Lifestyle: 10 Aug 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman finds a Thai restaurant in a converted horsebox by a derelict shipyard has unexpected charms.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jul 07
The terrible summer might have people reaching for their skiing jackets, but Kathleen Harman prefers to warm up from the inside out, with Stockholm's best Indian curry.
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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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National: 20 May 06
Swedish adventurer Tomas Olsson, who went missing after an accident on Mount Everest, has been found dead, his father Lars Olsson told reporters on Saturday evening.
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Smörgåsbord: 20 May 06
An expedition has set out to find Tomas Olsson, the Swedish adventurer who went missing on Everest on Tuesday. The operation is expected to take between two and four days.
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National: 18 May 06
A Swedish adventurer is missing after falling while skiing down the north face of Mount Everest, his expedition's communications service has reported.
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National: 29 Mar 06
Never mind climbing up Mount Everest - a Swede and a Norwegian have just set off to become the first people to ski down the north side of the world's highest mountain.
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