Last year’s All Saints’ Day weekend resulted in 12 tons of waste from Gothenburg’s municipal cemeteries alone. “It’s a nice tradition and it’s for our dead, but you can limit yourself a bit,” says Johan Stråhle of the Church of Sweden.
SwedenIf there were a war in Sweden, some areas might need to be evacuated. On Wednesday, a group of Gotland residents - and Crown Princess Victoria - got to try out how an evacuation would work.
SwedenThe interests of the Sami should be given special weight when weighed against other national interests - such as mines and wind power. The Riksdag and government should also immediately issue an apology to older Sami who were forced into nomadic schools or workhouses as children, urges the Truth Commission for the Sami People.
Swedish politicsOlof Olsson, a priest in the Church of Sweden in Bangkok, describes the rain that has caused widespread flooding in the capital as endless. Normally, there are intense showers for a few days and then it dries up. But now it just keeps raining.
WorldThe new translation of the New Testament was unveiled at the Gothenburg Book Fair. The Church of Sweden is handing out 200,000 copies of the new Bible to churchgoers on the first Sunday of Advent.
EntertainmentA priest in Norrbotten has been sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for aggravated child pornography, reports NSD.
CrimeAn escape by bicycle from a Strängnäs cathedral in the summer heat. Two thieves in distress who have to paddle their way with their hands. A spectacular return of world-unique funeral regalia from the 17th century. And a friendly Swish payment that became the nail in the coffin in court. The heist against Strängnäs Cathedral contains so many strange ingredients that it is hard to believe, but eight years later, only a big question mark remains.
SwedenAn escape by bicycle from a Strängnäs church in the summer heat. Two thieves in distress who have to paddle their way through with their hands. A spectacular return of world-unique funeral regalia from the 17th century. And a friendly Swish payment that became the nail in the coffin in court. The heist against Strängnäs Cathedral contains so many strange ingredients that it is hard to believe, but eight years later, only a big question mark remains.
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