The following articles have been tagged with "Lidköping":
Lifestyle: 1 Mar 13
Bird-watcher and nature enthusiast Leelene Karlsson presents Sundsvall for this week's My Sweden, explaining that a gigantic ice lolly, a cross-dressing singer, and life in a wok pan make Sundsvall the ideal Swedish town.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 12
Lingering snow continued to cause problems across Sweden on Thursday, the day after a fierce winter storm brought the capital and other parts of the country to a virtual standstill.
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Politics: 2 Dec 12
A man with a background in the neo-Nazi movement looks set to claim a seat on Lidköping municipal council in central Sweden in replace of a member of the Sweden Democrats, who have called on him to step down.
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Education: 9 Oct 12
When Swedish sixth grader Tilde Nörgaard opened her recently-delivered school class photo album, she was shocked to discover her picture showed her with one eye too many.
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Science & Technology: 6 Sep 12
A 72-year-old man having a tumour removed from his kidney died after the chief anesthetist and nurse took a lunch break in the middle of the surgery.
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Society: 2 May 12
Police in central Sweden were called in when a knife-wielding six-year-old began threatening two girls in a street fight over a cat on Tuesday evening.
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Society: 19 Apr 12
A 19-year-old woman from central Sweden who accused a 13-year-old boy of raping her has instead been convicted for sexually exploiting a minor.
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Society: 12 Jan 12
A woman who was breastfeeding her weeks-old infant while behind the wheel is under criminal suspicion after crashing into a truck on a motorway in western Sweden.
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National: 10 Jan 12
A family of five were killed when a car carrying two adults and three children slammed head-on into an oncoming truck on Sweden's E20 motorway on Monday night.
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National: 21 Nov 11
A Church of Sweden pastor has been sacked after having returned from a military base on Sicily following a drunken binge.
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National: 31 Oct 11
Two men suspected of robbing a strawberry farmer earlier this year and arrested after forensics discovered their faeces near the getaway car, have been sentenced to prison, a Swedish court ruled on Monday.
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Society: 19 Oct 11
Three piles of human excrement left at a crime scene in central Sweden served as key evidence in the case against two men charged for tying up and robbing a strawberry farmer earlier this year.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jun 11
Seventy two ports and beaches in Sweden have received the prestigious Blue Flag status this year for their environmental friendliness
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Society: 24 Feb 11
Two would-be thieves in central Sweden got an unexpected lesson in respecting their elders when they failed to heed a warning issued by the 62-year-old target of their crime.
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Society: 1 Feb 11
Swedish police have closed an investigation into the fire that claimed the lives of Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson and the actress Kia Östling, concluding that no crime had been committed.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 10
The military was summoned to help control coastal flooding in southern Sweden as thick snow and fierce winds continued to play havoc with transport services across the country.
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National: 13 Nov 10
A man called police on Friday evening and admitted to having killed a woman in an apartment in Skara in western Sweden.
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National: 9 Nov 10
A young woman died in a car accident in western Sweden on Tuesday morning as snowfalls and strong winds hampered road conditions and caused widespread traffic problems.
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Sport: 20 Sep 10
Sweden has retained its place in the Davis Cup after Robin Söderling defeated Italy's Simone Bolelli in straight sets in Lidköping on Sunday.
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Society: 4 Jan 10
Things didn’t go as planned for a 42-year-old man when he tried to retrieve his car after it crashed through the ice on a lake near Lidköping in central Sweden.
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National: 6 Jul 09
A sunbathing session in western Sweden took a sinister turn on Friday when a teenage girl in Lidköping attempted to strangle her cousin with a bikini top.
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National: 1 May 09
Politicians from the Moderate and Sweden Democrat parties in Malmö are calling for a nighttime curfew for youth in the Rosengård neighbourhood. They claim the situation in the area has become untenable.
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Science & Technology: 18 Jan 09
A mystical light phenomenon was observed over southern and western Sweden on Saturday evening. Experts believe that a bolid - a burning meteorite - could provide the explanation.
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National: 10 Jan 09
A man died after falling through ice on Lake Vänern in western Sweden on Friday. His calls for help were heard by three fisherman who pulled up the man but he was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
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Society: 21 Dec 08
The Larz Kristerz orchestra waltzed away as champion of the hard-fought Dansbandskampen talent show on Saturday night, effectively claiming the title of Swedish dance band of the year.
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National: 9 Jul 08
A young man has been charged the murder of 19-year-old Mikael Andersson, whose body was fished out of a manure pit near Skara in western Sweden in May.
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Society: 2 Jun 08
The water at 23 Swedish bathing areas did not meet EU requirements last year, according to a new report
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National: 26 May 08
Police believe they have found the body of 19-year-old Mikael Andersson from Lidköping who has been missing for about a week.
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National: 25 May 08
A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Mikael Andersson from Lidköping.
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National: 23 Apr 08
Eksjö, Luleå, Karlsborg and Uppsala will soon be without any military activity, announced Armed Forces Director General Marie Hafström on Wednesday.
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National: 4 Apr 08
Some cream cakes were simply too much for a few of the employees from the Essunga local council.
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Business & Money: 12 Feb 08
Lidköping-based Flexenclosure received a sought after innovation award in Barcelona on Tuesday.
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National: 1 Jun 07
A man is believed to have tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl as she waited to be taken to school in south-central Sweden on Wednesday.
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National: 19 Apr 07
A motorist was killed on Thursday morning when a train crashed into a car at a level crossing in western Sweden.
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National: 11 Nov 06
A 70-year-old farmer died in western Sweden on Friday evening after being gored by his bulls.
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Society: 3 Jul 06
A train driver refused to stop when a family told him that their 3-year old son was left behind on the platform at Skövde station. The train staff have been reported to the police, who call the incident 'crazy'.
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Smörgåsbord: 7 Feb 06
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National: 10 Aug 05
One should never ask a lady her age - but should crayfish be accorded the same privilege? It seems that some crustaceans on the shelves of Swedish supermarkets are rather older than they appear.
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Dec 04
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