Filip Forsmark has decided to head overseas and will join IF Troja-Ljungby in HockeyEttan for the remainder of the 2024-25 season IF Troja-Ljungby is an ice hockey club based in Ljungby competing in the Södra division of HockeyEttan the third-highest league in Swedish ice hockey Forsmark, a versatile forward who plays both left and right wing, was traded from the Wheeling Nailers to the Atlanta Gladiators for future considerations this past October He was later released from the team on November 1st Forsmark spent four seasons at Merrimack College in the NCAA Division I Hockey East conference where he made a notable impact on the team’s offensive efforts he topped the team’s scoring charts with 13 points over 18 games including three multi-point games and a career-high three points against New Hampshire His nine assists that season were the highest on the Warriors Forsmark spent two seasons with the Tri-City Storm in the USHL finishing second on the team with 52 points in his final season His impressive performance included 14 goals and 38 assists adding five points in six games and helping lead the Storm to the Clark Cup conference finals in 2019 Forsmark made his professional debut in the ECHL last spring skating in two games with the Allen Americans where he registered four shots on goal and had an even plus-minus rating Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email The Norfolk Admirals and Trois-Rivieres Lions met on Sunday Afternoon in Game 2 of the North Division Finals going to Luke Cavallin over Hunter Jones after Jones pitched a 27-save shutout in Game 1 and that’s exactly how this game started […] The Florida Everblades secured a 6-2 win over the Orlando Solar Bears in Game Two of the South Division Finals on Saturday night at Hertz Arena The result gives Florida a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series as it shifts to Orlando for the next three games Tarun Fizer scored in both the first and […] The Trois-Rivieres Lions will have Luke Cavallin back for Game 2 of the North Division Finals Cavalin was called up to the Laval Rocket last Sunday The 24-year-old goaltender went 4-0 with a 1.59 GAA and .945SV% during the opening round vs Reading Royals The British goaltender is coming off his best season in the […] The tribute to the late Metallica bassist is located near the site of his fatal coach crash The municipality of Ljungby in Sweden has announced the opening of the Cliff Burton Museum a partially government-funded building set up as a tribute to the late Metallica bassist Burton lost his life in a coach crash near Ljungby in 1986 while Metallica were touring Europe with Anthrax A memorial stone was installed near the crash site by the band's Swedish fanclub a decade ago and the area regularly attracts metal fans keen to honor his memory.  along with interviews and photos from the first photographer at the crash site – Lennart Wennberg of the newspaper Expressen – plus a film of recollections from first responders at the crash scene Other exhibits include a stage that recreates Metallica’s last gig with Burton in Stockholm with copies of the bass and drum kit he and Lars Ulrich used “We primarily want to honor Cliff Burton who died so tragically in the middle of his career and talk about who he was as a person and a musician “Our second main purpose is to create a meeting place for all those who seek the memorial site in the small community of Dörarp We want to continue the fine work that the fans started when they started raising funds to make Cliff's memorial stone.” Details of the Museum's launch event on Saturday 14 May can be found on Instagram who wrote a 2009 biography on Burton featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett will be delivering a talk on the late icon's life and work A post shared by Cliff Burton Museum (@cliffburtonmuseum) trusted and insightful bass publication for passionate bassists and active musicians of all ages reviews and lessons that will make you a better bass player We go behind the scenes with bass manufacturers ask a stellar crew of bass players for their advice and bring you insights into pretty much every style of bass playing that exists The gear we review ranges from the affordable to the upmarket and we maximise the opportunity to evolve our playing with the best teachers on the planet I think Billy Corgan saw that in me”: From Veruca Salt to the Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage Nicole Fiorentino has become alt-rock's go-to bassist “We had accidentally stored the bass in Seattle and paid $2,500 in rental fees!” 32 years ago Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s iconic Vs record – and now he’s been reunited with it Free Eddie Van Halen mini-documentary explores the origins of Eruption and his two-hand tapping technique – and it’s partly narrated by the man himself Case Studies, News | January 18, 2022 | By: The E4 highway in Sweden meanders 346 miles (557 km) between Helsingborg and Stockholm It is one of the country’s most important traffic and transport routes Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) sought to upgrade an 18.6-mile (30-km) stretch of this highway at Ljungby This section of the highway passes through a protected area which is the source of drinking water for the 70,000 residents of the cities of Växjö and Alvesta In addition to widening the road and adding several bridges and intersections Trafikverket planned to integrate water-protection measures into the upgrade selected and installed Solmax geomembranes to line the ditch alongside the E4 prior to expanding the highway Solmax manufactured 2 million square feet (185,000 m2) of smooth 60-mil (1.5-mm) high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane at a plant in Rechlin The geomembrane contains the runoff collecting in the ditch protecting the groundwater from contamination A protective layer of geotextile was placed under and over the geomembrane to prevent puncturing A protective layer of sand and a drainage layer of aggregate were placed on top of the multilayer geosynthetic solution Geo-Institute 2026 award nominations open RENOLIT building new geomembrane plant in India Registration now open for Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 Webinar – Geomembranes for Produced Water and Brine Containment – May 13 Register for GMA Spring Lobby Days GAI welcomes veteran transportation engineer Boyd Jenkins, PE Geosynthetics Magazine is a publication of the Advanced Textiles Association Copyright © 2025 Advanced Textiles Association Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy A Cliff Burton Museum will launch next month in the municipality of Ljungby in Sweden The