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The Swedish Transport Administration was hit by technical problems just after 11 o’clock.

The disruptions have mainly affected commuter trains and long-distance and regional trains.

– Some trains have been standing still. The system for queue orders has not worked, but now it is up and running again, says Felicia Danielsson, press officer at the Swedish Transport Administration.

The earlier disruptions may cause delays, the Swedish Transport Administration announces.

State Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has invited all the party leaders of the Riksdag to a meeting about the NATO crisis on Tuesday afternoon.

During the meeting, Magdalena Andersson (S) will urge Kristersson to end the cooperation with the Sweden Democrats, according to information Gothenburg Post.

Among other things, because the parties’ cooperation is seen as a threat to Sweden’s NATO membership, as the SD has on occasion spoken out critically against Turkey.

The police were alerted to a detonation in an apartment building in Kista at 10.54am. The explosion must have occurred in the stairwell, according to the caller.

But on the spot, the police find that there is no damage at the address.

– We are on site now and checking the incident. But we are far from certain that it is a detonation, says Ola Österling, press spokesperson at the Stockholm Police.

At around 10 o’clock on Tuesday, SOS Alarm was alerted to a loud bang in Haninge.

– The bang has been described as an explosion of some kind. The emergency services are on site but have not been able to find anything, says Sören Gustavsson, press officer at SOS Alarm.

During the morning, an alarm was received about a fire at the chemical company Borealis in Stengundsund.

14 units from the Rescue Service were sent to the scene, reports Göteborgs-Posten.

As it is considered a high-risk area, a large number of units were sent out. Once on site, the emergency services were able to establish that it was not a fire.

– It was smoke from a pump that triggered the alarm, but we have left there now, says Johan Karlsson, line operator at the rescue service.

Crude oil is burning at an oil refinery in Nynäshamn.

– Right now, only smoke and no visible flames are visible. The crisis organization at the refinery has been mobilized, writes Hans Östlin, press manager at Nyna’s refinery, in an email to Aftonbladet.

The emergency services are on site and working with extinguishing work.

– The affected area has been evacuated, writes Hans Östlin.

The public may be affected in the form of odors from fire smoke in the direction of the wind, but the smoke is currently not considered to be harmful outside the refinery area.

Lan Marie Berg, Member of Parliament in the Norwegian Parliament, has nominated Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize, writes The daily newspaper.

Berg has also nominated the environmental activist Vanessa Nakate from Uganda.

– Both started demonstrating alone outside the parliaments in Sweden and Uganda, but have inspired millions to join, says Berg to the newspaper.

It is not the first time Thunberg has been nominated. Most recently last year, which you can read here.

Norway’s state oil fund had a return of -14.1 percent in 2022. A loss of NOK 1,637 billion, roughly SEK 1,700 billion, reports Norwegian E24.

Nevertheless, the value of the fund has increased. Among other things, because the Norwegian state had SEK 1,000 billion to its credit from oil and gas revenues.

Health Minister Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Energy and Nutrition Minister Ebba Busch and Linda Lindberg, social policy spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats, announce that the government is now putting forward a national plan for maternity care.

The National Board of Health and Welfare is tasked with developing and partially reporting a plan this year in order to produce a basis that will ensure “safe and accessible maternity care throughout the country”.

– Creating safe and secure maternity care must be one of Sweden’s most important gender equality measures, says Ebba Busch during a press conference.

Childbirth needs to become more accessible and the lack of aftercare needs to be addressed, she continues.

The competence supply of midwives at must be investigated in the long term.

– To deal with the situation, more midwives are needed, says Ebba Busch.

The emergency services and the police were alerted to a fire in a residence in Sala shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

There must be heavy smoke development on site. Nine units from the rescue service on site, reports Sala Allehanda.

A man has been found in the residence and is now taken to hospital by ambulance.

The fire service will let the house burn down. The police also announce that a report of public dangerous negligence will be written.

The theme park Astrid Lindgren’s world is suing the state for SEK 52 million, reports P4 Kalmar.

The reason for the lawsuit is that the park was forced to remain closed during the pandemic summer of 2020 due to how the Police Authority interpreted the restrictions.

Astrid Lindgren’s world has previously been vindicated in an appeal to the Administrative Court.

– We have now decided that we will go ahead and have this tried in court. It is an injury that we have caused, says the theme park’s CEO Joacim Johansson to TT.