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A new Arbetsförmedlingen report shows unemployment in Stockholm County fell by 4,600 registered people compared with the third quarter of 2025. County unemployment averages 6.8 percent against 6.5 percent nationally, and regional director Charlotte Humling stresses completed upper secondary education as key to finding work.
Broängens sporthall in Tumba, south of Stockholm, is burning and a large rescue operation is in progress. The hall belongs to Broängsskolan, and students are being kept indoors because of the risk that the fire could spread to the school.
The Strömsund Bridge on the E45 reopens to pedestrians and cyclists at 1pm on Friday, more than two months after a heavy truck damaged it. Vehicle traffic must wait until a forecast 31 January.
A 27-year-old man hid 56 hand grenades in a cellar in Fruängen in Stockholm after taking them on behalf of gang members in Foxtrot. He alerted police himself, and the verdict against him and the man accused of extorting him falls on Thursday.
Julia Dang, 30, was told a referral would be sent after she found a lump in her breast at a Kry health centre in Sickla. It never was, and she waited three months for a mammogram while the tumour grew to just over six centimetres. Complaints about diagnosis in Region Stockholm primary care rose from 15 in 2024 to 35 in 2025.
An imprisoned doctor could be sentenced today for raping nine more patients at care facilities in Uppsala and Stockholm, one of them a child. He was previously given eight years in prison for rape against nine patients and denies all the accusations.
A switch fault between Sundbyberg and Stockholm Odenplan is causing extensive delays on Stockholm's commuter trains. Line 43 has been rerouted to Stockholm central station, and all trains to and from Handen are cancelled.
A woman was found dead in a residence in Ängelholm on Wednesday afternoon. A man close to her has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and police have cordoned off the home for a forensic examination.
Police in Stockholm arrested two men after violence in a stairwell on Sjösavägen in Bandhagen. A man in his 35s was found bleeding and was treated by ambulance staff, with injuries described as not life-threatening. The case is initially classified as attempted murder.
A woman in her 80s was robbed in central Sigtuna after a suspected fraudster used violence at her home to take her valuables, police said. No suspect had been found. Police in Sweden also handled an e-scooter collision on Sveavägen in Stockholm and three traffic accidents.
Bottled water sold out at supermarkets in Hallstahammar after bacteria were found in the drinking water and residents were told to boil it. The first samples showed no coliform bacteria, but the boiling recommendation remains in place until three approved tests in a row.
A doctor suspected of assault after performing circumcisions on boys at a beauty salon in Uppsala denies any crime. All eight people arrested on Sunday have been released, and three have been notified of suspicion, his lawyer Stefan Wallin says.
A doctor arrested in Uppsala while performing circumcisions on boys has been released, with suspicions of assault remaining. His lawyer Stefan Wallin says the doctor denies all crime and holds a Swedish medical licence and IVO permission for the procedure.
Water levels in Järnlunden and Åsunden south of Linköping are only a few centimetres from the lowest in over 50 years. Vättern, Roxen, Glan and Sommen are also far below normal, and Tekniska verken says more rain is needed over a long period to restore levels.
A man in his 70s north of Kalmar has been fined 52,000 kronor for gross animal cruelty. The County Administrative Board had to take in and euthanize 33 cats found in his home, and he was convicted of exposing 24 cats to suffering.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 25s was shot dead beside a car in Bagarmossen in southern Stockholm. The suspect had been detained in his absence since Friday. Prosecutors must decide by Saturday whether to request remand.
A serious train accident between Madrid and Andalusia near Urda killed and injured several people on Wednesday morning. Sweden's Embassy in Spain asked Swedish citizens in the area to contact relatives and follow local authorities' instructions.
A man in his 20s held in custody over a fatal crash on Östermalm may have a serious mental disorder, according to Expressen. He denies the crime, and his defence lawyer says he was not aware of his actions at the time of the accident.
Police sealed off an area in Ladugårdsängen in Örebro on Wednesday morning after a suspected dangerous object was reported in a stairwell. The national bomb squad was called to the scene, and residents in the affected stairwell were ordered to stay inside.
A man was arrested on suspicion of arson after a fully developed apartment fire in Gustavsberg, Sweden, in which he was helped down from a balcony and taken to hospital. Police in Sweden also arrested a man over a robbery in central Lund, handled a drunk driving crash in Ljusdal and responded to several fires and road accidents.
A male nurse is on trial at Jönköping District Court, charged with aggravated rape of a patient receiving end-of-life care at Ryhov County Hospital. Staff caught him in early August, and he was arrested after crashing his car into a concrete foundation at Ekhagen. He has confessed but disputes the classification of the offence.
A truck and a passenger car collided on the E45 at Stallbackabron outside Trollhättan shortly after 06.15. The northbound carriageway is fully closed, while one lane remains open southbound. Recovery of the car began at 06.50, with the rescue services giving a 30-minute prognosis.
A man in his 70s was found dead in a residence in Ockelbo on Monday. A woman is detained on probable cause suspected of murder, and prosecutors must decide by Thursday noon whether to seek her remand.
Berg municipality is using posters, postcards and social media to get residents registered locally before the 1 November population report. Each resident is calculated to bring 85,000 kronor a year, and Jenny Nylund hopes for 100 new registrations.