METALLICA bassist's life was tragically cut short in a tour bus crash on September 27 a memorial stone dedicated to Burton at the Gyllene Rasten restaurant/bar in Dörarp (outside Ljungby) was unveiled It was 20 years earlier that Cliff died just over the road from where Gyllene Rasten is located The organizers tell Guitar World: "We primarily want to honor Cliff Burton, who died so tragically in the middle of his career, and talk about who he was as a person and a musician. Our second main purpose is to create a meeting place for all those who seek the memorial site in the small community of Dörarp. We want to continue the fine work that the fans started when they started raising funds to make Cliff's memorial stone." Ljungby historian Krister Ljungberg, who is involved in opening the museum, told SVT in 2021 that he had received message of support from METALLICA fans from around the world. Among them was a video from fans in Mexico who asked how they could help build the museum. "I'm not a huge fan of METALLICA, but I usually say that I'm the biggest fan of METALLICA fans," Ljungberg said. "I really love these people; they are absolutely amazing." A newly started association, Bergabygden's culture and tourism, was awarded SEK 300,000 (approximately $32,000) from the Swedish National Heritage Board, a government agency responsible for world heritage sites and other national heritage monuments and historical environments, to help start the museum. The museum's launch event will take place on Saturday, May 14. Cliff was asked to join METALLICA in 1982 after the band saw him perform with his group at the time, TRAUMA. The bassist was not willing to move to Los Angeles, where METALLICA was based, so they decided to move to the San Francisco area so that he would join. Burton played on METALLICA's first three studio albums — "Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning" and "Master Of Puppets" — and co-wrote classic songs like "Ride The Lightning", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "Fade To Black", "Creeping Death" and "Master Of Puppets". Burton's initial replacement in the group was Jason Newsted, who stayed in the lineup until 2001. Robert Trujillo joined in 2003 and remains in the band to this day. February 10, 2018 was proclaimed "Cliff Burton Day" by Alameda County supervisors. The late METALLICA bassist would have turned 56 years old on that date had he lived. Asked if Hetfield was personally comfortable with the more "alternative" image and music METALLICA made on those albums, the singer/guitarist replied: "No, no, not at all. There’s some great, great songs on there but my opinion is that all of the imagery and stuff like that was not necessary. And the amount of songs that were written was… it diluted the potency of the poison of METALLICA. And I think Cliff would have agreed with that." Burton's huge talent and achievements were chronicled in book form with the 2009 global publication of "To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton", written by U.K.-based author Joel McIver and published by Jawbone Press. The foreword was provided by METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cliff Burton Museum (@cliffburtonmuseum) Posted by Cliff Burton Museum & Memorial Stone on Sunday, September 26, 2021 A museum dedicated to Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is to open in Ljungby near the site of his fatal 1986 bus accident Burton died on September 27, 1986, when Metallica’s tour bus crashed. The band were in Sweden at the time, as part of the European leg of their ‘Damage, Inc.’ tour. He played bass on the band’s first three albums: ‘Kill ‘Em All’, ‘Ride The Lightning’, and ‘Master Of Puppets’. The Ljungby municipality announced the Cliff Burton Museum would open on May 14 in a building partially funded by its government. A post shared by Cliff Burton Museum (@cliffburtonmuseum) as well as interviews and photographs by Lennart Wennberg of the Expressen newspaper As reported by Consequence, a major exhibit will feature a stage that recreates Metallica’s final concert with Burton in Stockholm, with copies of the instruments played by Burton and drummer Lars Ulrich who wrote Burton’s biography in 2009 will give a speech at the museum’s opening on the musician’s life and work McIver said: “The fact that a museum devoted to Cliff is opening now confirms what fans of Metallica have known all along “The fact is that his legacy is growing stronger as the years pass as has been the case with countless other musicians [A] crucial point is that the Cliff Burton Museum is supported by the Swedish government Someone in an office somewhere obviously knows what Cliff means to the fans who come to pay tribute every year at the stone installed by members of Metallica’s Swedish fanclub “I can’t think of an equivalent memorial anywhere else with the possible exception of Jim Morrison’s grave at Pere Lachaise in Paris Even that is just a gravestone rather than a full-on museum.” Over the years, Metallica and their fans have continued to pay homage to Burton and his legacy In it, the likes of Exodus guitarist Gary Holt, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin and more shared their memories of Burton On the 30th anniversary of Burton’s death, his band shared an emotional video from his family and launched a Facebook page set up in his memory The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here See photos in the social media posts at the bottom of this story Metallica fans will be delighted to learn that there's a Cliff Burton Museum coming to Sweden later this year. It'll be located in the Swedish municipality of Ljungby, near the site of the fatal bus crash that Burton died in Guitar World noted that Metallica's Swedish fan club placed a stone at the location of the accident around 10 years ago which has become a popular place for fans to visit and honor the late bassist's memory Ljungby will open a museum filled with pictures album and other memorabilia related to Metallica in addition to photographs and interviews from the reporters and first responders at the scene of the tragedy in 1986 One of the larger exhibits will feature a replica of the stage Metallica performed on during their last-ever concert with Burton "We primarily want to honor Cliff Burton and talk about who he was as a person and a musician," the museum's creators told Guitar World "Our second main purpose is to create a meeting place for all those who seek the memorial site in the small community of Dorarp We want to continue the fine work that the fans started when they started raising funds to make Cliff's memorial stone.” The museum's grand opening will take place Saturday, May 14. Follow their Instagram page to learn more details as they're revealed Metallica were on tour in support of their 1986 album Master of Puppets when Burton died in the bus accident It'll feature special exhibits.