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Midsummer – the real Swedish National Day
Since the National Day was introduced eight years ago, becoming a red day or a holiday, the blue-and-yellow celebration is said to becoming more organised. However, the public spontaneity is missing and according to ethnologists Midsummer is much more of a National Day than the National Day itself. Compared to how May 17th, the National Day in Norway is celebrated, the Swedish celebration is far from the public Norwegian carnival sentiment.
Instead June 6th has become a big integration day for immigrants. This is the day when a lot of Swedish citizenships are distributed.
Swedish suicides are mapped out
In a study by the Centre for Primary Health Care Research in Lund and their American colleagues, 9 000 Swedish suicides have been investigated. Mental illness and unemployment are bigger risk factors with women compared to men when it comes to suicide. Women are hit harder by the lack of higher education and by being single mothers.
The study also showed that the suicide risk was almost three times higher with men compared to women.
In central Stockholm Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine was caught by the police driving in a bus lane.
According to aftonbladet.se the Princess claimed that she had indictment immunity and on these terms the police let her go without fining her. However, as the police did a follow up on the rules, they found that the immunity only applies to the Head of State, that is the King, and the Princess will be fined 1000 SEK.
The contract to make all the drawings regarding the interior of Titanic II has landed at Tillberg Design in Höganäs.
The financier is an Australian billionaire and the cost of building the ship is estimated to 500 million euros. The interior is 33 percent of this sum.
The ship will have a ’Safety deck’, which is an addition compared to Titanic I, with a sufficient number of lifeboats for the 2435 passengers and the crew of 900 people.
The ship will be built in China and her maiden voyage 2016 will start in China and end in New York, USA.
