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Stockholm cop run down by car thief

A car thief ran into three police cars in central Stockholm late Thursday, injuring one officer stuck between two vehicles during the get-away.

Published: 4 January 2013 07:16 CET
Stockholm cop run down by car thief

A police patrol spotted a stolen car at Fridhemsplan in Stockholm around 10pm.

Despite calling for reinforcements, the driver of the car managed to get away but only after running into three police cars.

“It was chaotic and pretty crazy,” one local resident told the Expressen newspaper about the chase.

“It didn’t seem like the police had full control of the situation.”

During the failed attempt to block the vehicle, one officer was injured.

“One police officer was jammed between two cars,” Stockholm police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

Despite the commotion, police officers managed to extricate the joyriding passenger from the stolen car.

The driver, however, managed to flee but the car was later found abandoned.

The police have opened an inquiry into attempted murder. None of the officers involved in the chase were seriously injured.

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Stockholm’s Bromma Airport’s future in doubt after it loses 90 percent of air traffic

The future of Stockholm's second airport, Bromma, is in doubt after regional airline BRA struck a deal with SAS that will move nearly all flights to Arlanda Airport.

Published: 17 September 2024 13:13 CEST
Stockholm's Bromma Airport's future in doubt after it loses 90 percent of air traffic

As of January 1st, BRA will operate flights on behalf of SAS with Stockholm’s principal airport Arlanda as a hub, the two airlines announced in separate press releases.

As a result, around 90 percent of air traffic will disappear from Bromma airport, according to the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

“I don’t think the airport will survive without us,” Per G Braathen, president of the BRA airline, told a press conference.

“We have been present at Bromma for 25 years and it is not profitable to run this airport. We need to concentrate on Arlanda,” he added.

The deal with SAS extends for over seven years and is worth around six billion kronor (530 million euros), BRA said in a statement.

The airline added that its fleet would be expanded and “more pilots and cabin crew will be recruited”, while ground services and administrative functions would be reduced.

The integration of BRA’s fleet with SAS will enhance Swedish infrastructure but is also “positioning Arlanda as a stronger central hub for domestic and international travel”, SAS CEO Anko van der Werff said in a statement.

Jonas Abrahamsson, CEO of Swedavia which operates Sweden’s airports, said that Tuesday’s announcement meant that domestic flights would now be concentrated on Arlanda.

“Bromma in principle will be without scheduled services,” Abrahamsson said in a statement.

He added that while many travellers liked Bromma, “a consolidation of air traffic to Arlanda is a natural development”.

Bromma Airport will lose its biggest air traffic operator from the turn of the year. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

The city of Stockholm wants to close Bromma airport as soon as possible to make way for housing and infrastructure, but Swedavia has a contract to operate the airport until 2038.

Daniella Waldfogel, CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the announcement and said it meant that the closure of Bromma should be “moved forward”.

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