\nRead More Metallica fans will be delighted to learn that there's a Cliff Burton Museum coming to Sweden later this year. It'll be located in the Swedish municipality of Ljungby, near the site of the fatal bus crash that Burton died in Guitar World noted that Metallica's Swedish fan club placed a stone at the location of the accident around 10 years ago The museum's grand opening will take place Saturday, May 14. Follow their Instagram page to learn more details as they're revealed. Metallica were on tour in support of their 1986 album Master of Puppets when Burton died in the bus accident. He was 24 years old. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cliff Burton Museum (@cliffburtonmuseum) Such an honour to be part of the opening of the Cliff Burton Museum in Ljungby special thanks to @cliffburtonfamily to allow the board to share Cliff’s legacy to.. We visited the museum in Sweden dedicated to late Metallica legend Cliff Burton the scene appears not to have changed: if you consult the original photos of the bend in the road where the bus spun and fell over crushing Cliff as he fell through the window it’s obvious that everything is pretty much the same Well, that’s not quite true: what’s there now that wasn’t there 36 years ago is a full-blown Cliff Burton Museum which opened on May 14 and is now a meeting point for metalheads who want to pay tribute The best way to get there is to fly to Copenhagen or Gothenburg and drive the two-hour journey using sat-nav but public transport is possible too.  It’s worth making the effort, particularly if you’re a Metallica fan. Housed in a small, detached building in the grounds of a hotel, it contains tons of memorabilia, including a replica of the drum kit that Lars Ulrich played on Cliff’s last tour donated by Mexican fanclub president Aelfredo LeRoux films and memorabilia collected by fans.  “This is a dream come true for us,” says Aelfredo who has flown here with his wife Terry Rodriguez from Mexico City a 32-hour trip that only true devotees would make “We’ve been here many times in recent years but Cliff’s legacy continues to grow as the years pass It’s so important for Metallica’s worldwide fans to be able to celebrate his memory here.” Ten minutes’ drive away from the museum is the memorial stone erected in 2006 by a group of Swedish fans called Cliff In Our Minds and the owners of a nearby pub The stone sits 100 metres from the bend in the road where Metallica’s bus driver lost control Investigations on the subject of Metallica have largely failed to come up with any solid reason why the bus should have crashed: black ice was suggested but has been mostly discredited while the driver’s identity has remained hidden.  This lack of closure is partly what attracts thousands of Metallica fans to the memorial stone as well as bands passing by; you can read the thoughts of Robb Flynn of Machine Head on the subject in his blog of February 7 The installation of the stone in 2006 gave the visiting fans a tangible destination where they could pay their respects more fully realised location for those who want to learn about Cliff.  Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer “The Cliff Burton Museum has been created as a meeting place for the fans who visit the memorial stone,” says Krister Ljungberg who initiated the museum project with his wife Anna- Lena Ljungberg and their associate Magnus Strömberg “The museum’s board has had a fantastic collaboration with members of Cliff In Our Minds and also members of the Mextallica chapter Cliff’s family will also contribute items to the exhibition.” (Image credit: Tom Johansson)(Image credit: Tom Johansson)(Image credit: Tom Johansson)(Image credit: Tom Johansson)(Image credit: Tom Johansson)What makes the stone and museum so mind-blowing is that the funds to set them up have come from the local fans and tourism department and nowhere do we witness that dedication more clearly than at the launch event when a tribute band called Metaholica play Cliff-era songs for a gathering of more than 1,000 visitors Tony Asplund of Cliff In Our Minds explains to the crowd how the memorial stone came about “It was a true collaboration that started out as an idea between a few friends,” he tells us the stone has become a real tribute to Cliff The museum’s function is to give people a fuller picture of who he was and to attempt to demystify the accident with testimonies from the emergency responder personnel.” I also give a speech on why Cliff continues to matter to us while his friend Frank Bello of Anthrax – who opened for Metallica on that final tour – joins us on Zoom to share some emotional stories about his late friend We’re treated to a note-perfect rendition of Cliff’s famous solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth by Mexican YouTuber Kello Gonzalez and then it’s time to toast Cliff at the nearby Hotel Terraza in Ljungby – the very same hotel where James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett stayed after the crash.  and while Metaholica play a second set and a lot of strong Swedish beer is consumed there’s a sense that Cliff would have thoroughly approved.  Thanks to Krister and Anna-Lena Ljungberg. For more information, visit the Cliff Burton Museum on Instagram Joel McIverSocial Links NavigationJoel McIver is a British author The best-known of his 25 books to date is the bestselling Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica first published in 2004 and appearing in nine languages since then McIver's other works include biographies of Black Sabbath His writing also appears in newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian and he is a regular guest on music-related BBC and commercial radio "The universe is not fair like that." