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The following articles have been tagged with "Olofström":

Elderly lady drove home wrong car

Society: 26 Jan 13
An 80-year-old Swedish woman jumped into the wrong car on Friday, and finding the keys in the ignition she was able to drive home completely unaware that her own car remained in the supermarket car park. READ »

Drivers confess to hit and run on elderly couple

National: 2 Jan 13
A couple in their seventies were hospitalized in southern Sweden on Tuesday after they were hit by a stolen car driven by two young men, who have since confessed to the crime. READ »

Volvo drives cash into its Swedish factories

Business & Money: 3 Dec 12
Volvo Cars will spend almost half of a multi-billion investment on its production in Sweden, the company said in a statement on Monday. READ »

Drunk man charged with hijacking brewery truck

National: 26 Apr 12
An inebriated man from southeastern Sweden has been charged with hijacking a brewery truck loaded full of empty bottles outside one of Sweden’s state run alcohol retailers, spreading broken glass in his wake. READ »

Volvo Cars to close Uddevalla plant

Business & Money: 3 Oct 11
Volvo Car Corporation is terminating production at their plant in Uddevalla, in western Sweden, when they take over sole ownership of the company in 2013, the company announced on Monday. READ »

Son saves father's life by cutting off his arm

Society: 9 Sep 10
An elderly man who got stuck in forestry machinery near Olofström in southern Sweden on Wednesday, was saved by his son who was forced to cut off his arm in order to free him. READ »

Stockholm suburb tops school rankings: report

National: 7 May 10
The Stockholm suburb of Danderyd comes out top in a new report ranking Sweden's schools with 93 percent of its pupils graduating after their nine-year education. READ »

Swedish teen sectioned over computer addiction

Society: 4 May 10
A 16-year-old boy from southern Sweden has been taken into involuntary care after missing school for three years due to a chronic addiction to his computer. READ »

Volvo's IT supplier to cut 350 jobs in Sweden

Business & Money: 18 Nov 08
Volvo IT, which provides its parent Volvo AB with IT services, announced on Monday it would be laying off 350 employees. READ »

900 more jobs to go from Volvo Cars

Business & Money: 12 Sep 08
Volvo Cars announced on Friday it would be laying off an additional 900 employees. READ »

Girl missing after 'car park kidnap'

National: 1 Jul 08
A girl aged 12-13 is thought to have been abducted from a car park in Olofström, in southern Sweden. According to witnesses she cried for help in English. READ »

Volvo Cars to shed 1,200 jobs in Sweden

Business & Money: 25 Jun 08
Volvo Cars has given notice to 1,200 employees who will soon lose their jobs, primarily in Gothenburg and Olofström in southern Sweden. READ »

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