Long queues form on Ölandsbron during Midsummer

Midsummer traffic featured long queues on Ölandsbron and several serious accidents, according to Trafikverket.

On Sunday, June 21, mile-long queues formed on Ölandsbron. Traffic stood nearly still since lunchtime and the queues built up during the afternoon.

Denny Josefsson, spokesperson at Trafikverket, said the bridge is a known spot for queues during summer. He described the situation as tricky since the morning.

Two fatal accidents occurred during the weekend. The first took place on Midsummer Eve on national road 40 outside Borås and the second shortly after three o’clock on Midsummer Night outside Länna in Stockholm.

Trafikverket assesses that traffic otherwise flowed well in the rest of the country.

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People celebrating Midsummer around a maypole with traffic jams on a highway in sunny southern Sweden.
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Weather forecasts promise warmth in the south while the transport authority warns of traffic jams during the Midsummer weekend.

Several people have died in traffic accidents during the Midsummer weekend in Sweden.

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Two men in their twenties from Luleå died when a passenger car left Road 720 near Mörtträsk in Kalix municipality on Sunday afternoon.

Thousands are expected to travel to Uppsala for Walpurgis Night celebrations, prompting extra guards at the central station to prevent track trespassing. Uppsala Central had the most incidents in Sweden last year with 46 cases and 136 delay hours. Fine weather and distribution of 100,000 water bottles are also planned.

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Police detained around 60 people, mostly youths, during a large drunken gathering on the A6 area in Jönköping on Easter Eve evening. Several assaults and drug offences were reported, and a camper burned in the midst of a crowd of 6,000–7,000. Operations leader Andreas Fyhr described high alcohol levels and much disorder.

SMHI has issued a yellow warning for heavy thunder across Örebro County on Midsummer Day. The morning offers sun while the afternoon risks rain and thunder.

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