The following articles have been tagged with "Norrbotten":
National: 21 May 13
Human remains were found in a military building in northern Sweden on Monday night during the search for a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for two weeks.
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Science & Technology: 26 Apr 13
A man in northern Sweden is suspected of drugging nursing staff by spiking their coffee and cakes with narcotics when they visited him on a house call.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 13
After a trip to far northern Sweden, youth centre worker and columnist Milad Mohammadi reflects on whether the local residents up north are the "real Swedes" and what the rest of the country could learn from them.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 13
As Sweden continues to discuss internet hatred, Paulina Neuding, editor of centre-right Swedish magazine Neo, argues that the left openly subjects opinion-makers who disagree with them to similarly hateful comments.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
New housing figures reveal that would-be homeowners will be set back back 1 million kronor ($157,634) on average when buying a house anywhere in Sweden.
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Society: 20 Dec 12
Christmas dinner was spoiled at a restaurant in Sweden's far north after suspected food poisoning left over 70 diners doubled over with illness.
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National: 11 Dec 12
One person has died, at least two are seriously injured and as many as eight received lesser injuries when a car and a double-decker bus collided, with the bus pinning the car down as they both skidded off the road.
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Science & Technology: 28 Sep 12
Residents in some areas of northern Sweden woke up to white lawns this morning, as the first snow of the season outside the mountain areas started falling over Sweden on Thursday evening.
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National: 20 Sep 12
The 23-year-old man acquitted by a Luleå court last week of the murder of a 51-year-old Haparanda man in April, has been re-arrested by police.
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Society: 17 Sep 12
A “fat and aggressive” cat named Oscar was arrested by police at the weekend for trespassing into a home in northern Swedish home and stealing food.
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Society: 4 Sep 12
Train conductors will no longer be selling tickets onboard after mid-November, announced Swedish national rail operator SJ on Tuesday, claiming the current system is “too complicated and time consuming”.
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Science & Technology: 27 Aug 12
Heavy rainfall on Sunday night led to severe flooding in parts of Sweden, with experts predicting that after a brief warm spell on Monday, the wet weather will continue into the week.
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National: 23 Aug 12
The court case against the man suspected of shooting dead 51-year-old axe-attack victim Esa Rano was interrupted on Thursday by a bomb threat.
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National: 10 Aug 12
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 51-year-old Esa Rano, known in Sweden for surviving a vicious axe attack in a village feud in 2008.
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Society: 10 Aug 12
Police in northern Sweden on Wednesday detained a highly inebriated man wearing a superman costume, who had been spotted prowling the streets of Luleå.
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Society: 8 Aug 12
Three catholic nuns have asked local authorities in Gällivare for help in finding a suitable convent in northern Sweden after allegedly being called by God for this very purpose.
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National: 8 Jul 12
An unleashed dog went on the offensive in a residential area in northern Sweden, biting and hospitalizing three people, leaving the police with no other option than to shoot the dog dead.
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National: 9 Jun 12
A seizure by Finnish customs of some 10,000 rare bird eggs could reveal the truth behind a trail of thefts stretching across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.
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Society: 27 May 12
A 17-year-old Swede was lazing by the pool during a family holiday in Turkey last Tuesday when he was shot in the back.
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National: 20 May 12
Water levels are rising rapidly in the Sangis river in northern Sweden, and forecasters have now issued their highest warning, Class 3, for the Norrbotten area.
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National: 26 Mar 12
One woman is being held by police in northern Sweden after two women were found dead early Saturday morning in a flat in Piteå.
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National: 18 Mar 12
Four young men reported missing after venturing out on a skiing trek in the vicinity of Gällivare in the mountains of northern Sweden have been found, police confirmed on Sunday afternoon.
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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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National: 27 Feb 12
A 24-year-old man was found dead in his Kiruna apartment by visiting relatives on Sunday, in what local police have labelled as suspected murder.
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Society: 19 Jan 12
Six grenades that fell from a military transport truck in northern Sweden on Wednesday have yet to be recovered despite a wide ranging search to recover the missing munitions.
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National: 3 Jan 12
Police in the small village of Voljakkala, north of Haparanda in northern Sweden, are investigating the suspected murder of a 55-year-old woman, found dead in her flat on Monday evening.
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National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents.
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Society: 21 Nov 11
A velvet-voiced Dutchman who could also hold his own on a mechanical bull didn't let a lack of snow diminish his joy at being crowned winner of the 2011 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Two Swedish men were rescued on Thursday after being stuck for five days on the top of Mount Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, as poor weather had previously made a rescue operation impossible.
