Tag: Norrbotten
Contract doctors refuse to work in Norrbotten and other regions – dissatisfaction with new agreement
For four years, Stefan Petersson in the Västra Götaland region has worked to draw up a new agreement regarding rental personnel in healthcare. An agreement that all 21 regions have…
Four from Norrbotten are wanted in custody in a money laundering case
It was in five different places in Norrbotten, Västerbotten and in Stockholm that the police struck. Five people were arrested, four of whom are wanted in custody. One has been…
The regional council on dental care gender in Norrbotten: “Not a desirable situation”
Pim, aged 16, is one of those affected. The lack of dentists has long been a fact in Norrbotten. But it has not always been so. – What is so…
SM in Luleå will get fencing to take hold in Norrbotten
Norrbotten has no participants in the Fencing Championship, which takes place during the Fencing week in Luleå and Boden. But the hope from Stil Luleå is that within a few…
Norrbotten is going against the tide – fewer and fewer young people are unemployed
The Employment Service’s monthly statistics for February 2024, in brackets are the figures for the corresponding period in 2023. Norrbotten: 5.2 percent (5.5) Västerbotten: 5.3 percent (5.1) Gotland: 5.9 percent…
Men in Norrbotten are the fattest in the country – even young women gain weight
Since 2020, March 4 is observed as World Absence Day. The statistics on the country’s overweight and obesity have remained stable over a ten-year period with a tendency to decrease.…
Details: Woman was a major cocaine wholesaler in Norrbotten
It was in January that a man was arrested in Piteå on suspicion of serious drug offences, and the police’s continued investigation led to a crackdown on a woman in…
Hundreds of draft dogs are cared for in Norrbotten – now the industry is to be reviewed
More and more tourists are coming to Norrbotten and many of them want to go dog sledding. Increased demand also means more companies. Today, 150 dog sled companies are registered…
Young women in Norrbotten most exhausted of all in the whole country
Among women between the ages of 20 and 40, the increase has been even more dramatic. In the group, the number of people on sick leave for stress-related mental illness…
The roads here are the worst in the country – protest in Norrbotten
The cooperative organization Transport företagen has concluded that 15.1 percent of the state roads in Norrbotten are in very poor condition. This means that the county has the country’s fourth…