Tag: Småland
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Kristersson on NATO, Gaza, Ramadan and Russian war economy
In the first hour: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Sweden's membership in NATO12,000 children have been killed in the war in GazaRamadan – a women's trap?Election day in PortugalThis week's columnist: Katarina BarrlingThis week's panel: Lisa Pelling, Dagens Arena, Fredrik Haage, Smålandsposten, Henrik Jalalian, Dagens ETC In the second hour: The Russian war economy and…
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The battle against wind power – The resistance movement
Madeleine Staaf Kura has in a year and a half become known as wind power's loudest critic in Sweden through her work in the association Motvind Sverige. She questions the usefulness of wind power, despite the fact that wind power today accounts for 20 percent of our electricity production and wants all construction of wind…
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Jokkmokks-Jokke in America
Jokkmokks-Jokke, one of the most popular artists of his time, long dreamed of touring America. In 1973, after the first gold record, his dream came true. This is the story of how a man, larger than life, with the Sami costume in his luggage and the guitar in his hand, went to the land “over…
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I think about death
When I was four years old, my little brother Kalle was found lifeless in bed. The ambulance came and took him to the emergency room, where my father Lasse worked as a paediatrician. Perhaps this is where my interest in death began? But in my family, we’ve never been able to talk about this –…
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VMA in Luleå, Norrbotten county
Almost 20 years after they broke off contact, writer Ester Roxberg seeks out her childhood friend Ida. She is looking for an answer to the question of what it was that made them unable to continue being friends anymore. Together they return to the place they both left, Rottne in Småland where neo-Nazism was strong…
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Nya globala värmerekord, fortsatta protester i Israel och finländsk bastukultur lockar besökare från hela världen
Godmorgon världen den 30 juli: I första timmen: Juli 2023 blir den varmaste månaden som hittills uppmätts. Vad är det som pågår med vårt klimat? Klimatkrisens paradox – Samtidigt som de negativa konsekvenserna av klimatförändringen är så påtagliga på många håll verkar politikens gensvar dröja. Varför? Reportage om vad som står i vägen för att…
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Part 2/2: Birdsong Night 2023
Naturmorgon editorial office is doing for the fourth year in a row a special program entirely devoted to birdsong. Eight hours of live broadcast, where we initially listen to mysterious night singers in the dark, and then welcome new voices into the choir in step with the light. Around dawn, birdsong is usually at its…
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Part 1/2: Birdsong Night 2023
Naturmorgon editorial office is doing for the fourth year in a row a special program entirely devoted to birdsong. Eight hours of live broadcast, where we initially listen to mysterious night singers in the dark, and then welcome new voices into the choir in step with the light. Around dawn, birdsong is usually at its…
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Finnish election campaigner, crisis in the single-family home industry and in Silicon Valley
HOUR 1 Parliamentary elections in Finland Finland on its way to NATO American journalist arrested in Russia Are virtual zoos the future? This week’s column Nina Wormbs This week’s panel: Fredrik Haage, Smålandsposten, Linda Jerneck, Expressen, Göran Greider, Dala-Demokraten HOUR 2 Crisis in the housing industry Climate Policy Council’s report The USA and the consequences…
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John Bauer and Ester Ellqvist – a dark love story: Part 1/3 | Love at the Academy
Ester Ellqvist and John Bauer meet at the Art Academy Ester Ellqvist and John Bauer are both students who stand out at the Art Academy. She a bubbly, outspoken and beautiful city person, surrounded by admirers. He’s a gifted forest romantic, but with faltering self-confidence. Both are seen as artists with a promising future. What…
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Mian Lodalen
Mian Lodalen is a journalist and author and has written hundreds of columns. She has won several prizes and awards for her books and was elected Woman of the Year. Since the 80s, Mian Lodalen has been deeply involved in feminism, LGBTQI and animal rights issues, which is also a recurring theme in her work.…
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In the shadow of the war: The V2 robot in Bäckebo
It is a miracle that Bengt Johansson’s father manages to keep the reins when the loud bang of the crashed torpedo scares the horses. Could it be the Russians who have attacked Sweden? The hunt for Hitler’s superweapons – the V2 robot that crashed in Småland – will soon begin. The program is made in…
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Part 1/2. The scandal at Huseby – the return of the Royal House
Florence Stephens grows up on the mighty estate Huseby mill outside Växjö. She is a skilled rider with a strong sense of animals, but seems to have a harder time deciding which people to trust. In 1957, the Huseby scandal broke out, a shaking tangle with branches all the way up to the royal house.…
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A tantalizing look at the summer’s best festivals
For music fans, the pandemic has been particularly difficult to deal with. Even average shrubs have gained large crowds, such has been deprivation. It was no surprise to see tickets for Roskilde and Copenhell sold out in record time, and more festivals are likely to follow suit. From June to SeptemberFortunately, there are still plenty…
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Part 2/2: The Bird Singing Night 2022
Two minutes after midnight, the eight-hour live broadcast starts – a special program from the Naturmorgon editorial staff. Reporters and bird experts follow how the birds wake up from north to south. The hosts Mats Ottosson and Jenny Berntson Djurvall holds together this mastodon broadcast from an outdoor studio in Osaby in Småland. The five…
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Part 1/2: The Bird Singing Night 2022
Two minutes after midnight, the eight-hour live broadcast starts – a special program from the Naturmorgon editorial staff. Reporters and bird experts follow how the birds wake up from north to south. The hosts Mats Ottosson and Jenny Berntson Djurvall holds together this mastodon broadcast from an outdoor studio in Osaby in Småland. The five…
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Tordyveln flies in the twilight of Maria Gripe
