The Local Sweden 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 Should Sweden foot the bill for radioactive wild boar? The Swedish Food Agency wants the state to provide funding for tests of radioactivity in wild boar. https://www.thelocal.se/20191222/should-sweden-foot-the-bill-for-radioactive-wild-boar Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:45:21 +0100 should-sweden-foot-the-bill-for-radioactive-wild-boar Record radiation levels found in Swedish wild boar Even though it's over 30 years since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, radiation levels exceeding 39 706 Bq (becquerel) per kilo have been found in Swedish wild boar meat taken from the Uppland area. https://www.thelocal.se/20180123/record-radiation-levels-found-in-swedish-wild-boar Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:51:10 +0100 record-radiation-levels-found-in-swedish-wild-boar Swedish hunter kicks charging wild boar to death A Swedish man who was gored in the leg by a wild boar while out hunting elk escaped with his life by kicking the animal to death. https://www.thelocal.se/20161119/swedish-hunter-kicks-charging-wild-boar-to-death Sat, 19 Nov 2016 14:59:07 +0100 swedish-hunter-kicks-charging-wild-boar-to-death Is this the most Swedish video you've ever seen? A Swedish ice skater has spoken to The Local about the global attention he has been getting after he helped save a wild boar's life in an extremely, extremely Swedish way. https://www.thelocal.se/20160203/is-this-the-most-swedish-video-youve-ever-seen Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:31:44 +0100 is-this-the-most-swedish-video-youve-ever-seen Wild boar goes on rampage through Malmö Police were called in after a wild boar ran amok through central Malmö, Sweden's third-biggest city. It was understood to still be at large early on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20151014/wild-boar-goes-on-rampage-through-malm Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:24:13 +0200 wild-boar-goes-on-rampage-through-malm Piglets shot to the great fairway in the sky Two wild boar piglets met their bloody demise on Tuesday after a Värmland golf club finally tired of their foraging in the rough, nosing across the greens and snuffling along the fairways. https://www.thelocal.se/20110928/36406 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0200 36406 Massive boar shreds leg of Swedish elk hunter A Swedish elk hunter is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilogrammes. https://www.thelocal.se/20101025/29820 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:10:00 +0200 29820