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Öresund Bridge set to get new permanent speed cameras

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:38:28 +0100

The Danish government plans to place permanent speed checks from next year on the country’s two largest bridges, the Öresund Bridge that links the country to Sweden, and the Great Belt Bridge.

Swedish court decision set to ease work permit headache for border commuters

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:11:52 +0200

A new work permit ruling by Sweden's Migration Court of Appeal could make life easier for border commuters.

Finland to open border to Norway and Denmark...but not to Sweden

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:39:37 +0200

Finland's government has announced that it will open its borders to residents of Norway and Denmark from Monday next week, as part of a wider reopening to Nordic and Baltic nations.

How Denmark got its children back to school so soon after lockdown

Thu, 28 May 2020 11:05:40 +0200

Denmark was the first country in Europe to reopen day care and primary schools after the strict coronavirus lockdown. Emma Firth takes a look at how Denmark did it and what lessons there are for other countries.

Swedish politician condemns Denmark's 'shit sandwich' sewage plan

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:35:24 +0200

Copenhagen's water utility has been asked to postpone a plan to dump 290,000 cubic meters of untreated raw sewage into the Øresund Strait in the face of outrage from citizens and politicians in both Sweden and Denmark.

The Nordic divide on coronavirus: Which country has the right strategy?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:33:18 +0200

Looking at the front pages of some news sites in Norway and Denmark, it almost seems as if they are willing the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden to worsen. Will the coming weeks prove Denmark and Norway were right to impose tougher restrictions on the country?

British Öresund commuters protected from no-deal Brexit: UK embassy

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:27:42 +0100

British citizens who already live in Sweden and commute across to the Öresund Bridge to work in Copenhagen will be able to continue working under the same tax and employment conditions as today, even if there is a 'no-deal' Brexit.

Skåne has become the Danes' favourite getaway

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:41:13 +0100

If you go to a spa hotel, campsite, or nature reserve in Skåne this year, you may notice a strange yelping and rasping sound echoing around you. That is Danish.

Danish inventor's version of Swedish journalist murder disputed

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:04:47 +0100

The trial of Danish submarine builder Peter Madsen, accused of murdering and mutilating Swedish journalist Kim Wall, resumes Wednesday as prosecutors dispute his account that she died accidentally aboard his vessel.

Öresund crossing sets new traffic record

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:51:23 +0100

Over seven million vehicles crossed the Öresund Bridge over the strait separating Denmark and Sweden in 2017, the highest number of journeys in the connection's history.

Dane injured in Sweden after asking to be shot with an air rifle

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:46:53 +0200

A Danish man was injured over the weekend after he was shot in the stomach by a friend.

Danish family smuggled 69 dogs, 10 horses and 4 goats to Sweden

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:34:41 +0200

A Danish family of four have been found guilty of smuggling after they moved from Denmark to Sweden and brought their 83 animals without the proper paperwork.

New Denmark-Sweden tunnel to be considered: ministry

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:00:23 +0200

Authorities in Denmark and Sweden are set to look into the viability of a new tunnel between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden.

Nordic fight to host Nordea heats up as rumours of Sweden departure swirl

Wed, 24 May 2017 11:06:52 +0200

A tug of war between Sweden, Denmark and Finland over where Nordic banking giant Nordea should base its head office in the future is beginning to heat up.

Sweden's ID checks were 'not fun': Danish PM Rasmussen

Wed, 03 May 2017 16:54:38 +0200

Denmark's prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says he is glad that Sweden has decided to scrap ID checks on crossings between the two Scandinavian countries in the Öresund region.

14 injured in 'biggest accident' on Öresund Bridge

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:41:34 +0100

The Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark was closed on Wednesday morning after at least ten cars were involved in what has been described as the biggest accident on the crossing since it opened 17 years ago.

Öresund bridge heading towards new traffic record

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:25:01 +0100

The Öresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark is heading towards a new annual traffic record – but the number of regular train commuters has dropped in the past year.

The Nordic nations have gone to war… on Twitter

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:46:33 +0100

It’s thought that the Vikings first arrived in Canada about 1000 years ago when Leif Eriksson went ashore in Newfoundland, and the North American country has sparked another Nordic epic of the modern kind this week, when Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway squared off in a Twitter war.

Shooting starts on The Bridge – season four

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:22:23 +0100

The day that Nordic Noir fans have waited for is here: shooting has started for The Bridge.

Nine times Swedes and Danes proved they're totally different

Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:59:59 +0200

They may be separated by naught but a four-kilometre strait, but there's more than that keeping Danes and Swedes apart, as we often learn here at The Local.