The five-star jumping competition started on Thursday 2016 at the Falsterbo Horse Show in Sweden with two international classes was won by Switzerland’s Paul Estermann riding the 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding Lord Pepsi (Lord Pezi X Santander H) producing the fastest time out of the 28 pairs Estermann started his weekend in Sweden pretty well finishing in 2nd place at his first class earlier in the morning riding Bareina (Valentino Ddh X Clinton) Second place in the Vellinge Kommun Prize was for the Irish rider Darragh Kenny who also placed 4th in his first class riding Zahra II For the bigger class Kenny rode the 9-year-old Holsteiner gelding Catuso (Canto X Corrado I) and finished in a time of 64.15 seconds Third place went to Holland’s Jonny Pals aboard the 10-year-old Holsteiner stallion Fernando (For Pleasure X Corrado I) in 64.38 seconds and Germany’s Holger Wulschner finished in 4th place riding BSC Skipper in 64.64 second Fifth place was for Wout-Jan Van Der Schans from the Netherlands riding Capetown and finishing in 64.73 seconds Friday’s highlight at Falsterbo is the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup that will take place at 2:30pm local time See full results here Swiss rider Paul Estermann and Lord Pepsi (Lord Pezi x Santander H) won the 'Vellinge Kommun Prize' in Falsterbo Thursday The class was a 1,50 class against the clock that also counted as a qualifier for the Grand Prix on Sunday It was 57 riders in the class and 28 of them went clear Ireland's Darragh Kenny and Catuso (Canto x Corrado I) finished second with Dutch rider Johnny Pals and Fernando (For Pleasure x Corrado I )in third followed by Germany's Holger Wulschner with BSC Skipper (Stoltzenberg x Lord Liberty)and Netherland's Wout-Jan van der Schans and Capetown (Oklund x Carlino) Text and picture © World of Showjumping / Jenny Abrahamsson © 2025 World of Showjumping - All rights reserved Powered by Artionet - Generated with IceCube2.Net Substantial financial investments are needed to create sustainable cities How can cities fund these needed investments This fact sheet explores different financial instruments available for investing in sustainable cities in a Swedish context Photo: Buzilkin / Pixabay Substantial financial investments are needed to create sustainable cities. Preliminary estimates suggest the total funding needed to reach climate neutrality in nine selected Swedish cities is at least 19 271 SEK per capita per year until 2030 Expanding these findings to the whole of Sweden would amount to 200 billion SEK per year The fact sheet also provides examples and insights from the nine cities in focus The Viable Cities’ Finance project assesses what climate neutrality means for nine cities in Sweden how much achieving this goal would cost and how it can be funded It focuses on nine Swedish cities: Gothenburg These cities were selected for the project as they have issued a green bond a labelled bond where the proceeds are designated for green investments and the research project partly focuses on the role of external financing in achieving Agenda 2030 these municipalities make up 17% of the total Swedish population Get the latest updates and invitations to your inbox with SEI’s global newsletter Municipalities in southern Sweden are seeking protection from environmental changes through government support then Skanör-Falsterbo might drown when climate changes force the sea level to rise Both Vellinge as well as other coastal municipalities in southern Sweden want the state to establish a level for how much the sea will be allowed to rise Vellinge municipality is looking for new laws to protect not only nature but also buildings and houses from environmental changes There are 20 000 people living on the spit of Falsterbo The ratable value of these people’s homes amounts to 65 billion SEK ($9.9 billion) Most of it gets under the water when the sea levels rise “But we will have to protect our inhabitants and their homes with all means,” says Hans Folkesson People on the Falsterbo spit have fought floodings in all times tough storms and lots of rain can make the nearby sea rise the sea levels rose to 1.40 meters (4.5 feet),” says Folkesson “And during the 19th century it rose two meters (6.5 feet) during a hurricane.” When changes in the climate puts pressure on the normal water-level then the Falsterbo spit must be ready for a three meter (9.8 feet) rise Continues Folkesson: “We want to use soft and natural protections such as earth-style ramparts and to fill the beaches with more sand That works great in Holland but the county administrative board doesn’t think it would work in Skåne It would have been easier for us to get permission to build new houses if we hade a concrete wall against the water.” The question has caught attention again as the municipality plans to build 450 new homes out on the spit but the county administrative board has put a stop on the next phase saying: “There’s risk that these houses are are unsuitable because of the risk of flooding The municipality has to show a technically and financially sound solution for a long-term protection of Falsterbo.” Folkesson believes that’s just what they’ve been doing and adds: “If the county administrative