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 Sweden's mountain rescue services were called out to help more than 500 people in need last year, according to new police figures. https://www.thelocal.se/20180208/record-year-of-call-outs-for-swedish-mountain-rescue Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:37:48 +0100 record-year-of-call-outs-for-swedish-mountain-rescue Sweden's mountain rescue services were called out 133 times this summer to help hill walkers in need. https://www.thelocal.se/20170912/record-summer-of-call-outs-for-swedish-mountain-rescue-teams Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:42:51 +0200 record-summer-of-call-outs-for-swedish-mountain-rescue-teams Mountain rescue budgets in Sweden are under strain as an unusually high number of summer call-outs including unnecessary calls by tired walkers take their toll on coffers. And the problem is now so bad that the police are involved. https://www.thelocal.se/20170814/walkers-who-call-out-emergency-helicopters-for-a-lift-blow-mountain-rescue-budgets-in-sweden Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:43:32 +0200 walkers-who-call-out-emergency-helicopters-for-a-lift-blow-mountain-rescue-budgets-in-sweden Two Swedish men were rescued on Thursday after being stuck for five days on the top of Mount Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, as poor weather had previously made a rescue operation impossible. https://www.thelocal.se/20111118/37424 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:25:00 +0100 37424 Swedish adventurer and free-diving champion Annelie Pompe became reached Mount Everest's fabled 8,848 metre summit on Friday, but failed in her quest to become the first Swedish woman to do so without bottled oxygen.. https://www.thelocal.se/20110520/33890 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:44:00 +0200 33890 A popular climbing spot in Järfälla in Stockholm has prompted controversy after the crag's climbing routes were given names from Hitler's Germany such as "Kristallnacht" and "The Crematorium". https://www.thelocal.se/20100812/28334 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:05:00 +0200 28334 Two Swedish climbers who went missing in an avalanche in the Himalayas on Wednesday had still not been found on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20061116/5522 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:20:00 +0100 5522 Two Swedish climbers are missing after an avalanche in Nepal, authorities there say. The two Swedes were joined by a British citizen and three sherpas. They were climbing Ama Dablam, a mountain in the Himalayas. At the time of the avalanche, the group was asleep at 8,612 metres altitude. https://www.thelocal.se/20061115/5520 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:57:00 +0100 5520 A Swedish climber from Tyresö is stuck 6,400 metres up on a Himalayan mountain side after taking a nasty fall and hurting his back. https://www.thelocal.se/20060916/4910 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:52:00 +0200 4910