Söderhamn

Söderhamn municipality placed a teenage boy with a foster family in spring 2024 where the man was a long-term Hells Angels member with 14 million kronor in debt, despite the municipality's own routines requiring background checks.

NBV (Nykterhetsrörelsens Bildningsverksamhet) is launching a concept called Vägvalet in Söderhamn. The initiative provides a safe environment and role models for people in exclusion and with addiction problems to support them in starting a personal life change.

A volunteer carpenter in Söderhamn is renovating the long-neglected Oscarsborg viewing tower, with plans to rent it out for conferences once an emergency ladder is installed. The tower, built in 1895, has fallen into disrepair in recent years.

A villa in Söderhamn burned down after a fire broke out early Saturday morning, with police investigating public endangerment through negligence.