Ongoing investigation into sunken ship
On Saturday, the Swedish Coast Guard and the Norwegian accident investigation board performed several dives around the Langeland, a Norwegian cargo ship that sank off Sweden's west coast on July 31.
Day: August 9, 2009
Sleeping man hit by train incurs minor head wound
Taking a nap on railroad tracks may not be the smartest way to sleep off a hangover, but a man in western Sweden who only sustained a small wound after being hit by a train might consider himself lucky.
Greenpeace to drop boulders in cod protest
In the face of protest from the Swedish government, Greenpeace has announced its continued intention to drop boulders into two cod-fishing areas of the Kattegat sound to prevent bottom trawling in the waters separating the Swedish and Danish mainlands.
Body discovered during boating competition
A spectator discovered a dead body during the Powerboat Scandinavian Gran Prix competition in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Saturday afternoon.
Badly burned 1-year-old denied ambulance
Swedish emergency services are to launch an internal investigation after a one-year-old boy who received second degree burns was denied an ambulance, reported Aftonbladet newspaper.
15-year-old girl stabbed in Stockholm
A 15-year-old girl in Tyresö south of Stockholm was stabbed on Saturday night by an unknown man. She is being treated at Karolinska Hospital, where her condition remains serious but stable.