board doesn’t believe we can protect these new homes they must also not believe that we can protect those that are already here And if they (the country administrative board) and thus also the state feel that people in Skanör-Falsterbo ought to leave their homes FAIRPORT, N.Y. – Electronics distributor Saelig Co. Inc. in Fairport, N.Y. is offering the SQG-series of passive high-frequency hands-free oscilloscope probes from Sensepeek AB in Vellinge for AC and DC GHz test and measurement applications When used with Sensepeek baseplates or handheld this series enables engineers to perform measurements at frequencies as high as 6 GHz without the need to solder connections to the test printed circuit board The SQG-series has low probe-tip capacitance, which minimizes loading and signal distortion for sensitive circuits which offer a flat frequency response over a wide frequency range make measuring high-rate data signals economical and precise The series is available as AC or DC-coupled probes The six members of the Sensepeek SQC 10:1 passive probe series are: 1.5 GHz: SQG15-AC / SQG15-DC - 1.5 GHz; 3 GHz: SQG30-AC / SQG30-DC; 6 GHz: SQG60-AC / SQG60-DC The SQG-series is suitable for use with any 50 ohm input measurement instrument The SQG-series includes exchangeable fine-pitch spring-tipped test and measurement needles ensuring reliable contact with small or delicate components a dual needle ground with a 2.3-millimeter tip pitch for PCB-mounted RF connectors and a solid single ground with a 6.5-millimeter tip pitch for when ground points are far away For more information contact Saelig online at www.saelig.com, or Sensepeek AB at https://sensepeek.com a day of clear skies and light winds on Sweden’s far southwestern Falsterbonäset peninsula Rescue services scrambled to help motorists trapped on local roads after unusual winds offshore sent sea water surging toward the villages of Skanör One isolated cottage was partially submerged. and while the villagers could breathe a sigh of relief officials in the municipal offices the in nearby town of Vellinge were realizing that a bullet had just been dodged. “If there had been a strong onshore wind that day it could have been a catastrophe,” said Carina Wutzler The pressing question for lawmakers in such areas across Europe and beyond is what should be saved and how and at what cost to public budgets and the natural environment from catastrophic events that are due to become more frequent as the global climate heats up “I still get people saying that flooding is not going to happen and I say to them it is already happening,” Wutzler said this is not something for 50 years’ time.” which is covered by the Vellinge administration is an affluent mix of high-end summer homes and commuter belt luxury living It is one of 18 coastal spots on a Swedish government list of areas at risk of flooding as the climate warms sea levels rise and storms intensify. Arguably the most vulnerable place on that list the peninsula is a prime example of the type of low-lying European coastline which now suddenly faces an uncertain future Climatologists and oceanographers are warning local lawmakers in exposed villages from Fairbourne in Wales to Germany's Halligen islands that new and potentially expensive challenges lie ahead as coastal flooding becomes more common and more damaging Around half of the peninsula’s 8,800 homes stand on land less than 3 meters above sea level. European lawmakers aiming to hold back the sea generally look to the Netherlands long the Continent’s gold standard in flood management a wider range of European leaders must now address similar challenges there's a more fundamental question: Should anything be done at all environmentalists had long pushed for little or no response to the rising flood threat arguing that the area’s coastal meadows and beaches depended on their interaction with the sea for their existence. which includes Vellinge municipality, was also among those pushing back against building barriers through sensitive coastal ecosystems. “One of the big challenges, as the county council sees it, is finding space [for the barrier] without unacceptable intrusions into protected areas,” Maria Nitare, a water management official with the county council, said during a visit to Falsterbonäset. Vellinge municipality decided to take a stand and began consultations for a plan to build a 20km long barrier of embankments walls and dunes round the built-up parts of Falsterbonäset. The planned barrier was to be 3 meters high The application was submitted in 2018 after discussions with a wide range of interested parties from local residents and business owners to oceanographers and climatologists The proposal was initially approved by planning authorities, but then in a sign of what could be waiting for other Swedish municipalities facing the threat of flooding There were objections from some that the barriers went too far and from others that they didn’t go far enough One particularly vocal group were local golf course owners who have found to their consternation that they won’t be protected by the municipality's barriers. Falsterbonäset is home to several golf courses and is something of a national center for the sport the course in Ljunghusen was