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Read our privacy policy about one quarter of the small town's 2000 homes are already powered by solar and equipped with battery storage And the pace of this transition to green power in accelerating goes to find out by talking to residents.  Find out more about Huawei's home owners green power solutions here.  The Novedo group of companies has acquired Gnesta Bergbyggare Novedo has pro forma sales of SEK 1.5 billion Gnesta Bergbyggare is Novedo’s fifteenth acquisition since its establishment in 2021 which is planned for the first half of 2023 Gnesta Bergbyggare is an innovative and expansive group in the rock engineering sector The business was established in Gnesta in 1996 by Dennis Hedström he operates the Group together with Nenad Blagojevic has sales of approximately SEK 280 million the former owners of Gnesta Bergbyggare have become partners in Novedo “Gnesta Bergbyggare is a well-managed group in a stable market that is driven by Sweden’s extensive need for infrastructure investments Gnesta Bergbyggare has been successful in establishing a first-rate culture with a low rate of personnel turnover I look forward to the Gnesta Bergbyggare Group’s continued development under the leadership of Dennis Hedström and CEO Nenad Blagojevic,” says Per-Johan Dahlgren Gnesta Bergbyggare conducts all type of work related to rock rock splitting and rock reinforcement for such clients as Peab the Swedish Transport Administration and Stockholm Vatten the company has developed and improved technical equipment for rock engineering in its own workshop the company was first to introduce small sound-suppressed drill rigs for rock engineering in sensitive environments “We are one of the largest players in the Nordic region for rock blasting and rock works we can increase the pace of our development and continue growing to the south and to the north,” says Nenad Blagojevic Novedo is a privately-owned group of companies that has since 2021 acquired and developed companies led by entrepreneurs that want to both sell and move their business forward The Group’s 15 companies have approximately 850 employees and sales of approximately SEK 1.5 billion with an EBITDA of SEK 185 million pro forma The company is planning an IPO in the first half of 2023 Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with all things When The Horn Blows related We use cookies and similar technologies to run this website and help us understand how you use it Let us introduce you to Swedish four-piece Clutter - who started off their 2025 with the release of single 'Jesus' via Swedish label PNKSLM cacophonous sound that echoes the band's own name “Jesus” finds singer and guitarist Emma French taking lead vocals fusing existential lyrical ideas with grungy Clutter channel the spirit of grunge and post-hardcore through distorted guitars and fuzzy vocals blending the tones of 90s rock into their post-modern indie core A band that comes close to chaos but just holds on Clutter’s electricity is built around their own crackling potential The band will be headlining the Lexington in London on the 16th April and have just released their next single ‘Kraut’ - they took a moment to talk to us about their music So your track ‘Jesus’ is out now - can you tell us what it is about?Hello Jesus is about finding a meaning in everyday life The small things and the big ones and everything inbetween Where are you from and what are your favourite things to do there?We are all from around Stockholm Ville and Ove grew up close to each other and quite central and Hilda grew up in a smaller town called Gnesta There's not much to do in Gnesta except going to Stockholm and here the best things are the walks in our forest reserves And Hus7/Slaktkyrkan usually puts on great shows What are the key influences when it comes to your music?We all have a wide range of influences but the key ones to name would be britpop and more shoegaze-yy/dream pop acts from the '90s We also love many post hardcore bands as well And bands like Sonic Youth and Bikini Kill are big inspirations too How would you describe your sound to someone who has never listened to your music before?Head on collision between My Bloody Valentine and some angsty local indie band We've come to incorporate some electronic sounds now too but live it's mostly loud and fuzzy guitars Now the track is out there - what next for you We're playing The Lexington in London on April 16th which will be our first headline show in the UK And we'll be releasing new music very soon which is very exciting This week's Band of the Week is Brighton quartet Slung - who have just released their debut album 'In Ways' via Fat Dracula An epic reprise from the indie rock collectives’ first in five years with the scholars - an ambitious nine-track rock opera magnum opus Sextile blend synth and punk together on their latest record in a way that has never looked – or sounded more fun creating music that’s impossible not to dance to Blondshell’s second record If You Asked For A Picture is a triumph Toronto's very own soul star delight Tanika Charles shares the video for new track 'Talk To Me Nice' - the third single to taken from her upcoming album 'Reasons To Stay' Cardiff rock band HIMALAYAS have just released the new album 'Bad Stars' - an impressive explosion of sound The post-punk psychedelic powerhouse group that is Squid spun the heads off of the crowd lucky enough to see them perform at Camden’s Roundhouse Dreampop outfit Portland make their return with soaring alternative pop release ‘Lay Me Down’ which hits just about as hard as our first introduction to the band; single ‘Lucky Clover’ A love letter to the city they now call home ‘Glasgow Love Story’ is the stunning new album from Scotland’s Tide Lines.  