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 total of 17 people resident in Sweden were on the Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran on Wednesday morning, according to Scandinavian media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20200109/children-among-the-swedes-reported-dead-in-iran-plane-crash Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:16:23 +0100 children-among-the-swedes-reported-dead-in-iran-plane-crash UPDATED: Swedish authorities are trying to determine the cause of the country's deadliest plane crash in three decades. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.se/20190715/what-we-know-about-the-fatal-plane-crash-in-northern-sweden-so-far Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:35:37 +0200 what-we-know-about-the-fatal-plane-crash-in-northern-sweden-so-far What events led up to a crash which saw a small aircraft plunge nose-first into the ground in northern Sweden, killing all nine people on board? It may take a year to investigate the tragedy. https://www.thelocal.se/20190715/sweden-plane-crash-what-caused-tragedy-that-killed-nine Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:33:48 +0200 sweden-plane-crash-what-caused-tragedy-that-killed-nine Nine people have died in Sweden after a plane taking them up on a parachute jump crashed into an island close to the northern city of Umeå. https://www.thelocal.se/20190714/nine-killed-in-plane-crash-in-northern-sweden Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:14:55 +0200 nine-killed-in-plane-crash-in-northern-sweden A Swedish woman has died in a plane crash in Brazil's Amazonas state. https://www.thelocal.se/20171018/swedish-woman-dies-in-greenpeace-plane-crash-brazil-amazon Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:08:16 +0200 swedish-woman-dies-in-greenpeace-plane-crash-brazil-amazon A Norwegian plane crashed in Swedish Lapland because of a faulty instrument in combination with the dark Nordic winter nights, Swedish investigators have concluded. https://www.thelocal.se/20161212/why-norwegian-plane-crashed-in-swedish-mountains Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:17:53 +0100 why-norwegian-plane-crashed-in-swedish-mountains Emergency services have said it is unlikely they will find survivors of a crash in Swedish Lapland, which happened as a plane was transporting mail on the northern Norwegian border. https://www.thelocal.se/20160108/norwegian-plane-crashes-in-swedish-mountains Fri, 08 Jan 2016 07:49:05 +0100 norwegian-plane-crashes-in-swedish-mountains Swedish police were set to decide on Tuesday whether or not to launch an investigation after an 18-year-old man died when a glider plane crashed near Nikkaluokta in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150407/man-dies-in-glider-plane-crash-in-sweden Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:57:32 +0200 man-dies-in-glider-plane-crash-in-sweden Swedes were among those offering condolences to the families of victims after an airbus A320 carrying 150 people crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150324/sweden-pays-tribute-to-victims-of-france-plane-crash Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:02:00 +0100 sweden-pays-tribute-to-victims-of-france-plane-crash Emergency services have resumed their search for a missing pilot after a plane crash in Lake Vättern, western Sweden, with authorities fearing for the man's life. https://www.thelocal.se/20140615/search-continues-for-pilot-after-plane-crash Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:20:00 +0200 search-continues-for-pilot-after-plane-crash Investigators into Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld's mysterious death have appealed to the US National Security Agency (NSA) for intercepted radio communications from the Swede's fatal plane crash in Zambia, 1961. https://www.thelocal.se/20130909/50152 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:42:00 +0200 50152 A man is reported to have been killed after a light aircraft crashed into a lake near Skellefteå in northern Sweden on Saturday, according to a report in the local Norran daily. https://www.thelocal.se/20120922/43388 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:56:00 +0200 43388 Newly released evidence on the death of UN chief and renowned Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjöld, including previously unseen pictures of his corpse, has caused the author of an official inquiry to question his own claims that the death was an accident. https://www.thelocal.se/20120917/43284 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:02:00 +0200 43284 A new international inquiry has been launched to investigate the death of Swedish former UN head Dag Hammarskjöld following new claims of an assassination and ensuing cover-up. https://www.thelocal.se/20120722/42170 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:16:00 +0200 42170 Fifty years after the plane crash which killed UN chief and renowned Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjöld, there is a chorus of demands for a new probe into his death that many claim was the work of mercenaries. https://www.thelocal.se/20110917/36202 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:57:00 +0200 36202 A small single-engine sport aircraft crashed on Sunday when it came in to land at Höganäs airport in southern Sweden, with the pilot miraculously escaping unhurt. https://www.thelocal.se/20110327/32846 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:51:00 +0200 32846 A plane on its way to Sweden crashed on Sunday evening in Germany, south-east of Dresden. According to Dresden police there were at least two pilots onboard. It is unclear whether more passengers were involved. https://www.thelocal.se/20100215/24982 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:42:00 +0100 24982 A Swedish woman who was onboard the ill-fated Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic off Brazil in the beginning of June, has been found and identified. https://www.thelocal.se/20090705/20466 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0200 20466 Sweden’s embassy in Paris has confirmed that three Swedes were among the 228 passengers on board an Air France plane which is feared to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090602/19814 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:46:00 +0200 19814 A woman was seriously injured and a man sustained minor injuries as their "gyrocopter" home-made aircraft crashed in Upplands-Bro, north of Stockholm at around midday on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080823/13894 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:41:00 +0200 13894