Tag: Värmland
When Sweden imprisons children
Around 100 minors are in custody in Sweden today. At the same time that juvenile delinquency in general is going down, a small number of children commit very serious crimes, murders, bombings and weapons crimes. An investigation recently suggested that the correctional service should take over responsibility for the majority of children convicted of serious…
So menopause became trendy
It is something that half of the population goes through, despite the fact that there is a lot of evidence that menopause is not taken seriously. The majority of all women experience discomfort during menopause and suffer in silence. But the stigma around menopause is about to dissolve. Hear Sarah Heyman, global health correspondent, on…
The boy, the crash and the girl in the backseat
In January 1980, on Värmland’s winter roads, Peter’s mother gets a short circuit on her car. She crashes into the front of an oncoming Volvo and dies instantly. Peter’s grandmother dies in the aftermath of the accident a few days later and his aunt is badly injured but survives. In the other car, all passengers…
The leaders who incite against Sweden after the Koran burning
Middle East Correspondent Cecilia Uddén talks about provocations against Islam and Muslims – from Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses to Mohammed caricatures and Koran burning. Also hear why it is so sensitive to damage Islam’s holiest scripture and about the threat image against Sweden. Host: Karl Kadhammar Guest: Cecilia Uddén Producer: Katja Magnusson With…
The story of the Swedish wolf resistance
The Swedish, organized resistance against wolves stands out in Europe. Nevertheless, the wolf tribe has grown in recent years and wolves are now established in Scania as well. Hear Niklas ZachrissonVetenskapsradion Klotet’s program manager, tell us about how resistance to wolves has grown in Sweden. Host: Robin Olin Guest: Niklas Zachrisson, Vetenskapsradion Klotet Producers: Ludvig…
“Irma’s” hunt for missing daughter – traced back to convicted child rapist
It starts with a message from the daughter’s school back home in Värmland, to mother “Irma’s” phone. A message that the girl did not show up for the lesson she was supposed to have after lunch. So begins five terrifying days where “Irma” desperately searches for her missing girl. She writes a wanted notice that…
Angelica’s waiting for the worst – when Henrik walked out the door and disappeared
The Lyberg family had a tough 2021 with post-covid, Henrik was on sick leave on and off. Saturday 20 November was a mild gray cloudy day in Karlstad. Henrik put on his clothes, waved a little, smiled and went out. Then he never came back. It wasn’t until four months later, when the ice had…
Oscar Magnusson
Oscar Magnusson is a musician and frontman in one of Sweden’s most beloved bands, Sven-Ingvars, formed in 1956 by Oscar’s father Sven Erik Magnusson, Ingvar Karlsson and Sven Svärd. Since 2010, he also runs Sliperiet, an art gallery and restaurant in Borgvik, Värmland. For his cultural promotion work in the countryside, Oscar Magnusson has, among…
In the shadow of the war: Else’s escape from the Nazis
On November 26, 1942, the Norwegian Nazi leader Vidkun Quisling’s order that all Norwegian Jews be gathered and taken by boat to Germany and the concentration camp at Auschwitz. On a winter-cold country road just outside Oslo, two children climb into the front seat of an old truck. One of them is Else Ullman. She…
The Brothers in Kevin Case – The Road to Restoration
Four-year-old Kevin was found dead on the shores of Glafsfjorden in Arvika in 1998 and two children, five and seven years old, were identified as guilty of murder. It will take almost 20 years before the brothers Christian Karlsson and Robin Dahlén receive redress, are written off from all suspicions and receive one million kronor…
Norway removes national corona restrictions from tomorrow
Most national restrictions will disappear from tomorrow Saturday at 16:00 and entry restrictions will be removed gradually. “Now the time has come, now we are going back to life as usual,” said Prime Minister Erna Solberg at a press conference. Listen to P4 Värmlands reporter Aron Eriksson from the Norwegian border, Ola Finell, national reporter…
FHM: Over 2.5 million Swedes now fully vaccinated
At 14:00, the authorities will hold a digital press conference on the pandemic situation. Anders Tegnell, state epidemiologist at the Swedish Public Health Agency, Thomas Lindén, head of department at the National Board of Health and Welfare and Teresa Palmquist, head of unit, the Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, will take part…
Cases of Indian mutation in eleven regions
Three new deaths have been reported, a total of 14,565 people with covid-19 have died in Sweden. 4,046,103 people have received at least one dose of vaccine, which corresponds to 49.4 percent of the adult population. Of the so-called Indian mutation, which is also called the delta variant, 71 cases have now been found in…
Tömmernes: “Five games left to turn this around”
Tre Kronor is on its way to a World Cup failure after losing both Denmark and Belarus. But team captain Henrik Tömmernes tries to be positive in the middle of the storm. “Today is a new day and we have had good meetings and talked about what we need to do better,” the 30-year-old told…
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Now the two brothers who were blamed for four-year-old Kevin’s death in 1998 are starting a lawsuit against Arvika municipality. “The social services violated their human rights under the European Convention,” said lawyer Stefan Liliebäck, who represents the brothers. The first step will be to request all documents in the case from the municipality. P4…
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Travel, parties and relocation commitments – there you actually have some of the reasons given for rebooking the second vaccine injection. This has caused Smittskydd Värmland to react strongly – and is now issuing a sharp appeal to the people of Värmland. “That makes a difference in our planning,” says Anders Nordmark, vaccine coordinator at…
