The cause of the elevator falling is being investigated.
In Stockholm, at least five people have been seriously injured in the collapse of a temporary elevator at a construction site, authorities say, according to Swedish media.
of information from the Expressen magazine according to which several people would have died in the accident.
The accident happened in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm.
There were five people in the elevator when it fell about 20 meters, said a spokesman for the rescue service Kurt Jonsson of SVT by.
An investigation has been launched into the incident. The police are investigating the incident as a work safety violation.
The rescue service was alerted about the accident around 11 a.m. Finnish time on Monday. Several rescue units and the police were dispatched to the scene.
The company has sold thousands of similar lifts
The company that manufactures construction site elevators said it was sorry for what happened.
The Alimak company that manufactured the emergency lift says for Aftonbladet that he had sent a team to the accident site to find out the cause of the accident.
Alimak says that he has sold thousands of similar elevators to different parts of the world.
According to the company, the elevator model has been manufactured for more than 20 years.
The reason for the elevator falling is currently unclear.
Chairman of the Stockholm-Gotland region of the construction trade union Thomas Kullberg speculates that the elevator may have broken or that there was an error during installation that led to the accident.