hosting a tournament for pairs of brothers to play against each other. Club manager Magnus Jivén described how in 2017 he watched in dismay as the sea crept closer to the front door of the clubhouse but here the golf courses and the beaches aren’t being protected,” he said “These places are some of the main reasons why people live here, so why not protect them as well as the houses.” Other objections have come from local residents who say the proposed embankments and walls will block their view of the sea as well as impinging on their privacy as people walking on the new embankments will be able to see into nearby gardens and houses. “The barrier is going to be right outside my fence,” Yvonne Lendrup, a Ljunghusen resident who has objected to the municipality plan, told national broadcaster SVT recently “We’d really like to avoid this happening.” Ljunghusen is seen as one of the most desirable places to live in Sweden One house there recently sold for more than €5 million and on a recent weekday two red Ferrari sports cars navigated the area’s narrow roads in quick succession. In the early days of its flood barrier project in 2015 Vellinge Municipality estimated combined property values in Falsterbonästet at more than €5 billion and officials said prices have risen sharply since then The municipal council judged that if it did not provide a credible plan to protect the area over the coming decades then residents and businesses could be expected to pull out as insurance premiums rocket and the risk of inundation intesifies The cost of the new flood defenses is expected to be around €19 million. Vellinge has applied to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency for funding as well as to the EU via its Life program but has said it will cover any shortfall through its own budget For the other 17 Swedish sites judged by the government as at risk of flooding — including parts of the capital Stockholm and second city Gothenburg, as well as smaller towns like Kristianstad — Vellinge is proving an interesting test case serving to highlight gaps in the national response to the threat of climate change. As Vellinge worked to develop its plans for flood barriers mayor Wutzler said she had seen “surprisingly little interest” from ministers and other parliamentarians in the capital Stockholm and called on them to engage more closely with coastal communities facing existential threats from higher seas. A first report from a government-appointed expert group said Sweden’s response to climate change must be integrated more closely with other elements of the nation’s civil defense. “We must shift the focus from problems to solutions and from planning to implementation,” the report published in February said “The efforts that have been made so far have not been able to create the necessary changes in society.” the Swedish court of appeal responsible for environmental and land management ruled that construction of the barriers around Falsterbonäset could begin. Wutzler said it was a relief and that construction of the first section of the barriers north of Skanör would begin within a year. “We are developing a solution so that we have an answer when we look ahead we see that the threat from flooding is only going to get worse,” she said. This article is part of the Climate, Changed series. The one-stop-shop solution for policy professionals fusing the depth of POLITICO journalism with the power of technology Sweden’s center left has lost ground to the far right It’s feared Russia could use the church as cover for future intelligence or sabotage operations Shootings by Swedish gang members in other countries ups pressure on government in Stockholm A surge in gang violence during a brutal summer spells trouble for the ruling parties Medievalists.net Sweden: Evidence of Elite Interaction Between Viking Age Scandinavians and Western Slavs Fornvännen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research Abstract: The present paper focuses on a small metal artefact discovered in 2008 during archaeological excavations that preceded the construction of the E6 road leading from Trelleborg to Vellinge in Scania The object under consideration is a copper-alloy goad which originally formed part of a very particular type of Viking Age spurs known from the West Slavic area Spurs of this kind are lavishly decorated with animal motifs probably referring to pre-Christian Slavic mythology and it is argued that they were emblematic objects used by West Slavic militarized elites which emerged in the turbulent time of state formation in the late tenth and eleventh centuries AD probably manifesting distinct group identity of their owners it is highly unlikely that the zoomorphic spurs would have served as objects of trade and exchange the goad discussed in this paper is seen not as a foreign “import” but as important evidence of cultural interaction between the representatives of the highest echelons of Scandinavian and West Slavic societies Click here to read this article from Academia.edu Click here to read this article from the DiVA Portal We've created a Patreon for Medievalists.net as we want to transition to a more community-funded model We aim to be the leading content provider about all things medieval