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More and more good men who help people with, for example, finances are exposed to violence and threats in their assignments. According to the good men that P4 Värmland has been in contact with, the reason is that more young people get deputies and that more people have problems with substance abuse or mental illness.…
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Swear words and gender words are commonplace at Forsnässkolan in Munkfors, according to the Swedish Schools Inspectorate, which because of this awards the municipality a reprimand. Forsnässkolan is a middle and high school, and according to the principal Robert Granbom, the crude language seems to have crept down in age after having previously mostly occurred…
The pressure on intensive care has decreased
The number of covid patients receiving intensive care has decreased significantly in the past week. In one week, the number of patients has decreased by 60 people and now amounts to 341 people. The decrease is visible in all regions except in Skåne, Norrbotten, Värmland and Blekinge, where the trend is not as clear. During…
The pressure on intensive care has decreased
The number of covid patients receiving intensive care has decreased significantly in the past week. In one week, the number of patients has decreased by 60 people and now amounts to 341 people. The decrease is visible in all regions except in Skåne, Norrbotten, Värmland and Blekinge, where the trend is not as clear. During…
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Patients in intensive care risk being treated incorrectly when staff from other departments have been called in to work at IVA – several IVA nurses that P4 Värmland spoke to fear. They describe how the work at IVA is often even more stressful for the above staff, that in several cases they did not have…
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With 50 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Värmland is the region with the lowest number of reported death certificates in corona in the country. For example, Stockholm has been hit four times harder than Värmland shows a report as produced by the National Board of Health and Welfare and Göran Karlström, medical management manager in the…
Stockholm worst affected by corona deaths – large regional differences
Stockholm was clearly the worst affected when it comes to deaths caused by covid-19 in 2020. This is shown by new figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare. The figures also point to large regional differences in Sweden. Värmland had only a quarter as many deaths per 100,000 inhabitants compared with Stockholm. “Every…
13 of 14 covid deaths in April were men
The trend that more men than women die with covid-19 has been clearer than usual in Värmland recently. In April, 14 people died in the county with confirmed covid-19, 13 of them were men. Of the 199 who have been reported dead so far during the pandemic in the county, 60 percent were men and…
Many free vaccination times in Stockholm
Several players who vaccinate against covid-19 in the Stockholm region are alarmed that they have very many unbooked vaccination times. “Now I would say that it is really bad”, says Maria Christoffersson who is the vaccine coordinator at the care company KRY. In the Kalmar, Jönköping and Värmland regions, phase 4 vaccination is being opened…
Värmland Police effective against sex crimes
The police in Värmland are the fastest in the country in investigating rapes – it is stated in a recent report from the Crime Prevention Council. Värmland Police is also in the top three in terms of the proportion of investigations that go on to prosecutors. Pär Olsson, acting head of crime in close relationships…
Large increase in transports of severe covid disease
In step with increased pressure on intensive care during the pandemic’s third wave, the risks also increase that seriously ill patients due to lack of resources must be transported between different hospitals. The transfers between different IVA wards should be below 2 percent but are now among covid patients between 15 and 20 percent. “It…
Unwanted increase in patient transport
In step with increased pressure on intensive care during the third wave of the pandemic, the risks for seriously ill patients who increasingly have to be transported between different hospitals are also increasing. Patients’ changes between different IVA wards should be below 2 percent, but are now on average close to 11 percent. “It is…
To catch a rapist
When the case of the 16-year-old girl reaches the Karlstad police, it will be the start of a long investigation with a rarely seen involvement from several of the police departments. We get to follow the investigators Emely Dalgren and Fredrik Persson and prosecutor Cecilia Aronsson’s work in trying to find evidence and the perpetrator.…
LRF Värmland: It would be best if the wild boars were exterminated
The Swedish Farmers’ Association in Värmland wants wild boar to be classified as an invasive species. In a exercise which was adopted at the regional meeting, it is written that it would be best if the wild boar could be exterminated in Sweden. The reasons are the damage caused by wild boar and diseases that…
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A teacher has been convicted in the Court of Appeal for minor assault and harassment after hitting six students in the head at a school in southern Värmland, writes Dalslänningen. At the same time, the teacher is praised at other schools in Dalsland, and the Swedish Schools Inspectorate stops requesting a warning from the Teachers’…
Border tourism is hardest hit by the pandemic
The tourist season is approaching and the trade association Visita is concerned about the situation. CEO Jonas Siljhammar hopes that as many companies as possible can be saved through government support and more bookings. Compared to April last year, also a tough year, there are about half as many bookings, according to Visita’s CEO. In…
RIGHT NOW: The Swedish rally is leaving Värmland – an era is going to the grave
On Thursday, the news came that the Swedish rally will leave Värmland from 2022. The new competition venue will be the forests around Umeå. The reason is that Värmland can no longer guarantee the right weather for the winter rally that the International Motorsport Association requires in the WC calendar. “They have trembled for this…
