Tag: Trollhättan

  • Behind the scenes at the UN, the row over the ore railway and Fukuyama, the political scientist who was wrong – or?

    Behind the scenes at the UN, the row over the ore railway and Fukuyama, the political scientist who was wrong – or?

    HOUR 1 The UN General Assembly has opened and heads of state and ministers have replaced each other in the speaker’s chair during the week; yesterday the Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström spoke. USA Correspondent Ginna Lindberg reports. When will we see an end to gang violence? Fryshuset’s CEO Johan Oljeqvistpolice chief Carin Götblad and…

  • Right now: Electric car developer Nevs notifies almost all staff

    Right now: Electric car developer Nevs notifies almost all staff

    The Trollhättan-based electric car developer Nevs notifies 300 of the company’s almost 350 employees of layoffs, according to information to Ttela. The announcement comes since the former CEO Stefan Tilk was last week replaced by HR manager Nina Selander. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast with Janne Andersson, economics reporter at Ekot.

  • Nils van der Poel

    Nils van der Poel

    Last winter, Nils van der Poel surprisingly became world champion in skating at the distances of 5,000 and 10,000 meters. He has previously become junior world champion twice and taken lots of Swedish Championship gold. Nils van der Poel has always gone his own way. In 2018, he took a break from the competition and…

  • Woman found dead in the terrain – preliminary investigation into murder initiated

    Woman found dead in the terrain – preliminary investigation into murder initiated

    A 50-year-old woman has been found dead in the terrain in Sjuntorp outside Trollhättan. The police do not know much at the moment, but tell P4 Väst that there is no indication that a crime has been committed, but they can not rule out that this is the case. Therefore, a preliminary investigation into murder…

  • Released – abused two women the same day

    Released – abused two women the same day

    It was last Friday that the man was taken into custody by the police after he threatened a person with a shelter, just outside the police station in Trollhättan. The man was taken to the psychiatric emergency room the next day for examination – where he was later released. Just an hour later, he is…

  • Trollhättan slips behind in the vaccination – make a targeted effort

    Trollhättan slips behind in the vaccination – make a targeted effort

    The City of Trollhättan is now making a targeted investment to obtain information about vaccination of covid-19 in socio-economically vulnerable areas. The investment takes the form of posts on social media, which are written in Somali / Arabic and further refer to information from authorities. “We make it a little easier to find the information,”…

  • More civil marriages despite pandemic

    More civil marriages despite pandemic

    The number of weddings has decreased during the pandemic, according to statistics from the Swedish Tax Agency. But when it comes to civil marriages, there were more people getting married in Trollhättan in 2020, than the year before. “I have had a lot of weddings outdoors,” says Carina Lorentzon, one of the wedding planners in…

  • The Court of Appeal changes the district court’s ruling – life for the assistant murder

    The Court of Appeal changes the district court’s ruling – life for the assistant murder

    It will be life imprisonment for the woman who murdered her colleague in Trollhättan last autumn. In the district court, the woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder, a verdict that both the woman and the prosecutor appealed. The man who was murdered worked as a personal assistant and was killed during…

  • Sex toys sell like never before – doubled sales

    Sex toys sell like never before – doubled sales

    During the pandemic, many industries have increased their sales – not least online. So also for Åsa Bark in Trollhättan who runs two stores with sex toys. But despite that, there is a fear of the future.