podcast and Youtube page offers news and resources about the Middle Ages We hope that are our audience wants to support us so that we can further develop our podcast and remove the advertising on our platforms This will also allow our fans to get more involved in what content we do produce The restaurant and food truck company Fisky Business is opening a new unit in Dockporten 1 overlooking the marina in Dockan The establishment is in partnership with the Skåne-based brewery Perfectly Squared Brewing which will open a taproom on the floor above the restaurant The restauranteurs behind the project refer to it as a “Living room in Dockan.” Fisky Business began as a pop-up kitchen at Malmöfestivalen in 2014 and has since developed into an MSC-certified food truck The founders Hannes Kindeberg and Sofia Lindmark now run the food truck business as well as Hanö hamnkrog and Vandrarhemmet Hanö in the Blekinge archipelago will have approximately 170 covers and an outdoor terrace The restaurant on the ground floor will serve a variety of fish dishes and beer from Perfectly Squared Brewing A taproom will be located on the floor above and food can be ordered from the restaurant Perfectly Squared Brewing was founded in 2019 and is run by Loa Ahlqvist and Glenn Pålsson it opened a taproom in Vellinge where the company also runs Vellinge Bryggeri. The global sports and outdoor company Thule Group will move into the property during the summer. “We want Fisky Business Dockan to become a living room in Dockan that can be used for many different purposes casual environment focusing on classic fish dishes such as fish and chips herring and whole fried plaice,” says Hannes Kindeberg at Fisky Business “We love craft beer and the collaboration with Perfectly Squared Brewing is a perfect match the upper floor can be used for private bookings and in the evenings we become a taproom,” says Sofia Lindmark at Fisky Business “We now have a large space in the best location in Dockan with the right conditions for food and drink experiences creativity and socialising in a warm and relaxed atmosphere get direct feedback and build relationships Fisky Business is the perfect partner for us and a slightly different combination in terms of menu than what is otherwise customary when it comes to beer,” says Glenn Pålsson at Perfectly Squared Brewing “The Fisky Business concept brings a fresh feature to Dockan and nicely complements the restaurants that are currently in the area The combination of food and beer is something that many people want and will contribute to the sea and urban atmosphere of Dockan,” says Ulrika Hallengren Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB (publ) is a property company that focuses on commercial properties in the Öresund region Its property portfolio is located in Malmö The book value of the company’s properties totals SEK 58 billion representing an annual property rental value of SEK 4.6 billion Wihlborgs’ shares are listed on the Large Cap List of Nasdaq Stockholm the free smartphone app featuring a golf community has unearthed who it believes to be the most active golfer in the world The 56-year-old from Malmö, registered with Golf GameBook in May 2011 and last month played his 1,000th round of golf recording every one of his 74,098 shots – including five eagles still manages to hold down his full-time production technician job slotting in rounds of golf as a member of his local courses Vellinge Golf Club and Rönnebäck Golf Club “Most of my rounds are after work,” he says I take the morning off and play in a weekly competition at Vellinge Golf Club I suppose I could have been promoted a little higher in the company but this is the way I like it!,” quipped Robert All the time spent on the golf course has also been good for Robert’s game He has posted a gross 70 as his best round so far this season and is on target to beat his record for the number of rounds played in a calendar year – his record is 318 but he has already played over 240 in 2014 “If the weather stays good in Sweden I will certainly set a new record this year,” says Robert Robert’s tally of rounds recorded in Golf GameBook stands at 1,033) Marketing and Communications Manager at Golf GameBook looking at Robert’s stats on Golf GameBook I thought it was someone just trialling the app with false data or one of our technical team using an alias to test the software I quickly realised I’d met a true golf fanatic “Robert should be an inspiration to us all His love of the game is quite incredible and because he is using the Golf GameBook app to live-score all his rounds he has an encyclopaedic record of how he is performing You could say he is our perfect customer.” “I think it’s mostly because you are always playing against yourself you are still playing against your own records I have made so many friends at the golf club that I can always find someone to play with,” he says Golf GameBook is currently running a ‘Beat Robban’ competition in Sweden which offers golfers two potential prize routes going head-to-head against him over a 10-round average or beating ‘Robban’ on the volume of golf played over a two-week period Golf GameBook was founded by PGA professionals with the goal of making golf more relevant and is probably