When Jonas, Annika and David water flowers on the Selander farm, they find old letters, sent to an Emelie who lived in the 18th century. The letters say about a three-thousand-year-old Egyptian statue in Ringaryd, where they live. Is it still there, and if so, where? David has dreamed of a flower with heart-shaped leaves,…
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Unvaccinated – The Doubtful: I’m Afraid of Side Effects
By 2021, the vast majority of adults will be vaccinated against Covid -19. But some people hesitate before taking the syringe. The idea of the vaccine against swine flu, that most elderly people become seriously ill and a suspicion of authorities is something that makes more than one in ten adult Swedes refrain from the…
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Carl disappeared and was declared dead but lived imprisoned in America
This section: Throughout her upbringing, Anna Fendin Ahlström has heard stories about her great-great-grandfather Carl Sederblad Nilsson who emigrated and disappeared. In 1901 he had left his heavily pregnant wife Alma at home in Harstensbo, Karlslunda in Småland to start a new life in America for himself and his new family. The idea was that…
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Part 1/2. The scandal at Huseby – the return of the Royal House
Florence Stephens grows up on the mighty estate Huseby mill outside Växjö. She is a skilled rider with a strong sense of animals, but seems to have a harder time deciding which people to trust. In 1957, the Huseby scandal broke out, a shaking tangle with branches all the way up to the royal house.…
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A Christmas in Småland a long time ago – by Astrid Lindgren
“A Christmas in Småland a long time ago” was published in 1992, as part of the short story collection “A Christmas when I was little”, and was broadcast on Swedish Radio P3 the same year. It was the last story that Astrid Lindgren wrote and it is read by herself. Liv Grape, 6 years old,…
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Dirty shops in the glass kingdom
P4 Story tells about the shops with several closed glassworks in Småland, about companies that are emptied of resources and properties that are moved between companies by entrepreneurs without any connection to the local community, and about a cultural heritage that risks being lost. Now Orrefors, one of the world’s most famous glassworks, is an…
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Ida, me and the Nazis
Almost 20 years after they broke off contact, the author Ester Roxberg is looking for her childhood friend Ida. She seeks answers to the question of what it was that made them unable to continue being friends anymore. Together they return to the place they both left, Rottne in Småland where neo-Nazism was strong in…
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Bird Singing Night Part 1
The bird song night is an eight-hour special program from Naturmorgonredaktionen. The program is broadcast this year on the night between Friday and Saturday and thus includes Naturmorgon’s regular broadcast time. It’s the birds which determines what happens during the night in this live broadcast. But we think that right from the start at midnight…
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The Swedish Transport Administration wants to reduce speed on more roads
The Swedish Transport Administration wants to reduce the speed of another 340 km of Swedish roads. However, the proposal applies to significantly fewer roads and shorter distances than 2020 and 2019. This year, it is primarily on the E14 through Medelpad and Jämtland, as well as on a number of roads in Småland and Skåne…
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One million kronor in support to eradicate yellow skunk cold
The County Administrative Board in Blekinge has received approximately one million kronor in support from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to combat the invasive species yellow skunk. Fighting has begun in protected areas in the county, such as along the Bräkneån river, when the yellow skunk calf spreads along watercourses. “The fact that we get…
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Växjö takes Swedish Championship gold in ice hockey
Växjö hit the match ball at home against Rögle and thus secured the Swedish Championship gold, the third in the club’s history. Rögle took the lead in the first period but Växjö was able to turn around and when Jack Drury made it 3-1 with seven minutes left, the match was over. The home team…
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Stop for youth matches in nine districts
Nine out of 24 Swedish football districts still say no to matches for children and young people, shows a review by Radiosporten. This is despite the fact that the Public Health Agency on Friday gave the go-ahead that it is okay for children and young people to play matches again. And even in the districts…
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Couple refused vaccine – received an invoice for SEK 400
If you are vaccinated in Kalmar County, you will not find out which type of vaccine you will receive until the time of vaccination. If you then say no to the vaccine, you will have to pay SEK 200, this reports Svt Småland. The reason why you have to pay is that it is considered…
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SHL-kollen: Växjö got revenge against Örebro
Växjö took revenge on Örebro in the semifinal series and won the goalless third meeting with 1-0. The last time they met on Friday was Örebro who won away with the same numbers. The Smålanders’ win means that they lead the series 2-1 in matches and can secure the final place on Tuesday.
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Lake renovation attracts past bird species to Växjö
The renovation of Växjösjön leaves traces in bird life, among other things, the coot is back as a breeding bird after decades of absence. “They came back last year and seem to thrive here now,” says Thomas Hultquist, Småland’s ornithological association. But the fact that the lakes are back to a more natural status also…
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Danes can soon see burglary-ridden desolate farms again
It arouses enthusiasm in the association Danske Torpare. – They now have the opportunity to inspect their properties in Sweden. – It is needed, because we have heard about a number of burglaries, because the burglars have known that Danish-owned properties have been empty, says head of secretariat Victoria Lindtner, Danske Torpare. Torpare is Swedish…
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Metallica – from metal to mainstream
It’s late in the evening on September 26, 1986. Outside Solnahallen in Stockholm, four long-haired and sweaty rock stars jump into their dirty tour bus. They have just finished another gig during their hectic European tour and tomorrow a new concert awaits in Copenhagen. At the same time as they roll out of the parking…