Tag: Kiruna
Clear: Kiruna is applying to become European Capital of Culture
Every year, the EU designates two cities as capitals of culture, and 2029 will be the third time a Swedish city is named, this time together with a Polish city.…
All trains between Kiruna and Luleå are cancelled
It is expected to be 35 degrees below zero in several places in the north and all trains between Luleå and Kiruna will be canceled tomorrow.– This is, among other…
The children’s program of the 70s has become art – see the exhibition in Kiruna
The exhibition is called the TV trampoline – from children’s TV to contemporary art and literature. There are eleven artists and writers who have each been inspired by a TV…
Bubbling poop can give 200 students in Kiruna an early Christmas break
It was on Monday evening that poo water started bubbling up in large parts of the school’s premises. It is closed for health reasons and nine classes with nearly 200…
Truck with dangerous goods has overturned on the E10 outside Kiruna
The alarm about the accident came at 17.10 on Monday afternoon. According to information, the lorry, which overturned, was loaded with ammonium nitrate. The substance is classified as dangerous goods…
People’s houses became homeless – Kiruna municipality is suing for 45 million
Folkets hus-förening has existed in Kiruna since 1901 and has had premises from the very beginning. When the new People’s House was completed in 1986, according to the association, it…
The expansion of the Kiruna Sami school is postponed to the future
Kiruna Sami school was to be expanded starting immediately after the spring semester last year. At least that’s how it sounded last year. But no new construction started this summer.…
Greta Thunberg in Kiruna: “Certainly demonstrations pay off”
She arrived on the morning train, just before the demonstration for lost lands was to begin in the new Kiruna center. Young people from the Sami villages of Gabna and…
Big police hunt in Kiruna – armed man being hunted
The police are looking for an armed man suspected of serious violent crime in Kiruna. – We have used helicopters to transport personnel, but also in the search effort itself,…
Motorist drove into pile of stones in Kiruna – several people to hospital
The accident happened at 6 o’clock on Thursday morning. – The police are documenting the scene and conducting interrogations. The incident is being handled as a workplace accident, the police…