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Society: 7 Nov 11
When police in northern Sweden were busy searching for a stolen snowblower they accidentally stumbled upon 130 litres of illegally distilled alcohol hidden in the same garage.
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Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country.
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National: 5 Nov 11
A teenager was apprehended Friday evening in northern Sweden on suspicion of attempted murder after a shot was fired into a house. The alleged targets thought it was a Halloween spoof.
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National: 4 Nov 11
Swedish police have arrested the masked man, armed with a rifle, who went berserk in the early hours of Friday morning when he failed to gain entry into an elderly couple's home.
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Business & Money: 26 Oct 11
US social media giant Facebook has been named as the backer of a server hall project in Sweden's far north, which is set to begin operations in 2012.
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Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction.
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Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Conditions are improving on the roads in northern Sweden, recently struck by flooding following heavy rains hitting the country over the last few days.
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National: 18 Sep 11
A man was reported missing after a bridge collapsed Saturday afternoon in northern Sweden. Later, an unidentified man was found dead under the bridge.
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National: 11 Sep 11
Hunters taking part in this season's bear hunt in Sweden have failed to bring the targeted animal down at least 34 times. Some bears have remained unharmed, but blood trails show that others have been maimed.
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Science & Technology: 21 Aug 11
Bears in Sweden unwittingly live on the edge as the year’s autumn bear hunting season opens Sunday in both central and northern parts of the country.
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National: 14 Aug 11
Two men in their twenties were seriously injured in a climbing accident on Sweden's highest peak, Kebnekaise, early Sunday morning.
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National: 13 Aug 11
A Swedish soldier was shot in the leg during a routine mission neary Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
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Business & Money: 2 Aug 11
The mineral rich regions of Sweden's far north have long been mined for their natural resources, one firm is now hoping that diamonds can be added to the list.
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National: 11 Jul 11
A three year-old girl lost her finger in a water slide at at a camp site in Boden in in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media.
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National: 28 Jun 11
A man was arrested in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Tuesday morning after attacking a police officer with a knife and barricading himself in a house in the town, after the police opened fire in return.
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National: 19 Jun 11
Two people were killed and eight people injured when a minivan ran off the road and flipped Saturday night in northern Sweden. The severity of injuries sustained by the eight is unclear.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jun 11
Tornadoes and rough winds wreaked havoc yesterday in the north of Sweden on Saturday, tearing down a large number of trees, blocking roads and cutting off thousands of households' power.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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National: 17 May 11
Another attempt to starve bears to death slowly by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress has been uncovered in the north of Sweden.
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Society: 9 May 11
Police in Norrbotten in northern Sweden are investigating an attempt to kill bears by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress, causing a slow death by starvation due to constipation.
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Society: 27 Apr 11
Hordes of lemmings are making their way down from the Swedish mountains, falling victim to traffic in what has been described as a real "massacre".
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Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Västerbotten county in northern Sweden has received a request from Tokyo to examine the possibilities for the supply of simple Swedish wooden homes and shelters to earthquake and tsunami hit areas of Japan.
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National: 27 Feb 11
A man and his wife lost their lives on Saturday after their car collided head-on with another vehicle in the northern Sweden.
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Society: 19 Feb 11
Swedish average alcohol consumption declined in 2009, in comparison with 2008, but remains high in a historical perspective, a new report published on Friday showed.
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Society: 27 Dec 10
Parishioners at a packed Luleå Cathedral were treated to something of an improvised Christmas Day church service when the pastor overslept and only made it in time for the coffee.
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National: 19 Nov 10
A Swedish officer and two Finnish soldiers were seriously injured when their vehicle was shot with a rocket launcher in Afghanistan on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 17 Nov 10
Eight people in northern Sweden who have refused to submit to a test for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia could face forcible collection by police after a court ruling.
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National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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National: 2 Sep 10
A 35-year-old man has been convicted of the rape of a sleeping woman at a party in Haparanda in northern Sweden in April, despite claims that he was also fast asleep at the time.
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National: 9 Aug 10
A man in Malmberget in northern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his common-law wife in their home.
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Science & Technology: 4 Aug 10
Heavy rains have been forecast for the east coast of Sweden as the Meteorological Institute issued a warning for areas around the Gulf of Bothnia. Southern Sweden can however expect more sunny warm weather.
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Politics: 29 Jul 10
Five anti-military protesters have been arrested after breaking into a Swedish Air Force base to demonstrate against joint exercises planned with the US Air Force.
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National: 27 Jul 10
Two Finnish citizens, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, died on Tuesday in an accident on Storglaciären in Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain in the north, according to police.
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National: 25 Jul 10
Three people died and 17 people sustained injuries on Sunday afternoon when a bus collided head-on with a car outside Piteå in northern Sweden.