the fastest-growing golf community in the world with more than 700,000 app downloads golf 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The house is situated in the heart of Ljungskogen forest, covering larger portions of the Ljunghusen residential area in Vellinge, south of Malmö. The earth is sandy and the flat ground is covered by a young pine forest. The site has therefore no views into the landscape. The design is based on the Danish atrium house typology from the 60s and 70s and has an outer brick wall and an inner façade which is mostly glazed. The northern wing contains sleeping quarters and bathrooms; the eastern wing is the living area. The house is penetrated by several lightwells, and lines-of-sight play with the eye as you move through the rooms. © Henrik MagnussonThe inner and outer walls of the building are folded and doors and windows move in and out of alignment along the outer walls. This helps define spaces and views, frames the nature outside and creates an inner life. © Henrik MagnussonIn the inner courtyard, the same variations in the façade help create a relationship between the different wings of the house, and lines-of-sight that act as “internal” vistas. In this way, the inner spaces of the house are extended into the courtyard. © Henrik MagnussonAn important goal has been to invite nature into the house and to dissolve the climate barrier. There is a winter garden which can be completely opened on two sides, several sliding glass doors and the floors on the inside and outside have the same level. © Henrik MagnussonThe structure is based on a timber frame with steel reinforcements The roof is made with a system of laminated veneer lumber which has been tapered towards the courtyard The plastered walls are made of gas concrete and are painted black The timbered walls are clad with planed Siberian larch You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email A municipality in southern Sweden has voted to impose a “duty to integrate” on immigrants but the move faces opposition from those who teach newcomers to Sweden hopes that the threat of being stripped of benefits will create an additional incentive for immigrants to complete their Swedish studies and attend a course orienting them to life in Sweden But Lina Bårdskär Barba, who teaches Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) at Sundsgymnasiet in the municipality predicts that the measure will make it harder for her most disadvantaged students to integrate "It will just make it worse for those who are not doing well in the first place," she says Radio Swedenenglish@sverigesradio.se 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 The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in to leave a comment The Supreme Court has upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that twin brothers who Vellinge Municipality had wrongly placed in a special needs school can be paid compensation "This feels great and it's a great relief and a reward for all the hard work we've put in," said Christina Sjöholm Vellinge's local council was ordered by a court in Malmö to pay compensation to the brothers who were wrongly placed in a special needs school for five years from the age of 12 acted wrongly and there had been no evidence to place the boys in a Särskolan which is a type of school for children with development problems or a disability on the grounds of a brain injury The court said that the decision to send the boys to the school had not even been discussed with the parents The brothers were in class five when they were sent to the special needs school Vellinge Municipality appealed both the District Court and Court of Appeals' decisions They argued the twins did not have the right to get compensation It is not yet known how much compensation will have to be paid Vellinge council will also have to pay the brothers court costs Stockholm's city council, run by the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Greens, will raise taxes by 24 öre per hundred krona of income from next year increasingly the monthly tax for a family with an income of 600,000 kronor a year by 74 kronor But Stockholm's municipal tax rate is currently the sixth lowest in Sweden considerably below the national average of 20.7 percent than Stockholm's neighbouring municipalities Solna (17.37 percent) Täby (17.55 percent) Lidingö (17.84 percent) and Nacka (17.88 percent) taking the first five places in the list of low tax municipalities You have to get to ninth place before you find a low tax municipality outside Stockholm: Vellinge a wealthy commuter municipality outside Malmö (18.50 percent) Sweden's most expensive municipality on paper is Gotland where municipal tax is a sky-high 33.6 percent but this reflects the fact that the municipality is the region so residents do not have to pay an additional regional tax The next highest is Dorotea in Västerbotten in the far-north The most expensive municipality looking at regional and municipal tax combined is Degerfors in Värmland The highest tax municipalities are concentrated in the north of the country and the higher cost of delivering services only people paid a relatively high income pay tax to the state the point at which earnings become eligible for