153 lynxes will be shot in this year's licensed hunt, a sharp increase from last year. According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, this violates EU law and hunting legislation and threatens the survival of the population; the society is appealing this year's hunt.
SwedenIn her final Olympic start, the first medal finally came. Anna Swenn-Larsson, 34, won slalom bronze in Cortina - and was praised by everyone. "I am incredibly happy, proud and grateful," she said.
SportsThe reaction was spontaneous and stemmed from the disappointment she felt. Anna Swenn-Larsson summed up her latest Olympic slalom with one word: "Poop."
SportsPoaching is coming to this year's Åre Sessions this spring.
EntertainmentTo make food from the emergency grain stocks being built in northernmost Sweden, flour mills are needed. Therefore, the Swedish National Food Agency is proposing that the state purchase mobile mills.
SwedenHe needed a clean standing shoot in the decisive round. Martin Ponsiluoma managed it and won Olympic gold in the pursuit in Antholz. There was a lot of emotion. "This is something you've dreamed of," he said.
SportsSMHI has issued a yellow warning for strong to very strong winds on the bare mountain tops in the southern Jämtland and Härjedalen mountains.
SwedenOnly 16 years after the Vancouver Olympics, the Swedish biathletes will receive the bronze they were awarded after the doping conviction of Russian Yevgeny Ustyugov.
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