Astrid Lindgren's World is raising prices while Skara Sommarland is choosing to lower them. At the same time, several of the largest theme parks are keeping ticket prices at last year's levels. "We see that households are having a tough time," says Joanna Hammar, vice president of Parks and Resorts.
BusinessTwo people have been taken to hospital after being exposed to a dangerous substance at the port of Gävle.
SwedenEdvin Törnblom has sinned greatly and felt death breathing down his neck. But he meets it with a kick in the heels. In the new performance "Evigt Edvin," he talks openly about weight loss and death anxiety. "I think you should attack life with humor," he says.
EntertainmentToo many players on the ice left Brynäs shorthanded in the fourth quarter-final of the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship. Växjö took advantage and scored the winning goal, 3–2.
Ice hockeyA total of seven silver medals, but no gold. Now Brynäs' women's ice hockey team can finally call themselves Swedish champions. A 6–2 home win against Frölunda made it 3–0 overall in the Swedish Championship final series.
Ice hockeyMolly Sandén is embarking on a summer tour, with just over 20 stops across Sweden and Norway, according to a press release.
Entertainment"It could take time, in the worst case, up to 15 years, to get new transmission lines in place for the nuclear power projects that are now being discussed. It's like building a railway station where there is no railway," says Mats Tullgren of Eon.
BusinessThe Social Democrats intend to vote against the government's plans to change the law to allow new nuclear power plants along the Swedish coast. If there is a change of government this autumn, the Social Democrats promise to stop the plans.
Swedish politics
