Car skids into median barrier between Stockholm and Uppsala on a slippery E4
SVT reports that just before 7 a.m.this morning a car skidded and went into the median barrier on the E4 at Knivsta, at the county border between Stockholm and Uppsala near the Brunnby intersection.
The driver called the emergency services himself after driving into the wire barrier. There are no injuries, but one lane is closed at the scene. The car will be towed.
According to the police, the E4 is extremely slippery and the traffic control centre has been contacted.
Swedish vocabulary: mitträcket – median barrier
Swedish Legislative Council rejects the government's proposal for youth prisons
The Legislative Council, an independent body which assesses draft bills which the Government intends to submit to Parliament, has rejected a proposed law to imprison 15-17 year olds.
The council states that it considers the law to have been drafted in an inadequate manner.
The bill was sent to the Legislative Council earlier this fall and would mean that 15-17 year olds would be sentenced to prison instead of closed youth care. It is based on an investigation that presented its report in August 2023.
The Legislative Council notes in its statement that the bill deviates to a large extent from what the investigation proposed, both in terms of substantive issues and the legal technical implementation.
The Legislative Council points out that after the bill was revised, the government only consulted with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and that more people should have been given the opportunity to comment.
Swedish vocabulary: ungdomsfängelser – youth prisons
Moose hunting from snowmobile investigated as a serious hunting crime
Two moose were allegedly shot from snowmobiles in Tärendö, in Pajala municipality north-east of Luleå. The police are investigating it as a suspected serious hunting crime, reports daily Norbotten newspaper NSD.
According to NSD, the police have found tracks at slaughter sites that allowed them to conclude that moose hunting was carried out by hunters using at least two snowmobiles. They were allegedly used to pursue and shoot two moose.
According to the police, who conducted hunting surveillance in the area on Saturday, the hunters had tried to hide the hunt by driving over the moose tracks.
The incident is being investigated as a serious hunting crime, which can result in a prison sentence of six months to four years, as well as revocation of firearms licenses.
The police in Norrbotten are asking for tips about the incident from the public.
Swedish vocabulary: älgjakt – moose hunting
Warning: Children encouraged to poke electrical outlets
The Swedish Electrical Safety Authority warns that a dangerous trend is spreading on social media where children and young people are encouraged to stick metal objects into electrical outlets.
The purpose of the “challenge”, which is being spread on Tiktok, is to try to cause power outages. According to the authority, there have been incidents in several municipalities, including Ludvika and Värnamo – both of which have warned about the trend.
“Tapping electrical outlets can be fatal. The outlets can become live and cause electric shock, and if the earth leakage circuit breaker does not trip, there is also a risk of fire,” says Per Samuelsson at the Swedish Electricity Safety Authority to the authority’s website.
Whether anyone has been injured as a result of the trend is unclear. However, according to the police in Värnamo, metal objects have been found in the outlets at several schools, once resulting in a power outage, reports SVT Nyheter Jönköping.
"It emerged that there was some new Tiktok trend that had started", says police officer Jonas Bergman to SVT.
Parents are urged to talk to their children about the risks of these types of trends.
Swedish vocabulary: livsfarligt – fatal
Forsmark 1 nuclear power plant has stopped
Forsmark 1 has been temporarily stopped and troubleshooting is underway. It is not possible to say when it will be able to start producing electricity again, according to Vattenfall.
On the website of the Nordic electricity exchange, Nord Pool, Vattenfall has stated that the stoppage, which was announced late on Monday evening, will last until midnight on Christmas Eve.
"We don’t really know more than that now. The staff is troubleshooting," says Maja Ahlund, press communicator at Forsmark.
The reactor, one of three at Forsmark, was recently restarted after annual maintenance. It has also been upgraded to be able to produce about ten percent more power than before. However, according to Maja Ahlund, it was not at full capacity when it was stopped.
The other two reactors, Forsmark 2 and 3, are at normal production.
Swedish vocabulary: el – electricity
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