  • Large police operation when the gang trial began

    Large police operation when the gang trial began

    When the trial against ten gang criminals began on Monday, the police were on site with a special command – and the strength in Uddevalla District Court was doubled. Among the accused are six men who are described by the police as high-ranking in the criminal Kronogårdsnätverket in Trollhättan and who are said to have…

  • Residence ban in five municipalities under Valborg

    Residence ban in five municipalities under Valborg

    Five municipalities introduce a ban on residence in certain places The Walpurgis celebrations are canceled around the country and in Lund, Uppsala, Trollhättan, Upplands-Väsby and Örnsköldsvik municipalities, people are now banned from being in certain parks or parking lots during the Valborg weekend. “We suspect that you gather anyway, and then it is mainly motor-borne…

  • Suspected of having defrauded the state of multi-million sums – today prosecution is expected

    Suspected of having defrauded the state of multi-million sums – today prosecution is expected

    Today, the prosecution is expected in the large assistance complex, with connections to both Trollhättan and Vänersborg, and where 22 people in western Sweden are suspected of extensive fraud and subsidy offenses. Three of the suspects are in custody. They are all connected to the company that is suspected of having swindled multi-million sums from…

  • Battle over new lock construction in Trollhättan – Morgan’s childhood home is threatened

    Battle over new lock construction in Trollhättan – Morgan’s childhood home is threatened

    Now the battle for the new locks in Trollhättan has gained momentum. Should residential areas be demolished to secure shipping, or should cultural-historical environments be allowed to take a beating. “It’s sad, it’s an old childhood memory,” says Morgan Nilsson, whose residential building risks being redeemed when the Swedish Transport Administration invests more than SEK…

  • Car meeting at Överby was stopped – then hundreds met in Vänersborg

    Car meeting at Överby was stopped – then hundreds met in Vänersborg

    The police chose to invest large resources to block off Överby in Trollhättan before the planned car meeting there, but then the car meetings moved to Vänersborg instead. Up to 200 people gathered and during the operation, the police handed out a lot of fines, stopped illegal driving, arrested drunk people and one person was…

  • Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    In Trollhättan, the municipality has arranged special sheltered housing for victims of violence who are over 70, so that they can receive protection without the risk of corona infection. This is one of the examples that the Gender Equality Authority highlights in its new report on violence and covid-19. According to Mikael Thörn, investigator at…

  • Right now

    Right now

    18 years in prison was the sentence for the woman who murdered her co-worker, a personal assistant in Trollhättan in September last year. Vänersborg District Court finds that the man who was killed was deprived of life with eight blows with a knife or a knife-like object, and he must have died within a few…

  • Managed to shorten the operation queues – despite the pandemic

    Managed to shorten the operation queues – despite the pandemic

    Despite the pandemic year, the queues for surgery in NU healthcare, Näl in Trollhättan and Uddevalla hospital, were shorter at the end of 2020 compared to 2019, something that healthcare had not expected because non-emergency surgeries were canceled during the first and second coronary waves. The queue was shorter at the end of 2020, both…

  • They were killed in Trollhättan – three arrested on suspicion of murder

    They were killed in Trollhättan – three arrested on suspicion of murder

    A man in his 30s was found seriously injured in Trollhättan during the night and died later, and the police have arrested three people suspected of murder. It was at midnight that the police were alerted to an address and when they got there they found the injured man, who was taken care of by…

  • Father Göran about Nils van der Poel: “An incredible boy”

    Father Göran about Nils van der Poel: “An incredible boy”

    THE MAGIC CAP. Skipper Nils van der Poel today broke the world record in the 10,000 meters and won gold at the Ice Skating World Championships in Heerenven, the Netherlands. At home in Trollhättan, the family celebrated together with activists in the skating club. “Unreal. He’s an incredible boy. He says what he should do,…

  • After the record race – Nils van der Poel tones down the European Championship chances

    After the record race – Nils van der Poel tones down the European Championship chances

    Expectations are high for the Swedish skater Nils van der Poel now before the European Championships in the Netherlands. This is since he did his first international competition since 2018 just under a month ago and hit with the seventh fastest time of 10,000 meters ever. Swedish record of course. The 24-year-old from Trollhättan himself…

  • Right now

    Right now

    A person has been found dead in a home in the Karlstorp area in Trollhättan after a large police operation on Sunday evening, an operation that was triggered by a riot at the site. Once the police arrived at the address, a deceased person was found in the property and the police are now investigating…