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson tells new bands they'll get nowhere without self-belief “We did get very wild and crazy at points ‘Why aren’t we getting arrested?’”: The violent I’m going to join them”: The man who was asked to replace James Hetfield as singer in Metallica – and turned it down The year started out quite well for Filip Eriksson on a team that would become LeMat trophy winners at the end of the season He scored a goal in the pre-season games and received good minutes in the first two regular games of the season Eriksson got injured in an SHL game and broke a metacarpal in his hand as he struck the boards hard and his exposure before the draft was limited He returned to Växjö’s SHL team just before the playoffs and he is considered a Swedish champion after playing a grand total of two minutes in the playoffs 2004Shoots: LeftPosition: CentreHeight: 6’0″Weight: 172 lbs.Team: Växjö Lakers (SHL) and a good understanding of the game overall He was always a small player on his teams growing up and had to rely on smarts and speed to play the game he chose to stay with his local team for an extra year as Troja-Ljungby outperformed expectations in both age groups where Eriksson was present – the U18s and U20s – during the 2021-22 season but it means that he now is more of a lanky player rather than a small one and he will still need to fill out over the next season but he could be moved to the wing for his first real season in the SHL It is at centre that he finds the balance between creativity and effectiveness with ease and once he gets everything else in order the development can go quickly Where Eriksson needs to improve is in the physical attributes and one could argue that he is half a year behind due to the hand injury and once he has filled out he should benefit from both the added weight and height One would think it would be the same way with his shot as there will be new movement and a new mass to work with The positive thing is that Växjö is a deep team and getting even close to the SHL is good in that regard The fact that Växjö has decided to sign him to a rookie contract even if he hasn’t played the customary 100 minutes of SHL hockey speaks to the faith they have in him as a player In an interview posted on the team’s own website general manager Henrik Evertsson explains the decision “We saw Filip during pre-season games with our SHL team and we are convinced that he has a big hockey future ahead of him It is rare to see such a young player have that understanding of the game at that age.” The rookie contract is signed until the end of the 2024-25 season It is clear that the Lakers organization considers Eriksson part of their SHL team for next season He will start fighting for the 12th jersey but Champions Hockey League action to start the year means that he should get early opportunities with the Lakers at a high level he would follow a similar path to Victor Stjernborg who has had the time to mature in the system and hasn’t been rushed but rather developed and been given a chance to grow with the experience and expectations Overall this is a safe pick from the Canadiens There is clear upside in the pick and he seems pretty sure to reach an SHL level The question is how far he can go from there When Eriksson signed his new SHL contract in March he said it was a dream come true Another dream came true during the last minutes of this year’s draft By DAVID JONES their chilblained hands hovering nervously beside holstered pistols a band of rookie soldiers face down an enemy platoon Volunteers from all sections of Swedish society they have just begun a two-week induction course into the Home Guard (the equivalent of Britain’s army reserve) their unreadiness for combat becomes apparent As they wrestle with their unfamiliar Glock 17 handguns there is much fumbling and under-the-breath cursing Few shots hit the basin-shaped helmets of the cardboard soldiers at whom they are aiming – an imaginary Russian invasion force presumed to have crossed the narrow Baltic strait from Finland and stormed Sweden’s south-east coast one of the officers overseeing the training of these 22 new recruits at a pine-forested former Cold War army camp in the coastal town of Vaddo is confident they will be ready for the battlefield at least in a way that doesn’t make them a safety liability - to themselves or others,’ he smiles wryly For in their darkest hour for almost half a century the public here are rising gallantly and nobly – man and woman Home Guard recruit Rebecca Minarik is pictured in training The Home Guard's targets are carrying Kalashnikovs Young recruit Lina Sighurdh says: 'It's a way to uphold our liberal values in the face of extremism' Home Guard recruits on a training exercise A target of a Russian soldier with a Kalshnikov Lieutenant Hakan Adolfsson says: ‘It may not be [politically] correct to say they are Russians that were used by the recruits of the Home Guard if old-fashioned qualities such as patriotism honour and a determination to defend one’s nation from tyranny are any yardstick will one day make the Swedish military proud They are among an extraordinary number of citizens now clamouring to join the Home Guard as Sweden - newly enrolled into Nato this week - prepares for a scenario deemed unthinkable after the Cold War ended: a full-scale Russian attack when 29,000 Swedes applied to join up – more than six times the usual number such is the desire of ordinary Swedes to do their bit that the Home Guard has been forced to take on extra administrative staff to handle the logjam of applications Compare this with the dire situation in Britain where the strength of both the reserve and regular armies is falling largely because of public apathy and underfunding Britain’s need for security is hardly less pressing than that of the Swedes – as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps pointed out this week when backing calls led by the Mail for military spending to be increased from 2.27 to 3 per cent of GDP where blue and yellow national flags are waved with gusto again and nationalism is no longer a dirty word who warns that the UK is moving perilously from a ‘post-war to pre-war’ state Stockholm’s top politicians and defence chiefs are spelling out the threat Putin poses in the starkest terms supreme commander of Sweden’s armed forces urged the nation’s ten million citizens to ‘mentally prepare for the fact that a war could happen in Sweden’ ‘Everyone needs to understand how serious the situation really is,’ he said The more citizens who have thought about it Yet our two nations are responding to these doom-laden messages in diametrically opposing ways Though more than three million Britons under 25 are out of work the very mention of reintroducing national service to increase the Army’s strength from just 75,000 to 125,000 (the minimum number of troops we need to maintain security according to military experts) invokes howls of outrage Bunker owner Kenneth Clausen with a mannequin wearing a nuclear outfit in his bunker in the town of Ljungby Daily Mail man David Jones in the heart  of the bunker that feels like stepping back in time the bunker is reputedly capable of withstanding a direct hit from a 1,100lb bomb Sinister instructions and illustrations telling people how to shower in the event of a nuclear attack Witness the paroxysms of anger recently aimed towards Army