News from Dalarna on March 17

SVT Nyheter Dalarna reported on Tuesday, March 17, about several local events, including a snowmobile accident in Sälenfjällen and a ruling on Cosmic procurement.

SVT Nyheter Dalarna published a summary of the news for March 17. A snowmobile accident took place in Sälenfjällen, prompting a call for an ambulance helicopter. The snowmobile driver was injured, but the road is now open again. Kammarrätten ruled that the procurement of Cosmic violated the law, resulting in multi-million fines for all nine regions. In Sälen, people rode a self-driving bus, with Emmie saying: “A bit scary.” The report demonstrates how the bus copes with pedestrians and other vehicles. The slow flower trend is blooming, and a gardener offers tips on starting with cut flowers.

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Photorealistic image of a snowmobile crash site on a steep snowy slope in Swedish mountains, with emergency responders and police on scene.
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Norwegian man in his 60s dies in snowmobile accident near Sälen's Lindvallen

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A Norwegian man in his 60s died following a snowmobile accident during an organized safari in Sälenfjällen near Lindvallen, Dalarna, on Tuesday. The incident, reported around 10 AM, involved the vehicle veering off in a sharp curve down a steep slope (or possibly into a tree/stream per varying reports), prompting a major emergency response and police investigation.

SVT Nyheter Dalarna recaps the main events from Thursday, March 5, including preparations for the SM snowmobile cross championship and a corruption report from Säter municipality.

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After a few months' delay, tests with self-driving buses in Sälen are underway. These are Sweden's first tests of such vehicles in a mountain environment. Seasonal worker Emmie Eklöf says: “It feels a bit scary.”

A woman in Dalarna died waiting for surgery on an aortic aneurysm after delayed care. Region Dalarna assesses the incident was partly caused by the switch to the Cosmic journal system in October 2025. The region is filing a Lex Maria report.

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Meteorological spring has arrived a week early in large parts of Dalarna after a mild March, following its earlier debut in southern Sweden. Average daily temperatures exceeded zero for seven days straight, though winter lingers in the north and west. Pollen from southern Europe may already affect allergies.

Police in northern Dalarna are increasing snowmobile checks during Easter, but officers in Idre say they should have conducted more this winter. On Wednesday, 20 vehicles were checked in Grövelsjön and Drevdagen with no violations noted. Lena Nilsson, community police officer in Älvdalen, cites staffing shortages as a barrier.

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