  • Guard card for threatened staff in over 30 municipalities

    Guard card for threatened staff in over 30 municipalities

    Municipal employees in more than 30 Swedish municipalities have had to be escorted by security guards at work due to threats, Ekot’s survey shows. Guards, for example, have escorted employees to and from work. But there are also examples of when security guards guarded a municipal employee’s private home. Sundsvall is one of the municipalities…

  • A full day in the exam room for those who write the college exam today

    A full day in the exam room for those who write the college exam today

    This autumn’s university exam is characterized by the corona pandemic with fewer participants and protective measures, but it is still a full day in the exam room for the total of 27,000 Swedes who write the exam today. In our area, the test is held in Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Åmål and Uddevalla. Louise, who writes the…

  • P3 News

    P3 News

    Today it is five years since 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson entered Kronan’s school in Trollhättan and attacked teachers and students with a sword. Three people died and several were injured in what later turned out to be a racist hate crime. When 14-year-old Ardjend Hasani was locked in a classroom at the school during the…

  • Zanfina’s image of the school killer spread around the world

    Zanfina’s image of the school killer spread around the world

    Zanfina was only 13 years old when she unknowingly snapped the first picture of the school killer in Trollhättan. An image that spread all over the world. Now, five years later, she tells P4 Väst how it all happened. “We saw blood on his sword, and we thought it was a Halloween joke. We did…

  • Isolation affects people over 70 – seeking help for violent relationships

    Isolation affects people over 70 – seeking help for violent relationships

    During the corona pandemic, a new group of victims of violence has begun to be noticed at the unit against violence in close relationships: 70-plus people. “They live extremely isolated with social distance, so it is a difficult group to reach,” says Gerd Holmgren, head of the unit against violence in close relationships in Trollhättan.…

  • Schools are closed to reduce segregation

    Schools are closed to reduce segregation

    About 60 municipalities have in the last ten years either closed schools or built new schools, as a way of trying to reduce school segregation. This is shown by a survey conducted by Swedish Radio with the country’s municipalities. In Linköping, the politicians decided this summer to close the high school at Skäggetorpsskolan, and distribute…

  • A domestic worker is convicted of aggravated rape of an 84-year-old

    A domestic worker is convicted of aggravated rape of an 84-year-old

    A former employee in the home care service in Trollhättan is sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated rape against an 84-year-old woman whom he previously cared for. According to the verdict, the crime is considered serious because the woman was dependent on him, among other things due to her illness and age. The…

  • Woman arrested for murder of personal assistant

    Woman arrested for murder of personal assistant

    A woman has now been arrested on suspicion of murdering a personal assistant, who was found dead in a user’s apartment in Trollhättan last Friday. The woman has a connection to the user, says chief prosecutor Daniel Edsbagge to Ekot. – What I can say is that this woman is related to the user. There…

  • A personal assistant is suspected of having been murdered

    A personal assistant is suspected of having been murdered

    A personal assistant was found dead today at the home of a patient, for whom the man works, in Trollhättan. The assistant is suspected of having been murdered and a person has now been arrested on suspicion of murder, the police tell Ekot. The suspect is not the user. But the police do not want…

  • Death found in Trollhättan – Police suspect murder

    Death found in Trollhättan – Police suspect murder

    A young man has been found dead in Trollhättan and the police suspect murder or manslaughter. The man was found at 7 o’clock on Friday morning on Kungsgatan in Trollhättan and an entire apartment building has been blocked off. What are the circumstances at the place where the man was found, which makes the police…

  • VMA in Sävenäs in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County

    VMA in Sävenäs in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County

    The geely company Ceft warns in Gothenburg and Trollhättan. This after deciding to change direction and invest in mobility solutions such as self-driving cars. Among other things, Ceft has developed the platform for the Volvo XC40. “It is always painful, but this change means that we need new skills,” says Mats Fägerhag, CEO of Ceft.