chief General Sir Patrick Sanders when he dared to suggest that we should recruit a big well-trained ‘citizen army’ (he stopped short of calling for a return to conscription) Sweden already operates a system of ‘total civil defence’ This holds everyone between the ages of 16 and 70 jointly responsible for protecting the country when its way of life is under threat individuals and even religious groups can be called up to maintain essential services such as medical and food provision and care for children and the elderly moves to restore the former strength of the army reserve – which could have quickly mobilised 900,000 fighters to meet any attack from the old Soviet Union – are well under way Sweden’s regular army will also be boosted by increasing its contingent of conscripts who already account for ten per cent of its military personnel - although judging by the prevailing mood there will be no need to force many Swedes to serve their country regardless of class or ethnicity - to the vengeful and expansionist enemy looming on their eastern flank Their sense of sacrifice was epitomised by Lina Sighurdh I am very thankful and grateful to be a Swedish citizen,’ replied the master’s degree student (who is rather handily studying Russian) when I asked her why she had enlisted Swelling with pride in her newly issued uniform she added: ‘I feel joining the Home Guard and helping the national defence is a way to uphold our liberal values in the face of extremism.’ Her remarks might almost have been scripted Other recruits offered similarly heartfelt reasons for leaving comfortable homes and jobs to undertake the tough which aims to teach them the skills of forest warfare – the type of conflict that might ensue should Russian troops invade so I don’t think we are going to start a war,’ said Rebecca Minarik ‘But I feel we may have to defend ourselves Could she envisage one of these countries invading Sweden Listening to these young Swedes pledging to spill blood for their country was almost surreal at times were the placard-waving peaceniks who once took to Stockholm’s streets with their ban-the-bomb slogans and anti-American slogans Swedish army officers would never have specified the nationality of the soldiers engraved on those shooting targets the Swedes are done with all that mealy-mouthed appeasement As prime minister Ulf Kristersson said this week his country’s admission to Nato – formalised in a flag-raising ceremony in Washington and cemented as Swedish troops were dispatched to the Arctic Circle to take part in the alliance’s biggest joint exercise when I asked Lieutenant Adolfsson who his new charges were supposed to be firing at they are carrying Kalashnikovs (the weapon of choice for the Russian army) so you can make up your own mind,’ he smiled mirthlessly Then he added: ‘It may not be [politically] correct to say they are Russians They will ask me if the Russians are coming here and I can’t just pretend everything is fine The huge subterranean living space spans two floors Kenneth Clausen outside his house in Ljungby It is up for sale but seemed overvalued at its brochure price of 16 million Swedish krona (£1.2million) which could safeguard up to 44 people from radiation poisoning for several months The fear that Putin might attempt to annex Sweden may seem unlikely particularly given his chastening venture into Ukraine Conflicts between the two countries date back 1,000 years the then-mighty Swedish empire waged war on the Novgorod Republic a wealthy independent state in the north of Russia aiming to seize its lands and convert it to Catholicism Early skirmishes were usually won by the Swedes but that changed under Peter the Great at the turn of the 18th century the imperialist tsar emerged victorious from the Great Northern War a titanic struggle that claimed more than 500,000 lives on both sides It ended with Russia a great European superpower and the Swedish empire in terminal decline And since Putin has hailed Peter as Russia’s greatest ruler he may harbour dreams of emulating his hero while Sweden’s prime minister insists the country is far safer inside Nato some fear its membership will only make it more of a target for Putin’s expansionism the Kremlin has pledged to retaliate with ‘military-technical’ measures not least because one of Sweden’s many islands lies just 150 miles from the Russian port of Kaliningrad and could be used as the base for a Nato blockade of the Baltic Though the Swedes are fired by patriotic sentiment there is a frisson of anxiety among the population following the government’s advice to stockpile supplies of food and fresh water and take other steps to allow many weeks of enforced self-reliance there has been an upsurge in demand for underground shelters capable of withstanding an atomic blast and offering protection from fall-out this is sparking a new type of entrepreneur recently left his job in IT to start a company designing and building all manner of nuclear bunkers from basic models with a starting price of around £40,000 to high-end ones costing several times that sum and – in an unintentionally inapt turn of phrase – describes the success of his new venture as ‘mind-blowing’ when Sweden’s declared policy of non-allegiance failed to assuage fears of Soviet missile strikes an astonishing number of nuclear bunkers – some 64,000 – were excavated beneath villages Some were capable of harbouring just a few key people; the biggest hewn into Katarina mountain in Stockholm and now used as an underground car park When communism collapsed and the threat from the East seemed over some local authorities sold their shelters cheaply to private buyers these same councils are now keen to buy them back Officials in the small southern town of Eslov offloaded their shelter for just £75,000 the owners were finalising its resale – to another municipality – for more than £800,000 double their original asking price and more than ten times the amount they paid This at a time when the rest of Sweden’s property market is suffering the effects of a protracted recession and 4.5 per cent interest rates Retired impresario Kenneth Clausen’s up-for-sale home is a converted schoolhouse on a quiet country road outside Ljungby a historic market town with 16,000 residents it looked handsome enough with its grey facade but it seemed overvalued at its brochure price of 16 million Swedish krona (£1.2million) Tell that to the army of prospective buyers – almost 500 of them not only from all parts of Sweden but as far afield as London and Berlin – who have made inquiries about it in the two weeks since it came on the market The reason for their interest lies behind a forbidding iron door It opens into a