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National: 19 Jul 10
Four out of ten Swedes believe that their wallets have fattened over the last four years, a TV4/Novus poll reveals.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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National: 21 May 10
Sweden's meteorological agency SMHI has issued flood warnings in several areas across northern parts of Sweden as water levels rise with the spring floods.
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National: 1 May 10
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses.
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Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss.
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Society: 6 Apr 10
A Swedish singer and artist has grabbed the news headlines in Belgium over the weekend after reports linking her as an "admirer" of the convicted triple murderer Kim De Gelder.
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Science & Technology: 25 Dec 09
A yuletide calm has settled over Sweden for Christmas, both on the roads and in the skies.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 09
Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000. Without more immigrants, we will be unable to sustain our welfare standards, writes Olle Wästberg, head of the Swedish Institute.
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Travel: 17 Dec 09
Sponsored article: From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities.
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Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago.
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Society: 30 Nov 09
A Hong Kong man’s porridge eating skills helped him claim victory at the 2009 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Science & Technology: 29 Nov 09
People lived in the Torne River Valley on the border with Sweden and Finland some 11,000 years ago, a 'sensational' new archaeological find has shown.
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Society: 6 Nov 09
The father of a three-year-old girl from northern Sweden is outraged that school photographers have retouched his daughter’s school picture for the second year in a row.
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National: 5 Nov 09
Medical authorities in Haparanda in northern Sweden have begun vaccinating all pupils at a school in the town following the swine flu-related death of an 8-year-old Finnish girl.
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National: 7 Oct 09
Heavy overnight snowfalls have been playing havoc with traffic conditions in inland areas of northern Norrland on Wednesday morning.
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National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley.
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Science & Technology: 15 Sep 09
Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are up to six times more likely to develop asthma, according to a Swedish study.
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National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday.
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Science & Technology: 6 Jul 09
People with freckles or birthmarks are at greater risk of developing skin cancer, according to a new study from Lund University.
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National: 20 Jun 09
A man was stabbed to death on Friday during a fight on the island of Öland. But in many parts of the country, poor weather put a damper on the Midsummer festivities.
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Politics: 18 Jun 09
A local Christian Democratic politician in northern Sweden is in hot water after praising Adolf Hitler for his skill in solving economic crises.
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National: 10 Jun 09
Five people were arrested on Wednesday morning after entering a bombing range in northern Sweden being used as a part of a major NATO training exercise.
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Society: 8 Jun 09
The Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise frightened the life out of 31 of her chickens.
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Society: 27 May 09
The search for three men reported missing while on a snowmobile trek in the mountains in northern Sweden was called off when a police helicopter discovered the men relaxing in a sauna.
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National: 21 May 09
The commanding officer of a police firearms unit in Luleå in northern Sweden was drunk when his colleagues opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting cars and houses last year, it has emerged.
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Science & Technology: 26 Apr 09
A Lapland Owl was found injured in a ditch in southern Sweden in March. The species is very rare in these parts and the bird is now convalescing after receiving hospital treatment.
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National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman.
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Science & Technology: 6 Apr 09
Sweden looks likely to play host to Europe's largest wind farm after a northern county gave its seal of approval to a major new energy project.
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National: 30 Mar 09
Police in northern Sweden remain baffled over a couple found dead beside their snowmobile on Sunday on a lake outside of Kiruna.
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National: 1 Feb 09
Relatives of the 69-year-old Swedish man kidnapped in Colombia in 2007 have received a video message from him. Ingrid Betancourt has now been approached to help secure the man's release.
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Business & Money: 14 Jan 09
Business is thriving on Swedish buy-and-sell site Blocket.se as the market for second hand goods soars in the wake of the economic crisis.
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National: 28 Dec 08
A 75-year-old Swedish man escaped with minor injuries after a pack of dogs chased off an aggressive elk from an orchard in the center of Gällivare in northern Sweden on Saturday evening.
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National: 14 Dec 08
Thousands of households in areas of northern Sweden were still without electricity on Sunday morning. Heavy snow and thick layers of ice are hampering repair work.
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National: 13 Dec 08
After heavy snowfalls across Sweden on Friday thousands of people were left without electricity on Saturday morning. Icy road conditions were forecast for Saturday in Stockholm and northern areas.
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National: 4 Dec 08
Weather forecasters in Sweden are warning drivers for slippery roads throughout the country on Thursday, with snow to blame in the north and ice in the south.
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Society: 10 Nov 08
Jan-Olov Ågren, a cross-dresser from Norrbotten in northern Sweden, has been handed a victory by the county administrative court in his bid to go by the name Madeleine.
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