state tax Your total local tax rate in Sweden consists of two parts: the tax you pay to the municipality where you live and the amount you pay to your region your municipal taxes go to Malmö City Council and are used to fund for example schools and roads and your regional taxes go to Region Skåne Vellinge's local council was ordered by a court in Malmö today to pay compensation to twin brothers who were wrongly placed in a special needs school for five years which is in Skåne, acted wrongly and there had been no evidence to place Rasmus and Robin Sjöholm in a Särskolan which is a type of school for children with development problems or a disabilty on the grounds of a brain injury The decision opens the door for perhaps hundreds of other children around the country in a similar situation Malmö district court said that "it cannot be ruled out that there is an economic motive behind [Vellinge's] decision." The court said that the decision to send the boys to the school had not even been discussed with the parents The brothers were in class five when they were sent to the special needs school They had dyslexia and needed extra help. and now it is just a question of how much money they receive." It's not the first time that the council has courted controversy the conservative led council was widely condemned for its decision to refuse to accept housing for unaccompanied refugee children A local city council has voted to demand permits for begging in the town centre and this move is being watched by many other politicians in Sweden who want to limit or stop begging Jimmy Jansson from the Social Democrat party is the chair of the Eskilstuna city board He tells Swedish Radio the move is about making sure that people who are begging have to come into contact with the authorities He says this will allow police and social services to see whether the people begging should be offered help Much of the begging in Sweden in recent times is by groups of people from the Roma minority in eastern EU countries like Romania The permit system would mean a beggar would have to get approved each day But although it was voted through by the Social Democrat Center and Moderate Party government of Eskilstuna the permit system will be assessed to see whether it is legal Radio Swedenenglish@sverigesradio.se Sweden's Court of Appeal has ruled that two brothers from Skåne do have the right to receive compensation from their local education authority for being wrongly placed for five years at a special needs school for children with often severe learning disabilities when they are actually dyslexic Vellinge council had appealed against an earlier Malmö court ruling in favour of compensation It still believes it was right at the time to send the twins to the special school and says that guidelines and laws have changed greatly since 2001 should have been taught at a regular school but instead were sent as teenagers to a special school (särskola) in Trelleborg The case shocked the education establishment in Sweden and led to further reports of at least 100 children who may have been wrongly placed in special schools for severe learning difficulties Municipalties and County Councils should properly assess children before placing them at special schools Stockholm dominates the top ten of a survey of Sweden's most expensive street addresses Top prize goes to Klövervägen on the island of Lidingö A detatched house on Klövervägen costs on average 12.8 million SEK Other addresses include the wealthy suburbs of Danderyd and Bromma The survey by estate agent company Fastighetsbyrån collated house prices from January 2010 to the present day all the most exclusive addresses are in the inner city the most expensive addresses are in Gothenburg America's Got Talent season 19 aired a new episode this week on Tuesday The televised talent show continued with another round of auditions and featured several talented individuals from all walks of life a 16-year-old singer and songwriter from Vellinge The AGT contestant is the youngest person to be signed with Universal Music Sweden and plays several instruments including the guitar talking about the presence of hope in a chaotic time America's Got Talent fans took to social media to react to his audition and were amazed by his performance America's Got Talent season 19 fans compared the contestant's looks to multiple celebrities: America's Got Talent fans further praised Oscar Stembridge: The AGT season 19 contestant he is a climate activist and works alongside famed environment activist Greta Thunberg in an interview with The Blade on August 4 His performance was met with cheers and applause by the audience and the judges Heidi Klum told him he seemed "wiser than 16 years old" and Sofia Vergara said that he had so much to offer to the music world She told him to keep doing what he was doing Howie Mandel told America's Got Talent season 19 participant that he was "so glad" he was sitting merely 30 feet from seeing Oscar and his life, changing "forever." Simon Cowell said: fans of the show took to social media to react to the segment and praised Oscar Stembridge's audition Season 19 will return next week with another round of auditions on Tuesday Your perspective matters!Start the conversation