huge subterranean living space spanning two floors it is reputedly capable of withstanding a direct hit from a 1,100lb bomb and safeguarding up to 44 people from radiation poisoning for several months with its Cold War kitsch decor and black and white photographs of flashpoint places such as Checkpoint Charlie is an eerie experience: like turning the clock back 60 years There are original cartoon drawings instructing nuclear survivors to shower and change into hazard suits before entering; an outdated intercom with links to vital civic services; submarine-style bunks and washrooms; vast tanks for fresh water and diesel; an electricity generator speakeasy-style lounge with a well-stocked bar this is where the last few people left in Sweden and it’s crazy again now,’ laments owner Mr Clausen who declines to say how little he paid for the bunker for fear of ‘embarrassing’ the local council Unapologetic for profiting from Sweden’s crisis he plans to use the million-plus sale proceeds to travel around Europe for a year interest in his shelter came mainly from sightseers and boozy weekenders who used it as a quirky man cave desperate ‘preppers’ – convinced the apocalypse is coming and planning to do everything they can to ride it out – want to restore it to original purpose One local woman pleaded with Mr Clausen to let her stay in it because the terror of an impending Russian attack made them afraid to sleep in their own beds He reassured her that an attack on this rural part of Sweden the shelter has already quadrupled the value of the house and he expects bids to rise considerably higher is that Putin would never drop a nuclear bomb on Sweden but might well invade – to bring his arsenal within closer striking distance of Britain and the West a political science professor at Gothenburg University think it more likely that Putin will seek to punish Nato’s newest member in more insidious ways Russian state hackers are believed to have orchestrated a number of disruptive cyberattacks on important Swedish computer systems Grant Shapps himself fell victim to an alleged attack from Russia on Thursday when the GPS signal on the government aircraft taking him back to the UK from Poland was jammed as the plane flew near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad the delusional Russian president does go into Peter the Great mode Sweden’s brave defenders are ready to meet his aggression head on Their steely resolve and patriotic spirit should serve as an example to us all indolent young Britons hanging their heads in shame The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group The Otis Gibbs YouTube channel has uploaded a new video tour of the site of METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton fatal 1986 bus accident near Ljungby Cliff and his bandmates were in Sweden at the time as part of the European leg of their "Damage Cliff was asked to join METALLICA in 1982 after the band saw him perform with his group at the time The bassist was not willing to move to Los Angeles so they decided to move to the San Francisco area so that he would join Burton played on METALLICA's first three studio albums — "Kill 'Em All" "Ride The Lightning" and "Master Of Puppets" — and co-wrote classic songs like "Ride The Lightning" Burton's initial replacement in the group was Jason Newsted Robert Trujillo joined in 2003 and remains in the band to this day 2018 was proclaimed "Cliff Burton Day" by Alameda County supervisors The late METALLICA bassist would have turned 56 years old on that date had he lived Cliff's huge talent and achievements were chronicled in book form with the 2009 global publication of "To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton" written by U.K.-based author Joel McIver and published by Jawbone Press The foreword was provided by METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett A museum honoring Cliff's legacy opened in May 2022 in the Ljungby municipality along with interviews and photos from the first photographer at the crash site Lennart Wennberg of the Swedish newspaper Expressen There is also a film of recollections from first responders at the crash scene as well as a stage that recreates METALLICA's last performance with Burton in Stockholm with copies of the bass and drum kit he and drummer Lars Ulrich used plus a poster with Burton's last autograph Ulrich spoke to Seattle's KISW 99.9 radio station about Burton's tragic loss when METALLICA's tour bus skidded on ice while the group was on tour in Scandinavia and Cliff was thrown out the window and crushed Lars said: "We were so shocked and stunned that we didn't know what hit us kids in their early 20s who get ambushed with that type of thing We weren't mature enough or seasoned in life enough to know how to deal with this other than just to sort of almost hide behind the alcohol and compartmentalized it So the next few months were very difficult but we just put the blinders on and started auditioning bass players And we knew in our hearts that Cliff would be the first one to kick us in the ass and tell us to keep going And so there was no moping; we just kept going the best we knew how to." METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was asked in an interview with TeamRock what he thinks Burton might have thought about the drastic changes in its look and sound that METALLICA made through the 1990s and early 2000s with albums like "Load" I certainly would have thought there would have been some resistance I think the 'Black Album' was a great album and I appreciate the fact that we did have the balls to do that… I would certainly think that the 'Load' and 'Reload' [era] I would have had an ally that was very against it all — the reinvention or the U2 version of METALLICA." Asked if Hetfield was personally comfortable with the more "alternative" image and music METALLICA made on those albums great songs on there but my opinion is that all of the imagery and stuff like that was not necessary And the amount of songs that were written was… it diluted the potency of the poison of METALLICA And I think Cliff would have agreed with that." The Circle K petrol station chain has opened 20 new charging points for heavy-duty electric trucks in Sweden These are spread over five locations along strategically important traffic routes in the country Together with 14 charging points already opened earlier this year in the port of Gothenburg Circle K now has 34 charging points for electric trucks at nine locations the company plans to expand the electric truck charging network to 90 charging points “It is with great pride that I can say that we are maintaining a fast pace in our expansion even though the number of