Incubus took it back to the 00s on Saturday night in London with a stellar show full of nostalgic rock turntable scratching and several unexpected covers American rockers Halestorm release new cinematic rock anthem ‘Darkness Always Wins’ This week's Band of the Week is American punk-rock band Heart Attack Man - who have just released their new album 'Joy Ride The Pale Horse' Marines crossed the Norwegian border into Sweden on Tuesday to join one of Scandinavia’s largest military drills in decades involving troops from more than a dozen countries Stefan Andersson announced on Twitter the arrival of the Marines as part of the Aurora 23 exercise which is focused on countering a large-scale attack on the prospective NATO member The Marines arrived as part of the Aurora 23 exercise “Aurora 23 will be the largest national exercise of its kind in more than 25 years,” the Swedish military said Some 26,000 troops from 14 countries are taking part in maneuvers on land Britain and Germany are among those taking part The historic decision was brought on by last year’s Russian invasion of Ukraine which prompted the Nordic countries to seek NATO membership Sweden and Finland aimed to join the alliance simultaneously but opposition from Turkey scuttled Stockholm’s hopes for a speedy accession The process has stalled over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s allegations that Sweden has given refuge to Kurdish militants whom Ankara wants extradited NATO officials say they’re confident that the impasse will be resolved and that Sweden will soon join the alliance Aurora 23 reinforces the close partnership between Sweden and allied militaries even as full NATO membership remains elusive The drills will be carried out on large swaths of Swedish territory until May 11 Luxury of eight-week course in Gnesta means any question can be asked and answered and there’s ample chance to revisit issues in GnestaFri 5 Jun 2015 19.59 CESTLast modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 17.51 CETShareIt’s a grey but things are warming up in one of the classrooms of the local school and his classmates are immersed in their studies of sex och samlevnad He tells me he’s been learning about sex and relationships in four hour-long classes a week for more than a month “It’s always fun to learn new stuff,” he says breezily Sweden has a long and established history of sex education It has been compulsory in schools since 1956 and pupils here at Frejaskolan – an average state school with 700 pupils and one particularly committed sex education teacher – are in the middle of an exhaustive eight-week course Sex och samlevnad extends beyond sex to include alcohol mental health and other subjects covered in the UK by PSHE (personal Not all Swedish schools will spend quite as long on the subject as they do in Gnesta – some get through it in four or five weeks – but the course is a great deal more comprehensive than what is on offer in most English schools where sex education still not a statutory requirement and is often delivered in a single “drop-down day” at the end of term The UK birth rate among 15- to 19-year-olds is 19.7 births per 1,000 women while in Sweden the figure is 5.2 per 1,000 Kaspar and his classmates have already had age-appropriate sex education at primary school where they learned about snopp and snippa – children’s names for their body parts. Snopp and snippa achieved global fame this year when a Swedish children’s educational video aimed at three- to six-year-olds and featuring cartoon dancing penises and vaginas went viral But for these 14- and 15-year-olds it’s getting a bit more serious a science and maths teacher who has won an award for her equality and sex education work starts the session with a short animated film about the issue of sexual consent Students watch a film Photograph: Arni Torfason/Demotix“It’s as simple as tea,” the voiceover says Kaspar is pretty confident he’s nailed this one “You can’t force someone to do something they don’t want to The students talk about consent with admirable maturity – Holmström asks a question discussions evolve – then they move on to a game where they are asked to match a set of photographs of individuals into pairs The aim is to challenge prejudices, and the resulting discussion takes in relationships between people of different faiths and ages, homosexuality, transgender, the Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst and Bruce Jenner’s recent transition to Caitlyn “What do we think about Bruce?” asks Holmström The luxury of devoting so much time to such a broad and varied subject means that any question can be asked and answered and there’s ample opportunity to revisit and think again who has completed a specialist course in sex education at university “Do you remember what I call this?” she asks holding up a large glass test tube because it’s so big.” Then she produces a packet of condoms and dishes them out but she makes them go through the same drill they don’t just protect you from pregnancy Then everyone has a go at putting one on a horse penis blowing them up and filling them with water Students fill a condom with water Photograph: Arni Torfason/Demotix“To have fun with sex to be a person who really wants to be alive and can say yes about how your body works,” says Holmström basically biology and her aim is to equip her students for the complexities of the world they live in today “It’s really important today that pupils can discuss and analyse; and it’s important I as a teacher let them try to do that so it’s not only me standing in front talking.” of the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) said it was rare for Swedish students to receive eight weeks’ sex education as in Gnesta but there was a long tradition of comprehensive sex education in Sweden that meant young people were generally well prepared and teenage pregnancies were few and far between You need to be able to process things and come back to things,” he said said: “We know in some schools here young people get plenty of time on sex and relationships education but we also know that in other schools rather than it being eight weeks it’s one or two hours one day and that’s it there’s plenty of time next week to return to the discussion An earlier version said that Gnesta is north The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in here to leave a comment