Youth consultant hired to keep university students in northern Sweden
Despite an economic boom in northern Sweden, linked to the green transition, only a third of those who graduate from
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US bombers land in northern Sweden for first time
“This is a historic event,” said Brigadier general Tommy Peterson, acting chief of Sweden’s air force. The two B-1B bombers
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Municipalities in Sweden’s North struggling to hire care staff for seniors
It’s difficult for many municipalities in northern Sweden to find staff for homes for the elderly, and for the first
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Deep freeze in Arctic Europe sends power prices soaring
Exceptional cold is affecting northern Scandinavia and Russia’s Kola Peninsula with temperatures below -30°. On the Finnmark plateau, between Kautokeino
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Criminal gang activity moving into northern Sweden
Police in Norrbotten have noticed that criminal gangs that can primarily be linked back to Stockholm, have found their way
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Northern Sweden could see up to 30 cm of snow this weekend
The national weather service has issued a class one warning – its most moderate on a scale of three, for
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Kilometre-long queues as people rush to cross reopened Nordic border
Hundreds of cars amass at the far northern border crossing point between Finland and Norway as national authorities ease traveling
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Technologies to slow climate change could give 20% population growth northern Sweden
Population could increase with as much as one-fifth as ten thousand new workplaces will be created in Västerbotten and Norrbotten
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What would it take to get job-seekers to move to northern Sweden?
New industrial developments in the north mean the Employment Minister has called on people looking for work to consider moving
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Northern Sweden takes lead in vaccinations
Northern Sweden has suffered great losses in the pandemic, but now has 40 percent of its local population vaccinated. Data from
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Green hydrogen plant doing steel production to be built in northern Sweden
H2 Green Steel aims to invest €2,5 billion, create 1,500 direct jobs and produce 5 million tons of fossil-free steel
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Sweden’s northernmost county among regions to introduce stricter COVID-19 recommendations
More than half of Sweden’s regions are now applying stricter local covid-recommendations to try to stop the spread of the
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Why a giant sinkhole appeared at a mining site in Arctic Sweden
A large sinkhole appeared on Wednesday about half a kilometer from the edge of a nearby town but company officials
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Arctic Sweden to welcome thousands of international troops for Northern Wind exercise
Winter warfare capabilities are in focus when Northern Wind kicks off in Norrbotten in March. The exercise takes place in
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Why some northerners will welcome Sweden’s relaxed shoreline protection rules
The rules for shoreland protection will be eased in the more scarcely populated parts of Sweden, according to the four-party
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