electric trucks is still quite small today The reason for this is that we want to be ahead of the curve and thus create the conditions for the transport industry to dare to switch to electric drive,” says Lennart Olsson responsible for electric truck charging at Circle K In addition to the 360 kW chargers mentioned above Circle K also plans to install two megawatt chargers and provide hydrogen at selected locations as part of a project called E-Charge partly funded by the Swedish government’s innovation agency Vinnova mynewsdesk.com (in Swedish) I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology near the place where the bassist died in 1986 The band were touring across Europe as part of their Damage when the bassist was killed on September 27th Jason Newsted took his place on …And Justice for All although fans felt that the bass was turned down The municipality of Ljungby has announced that the Cliff Burton Museum will open on May 14th It will be located in a building partially funded by its government The museum will be surfeited with memorabilia from the band’s tenure and will also boast interviews and photographs by Lennart Wennberg of the Expressen newspaper the first paper to write about the terrible vehicular accident In 2016, drummer Lars Ulrich recalled There are days when I still think about him but today is a more relevant Cliff Day because of the date.” The percussionist elaborated: “I think that when you’ve been around for 35 years like we have and you actually sit down and go through everything and plant flags on the calendar Ulrich formed Metallica in the early 1980s with guitarists Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield Metallica has held two other bass players in their ranks View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cliff Burton Museum (@cliffburtonmuseum) 1 #40 overall by North Bay Battalion in the CHL Import Draft Did you find any incorrect or incomplete information? Please, let us know Luleå wins their second title in Sweden, 29 years after the first one. Read more» The Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins will face off in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 14 and 16, 2025, as part of the NHL Global Series. These games at the renovated Avicii Arena mark the 47th and 48th NHL contests held in ... Read more» The 25-year-old forward has agreed to terms with IF Troja-Ljungby and will take on his second season in Sweden Allan McShane has been playing in Switzerland for a bit over a season and will now try his luck in Sweden again He is already familiar with the HockeyAllsvenskan as he used to play for Tingsryds AIF in the 2021-22 season McShane recorded ten goals and 22 assists in 45 regular-season games for EHC Winterthur this season. He also appeared in three playoff games for HC Davos The late NHL draft pick took major strides in his development across the top two leagues in Sweden Filip Eriksson had been out injured for most of his draft season; a battle along the boards in his second SHL game concluded with a broken scaphoid bone He returned to be part of the Le Mat Trophy-winning Växjö Lakers team at the end of the season Eriksson was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in Round 6 of the 2023 NHL Draft At that time there was next to nothing known about the player who had stayed an extra year with his home team Troja-Ljungby instead of moving over to Växjö at an earlier stage that year in Troja-Ljungby was a season for the ages and more scouts really should have seen the potential Speaking to a few people in Sweden’s vast hockey community a few things stood out: Växjö had tried to recruit Eriksson for a few years they signed him to a contract when he got injured even if he hadn’t played many minutes on the SHL team and both assistant GM Patrik Hall and coach Jörgen Jönsson couldn’t stop talking about Eriksson’s qualities as a player The question was if this was a a team building up a player or if it was something that the scouting community as a whole had missed This season started out quite well for Eriksson his underlying numbers were still on an expected level or even better in regard to his draft position since he outproduced other forwards from the same draft in the SHL Unger-Sörum and Fisker-Mølgaard all got time on the power play Another thing his peers received was the chance to play in the World Juniors (or WJC Division IA in Mølgaard’s case) while Eriksson got to play in the SHL instead I can’t really see an offensive role for Eriksson in Sweden’s silver medal-winning team He wouldn’t have gotten a role where he could have succeeded but rather he would have become a role player and therefore his time in the SHL was probably more important for his development The return of injured players to the Växjö lineup and an early exit in the Champions Hockey League to Genève-Servette meant that ice time was limited in the SHL for the Canadiens prospect As hinted before the season by coach Jönsson to Eyes On The Prize Växjö started to look at an opportunity for Eriksson to go on loan to a team in a lower league where he could play all situations The team that could offer the best solution was the Nybro Vikings Most important was the ‘Hockey Professor’ Tommy Samuelsson at the helm Few coaches in Sweden have the same pedigree as Samuelsson even if he coaches a smaller team at this time Nybro could also offer all the opportunities that Erkisson needed in his development: ice time and a top-six spot that a higher-placed team could not have offered Eriksson grabbed the opportunity with both hands He scored against teams at the top of the table Nybro benefited from Samuelsson’s coaching and Eriksson’s production and got into the playoff proper via a ‘play-in’ series against Almtuna facing the top seed in the quarter-final meant an early exit for Eriksson even if he played well and produced against Brynäs as well his time in Sweden’s second division was a success not only point-wise but again with regard to the underlying numbers holding his own against players more highly regarded and on better teams Keeping up the pace in regard to points per 60 minutes played with first-rounder Otto Stenberg is impressive Stenberg’s team had an easier opponent but still managed an upset in the quarter-finals won the league by 17 points and earned the promotion to the SHL Eriksson definitely faced a better opponent In a surprising exit for a red-hot Rögle in the SHL semifinals Eriksson was one of the best players for Växjö His two goals and overall strong play in the third and fourth games in the series stood out and gives an insight of his development this year Once you have scored your first goal, it is easy to score your second.