https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish sailor called sea rescue services on Thursday morning believing his wife had fallen overboard when in fact she had never been on the boat. https://www.thelocal.se/20110603/34148 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:26:00 +0200 34148 Boating accidents in Sweden claimed three lives at the weekend, while the search continues for the fourth member of the crew of a boat that sank in Lake Mälaren on Friday near Västerås. https://www.thelocal.se/20081103/15400 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:12:00 +0100 15400 A Swedish couple managed to survive a boating accident near Kapellskär north of Stockholm which claimed the lives of several of their dogs. https://www.thelocal.se/20081028/15258 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:55:00 +0100 15258 Two men died late on Thursday night and two others were injured when their boat ran aground on the northern side of Nämdö, an island in Stockholm’s archipelago. https://www.thelocal.se/20080926/14586 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:35:00 +0200 14586 Four of the five people who were missing after a boat accident in Helgasjön, a lake north of Växjö, early on Sunday morning have been found alive. https://www.thelocal.se/20070909/8437 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:08:00 +0200 8437 Four men drowned in separate incidents on Saturday in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20060716/4341 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:49:00 +0200 4341 Ten people were taken to hospital on Friday morning after a passenger boat carrying some 90 guests rammed a dock near Eriksberg, in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20060714/4335 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:30:00 +0200 4335 An eleven year old girl died in a boating accident on Lake Vättern on Saturday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20060702/4231 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:10:00 +0200 4231 A 30 metre long section of a concrete pier in Västerås harbour collapsed just before 5pm on Monday. A number of leisure boats were dragged down into the wreckage, but police have no details of anyone being hurt. https://www.thelocal.se/20060626/4176 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:48:00 +0200 4176 A man in his 30s was seriously injured after falling out of a motorized dinghy onto the propeller. The accident happened in Saltsjöbaden, south west of Stockholm, just before midnight on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20060625/4164 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:18:00 +0200 4164 Sweden will introduce a boat register and 'boat driving licenses' from next year, infrastructure minister Ulrica Messing announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20060308/3227-2 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:55:00 +0100 3227-2 A 37 year old man who was seriously injured when a tug boat sank at Slussen in central Stockholm on Friday died early on Saturday morning, according to Karolinska University Hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20060121/2909-2 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:40:00 +0100 2909-2