#Habs Filip Eriksson ties the game with his second goal of the night, with four min to go #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/m7kjlOC2q7 scout and TV expert points out Eriksson’s hockey sense be it at five-on-five or on the power play His sees situations and openings before they happen actively searching for areas that are open ahead of the puck being delivered there giving himself a free move into the dangerous area before the pass comes in crisp passes into high-danger areas and onto the blade of his teammates Nybro used him on the half-wall as a power-play hub with his passes serving as the base Växjö used him more in the central spot in their 1-3-1 setup shifting him form the centre position down to the crease at times The move gave him the chance to use his quick release and strong shot to finish off plays but also his hockey IQ to go east-west and screen the goalie While it didn’t pay off to the degree that Växjö wanted because it’s another strength Eriksson has It is quick and comes with uncanny precision but he has a wicked slapshot that can be released when the opportunity arises His physical game is a point of weakness mostly due to his age at this time He needs time to build up his body even if his balance is better than average for his age in both leagues he played in This also results in a discrepancy in his play with and without the puck It seems that he isn’t as comfortable cutting inside with the puck as he is without it but doesn’t really exploit defenceman who are too passive or too aggressive with a quick cut across the circles This could be something that he will incorporate more as he gets stronger and more comfortable against seasoned professionals especially when he played with Nybro in HockeyAllsvenskan Even if it looked like he was cheating a bit at times his coach said that was with his good grace and a tactic they wanted to use at those times Eriksson took the defensive responsibility to shut down passing lanes and went hard into blocking shots often getting there on time thanks to his good reads The question is how it stands up in the SHL over a full season next year but both Eriksson coach Jönsson see him as a centre but it was his his spring semester that brought out his offence and playmaking ability Looking at the data collected by NLIceData it is clear that Eriksson was too good for HockeyAllsvenskan the NHL points equivalency (NHLe) correlates with data from both the SHL and HockeyAllsvenskan The difference will be the confidence he brings into the season next year and the bigger role he will be given in Växjö It is evident that he has the trust of coach Jönsson even if he didn’t make it into the NHL long-term Both Jönsson and Eriksson base their game on smarts and being cool under pressure to deliver when the game is on the line it is a team that will still strive for a deep run in the playoffs I expect Eriksson to be used on the second power-play unit and get third-line minutes though I could see him end up on a second line if the pieces fall exactly right He builds his game on being smart and that can get you far but he will need to produce to stay high up in Växjö’s lineup I think it will be a year too early for him to really produce in the SHL which had been set aside as emergency shelter for refugees The school building in Kånna, south of Ljungby, was totally destroyed by the blaze. The disused building was to house refugees, according to newspaper Smålandsposten with beds and mattresses put in place for up to 80 people at the request of the Swedish Migration Agency Ljungby municipality had earlier in the week held a briefing on its decision to use the building as an emergency refugee shelter Emergency services received the alarm at 01.30 am The police suspect that the fire was started deliberately We have headlined the fire as aggravated arson," said police investigator Anna-Lena Ringbacka to news agency TT which has been cordoned-off while an investigation is carried out.     plus weekly summary on Fridays at 4.30pm on P2 (P6 89.6FM in Stockholm) Kontakta gärna Sveriges Radios forum för teknisk support där vi besvarar dina frågor vardagar kl Police and the prosecutor say it was a ten-year-old boy who killed the four-year-old who was found dead in the woods in Ljungby in the south of Sweden this past October police said the ten-year-old admitted to strangling the four-year-old boy with a jump rope. "I think the case has been solved as I see it," said the chief prosecutor Yvonne Rudinsson Police say he was questioned several times and finally yesterday told them what happened that night on 16 October The prosecutor and police would not reveal the motive or give details around the fight that led to the boy's death The Social Services in Ljungby will now take over the case and provide treatment and care to the boy and his family Police launched a preliminary murder investigation in October but little information was released until today There have only been five cases of children murdering other children in Sweden since 1990 After almost 3,000 reported cases of food poisoning and three deaths at an elderly care home in Ljungby wholesale company Martin & Servera has recalled its frozen raspberries as a precautionary measure The source of food poisoning outbreak is thought to be a raspberry dessert The food poisoning hit the southern town of just over 15,000 Martin & Servera's head of information says there is still no evidence linking the frozen raspberries to the outbreak in Ljungby None of the company's other customers have reported instances of food poisoning The second analysis of a package of raspberries conducted by the Swedish National Food Agency imported raspberries did infect around 70 people reports Swedish Radio P4 Kronoberg and news agency TT After the outbreak of food poisoning cases in the southern town of Ljungby two packages of the raspberries thought to have caused the outbreak were sent to the National Food Agency for analysis The first package showed no signs of the virus but the second package now shows that the raspberries did “With this analysis we can be sure that it was the raspberries that caused the outbreak of food poisoning at the municipality’s elderly home,” says Food Agency Inspector The municipal elderly home has now adjusted its routines so that all frozen berries will be cooked before being used “It was the right decision to sharpen the routines I admit we should have done it from the start but we don’t think the National Food Agency’s recommendations have been quite clear,” Head of Information at Ljungby Municipality tells P4 Kronoberg There are still cases of food poisoning at the elderly home at Ljunby Municipality