Protests over school meals and water leak

Parents in Eskilstuna are collecting names against the school canteen, and a water leak has occurred in central Nyköping. Residents along provincial road 940 want the speed limit lowered, and Nyköping may get 2 new sports halls.

School meals in Eskilstuna spark controversy – petition

A mother in Eskilstuna has started a petition over the school meals. She thinks the children are being served too much vegetarian and unusual food, and her daughter does not eat enough and comes home hungry after the school day. So far she has collected 180 signatures and plans to submit them to officials in the municipality, the local authority responsible for, among other things, schools and school meals.

Complaints about school meals are common, according to the municipality's meals manager Björn Eriksson. "We receive opinions about our food all the time. We respond to them, and then we also almost always invite people to the activity they have opinions about, so they can try the food and see what the environment is like," he says. SVT also asked readers what food they think should be served in schools. SVT Nyheter Sörmland and SVT Nyheter Sörmland

Residents along county road 940 want the speed limit lowered

Twelve serious accidents have occurred on county road 940 over ten years, including two truck accidents in three days. Residents near the road want more warning signs, more speed checks and for Trafikverket, the government agency responsible for roads and railways, to take responsibility for reducing the number of accidents. They believe that high speeds, icy road conditions and motorists using the road as a shortcut between the E20 and road 56 are causes of the accidents.

Thorbjörn Andersson, infrastructure planner at Trafikverket, says that county road 940 is not one of the roads the agency plans to work on from a traffic safety perspective. “We do not start from how many accidents have occurred. We work systematically, and then we calculate where the risk is greatest that the next accident will occur,” he says. Installing traffic cameras is not an alternative either because there is too little traffic on the road. SVT Nyheter Sörmland

Water leak in central Nyköping

A water leak occurred on Thursday at the intersection of Västra Kvarngatan and Trädgårdsgatan in central Nyköping. The municipality is on site and has set up a water tank, and traffic is being diverted in the meantime. The leak is expected to be repaired by Thursday evening. Södermanlands Nyheter

Two new sports halls may be ready by spring

The promise the Moderates made before the election about two new sports halls in Nyköping seems likely to be fulfilled. “Sports halls are one of seven planned areas that are important to the new governing administration,” says Ahmad Eid (M), the municipal executive board’s new chairperson.

He says work has begun at two different locations and has made good progress, but cannot provide information about where the sites are located because detailed plans and what is permitted there are still being examined. They involve two full-size sports halls suitable for many different sports. Södermanlands Nyheter

New companies in Trosa and Eskilstuna

Ts Bygg & Inredning i Vagnhärad AB was registered with Bolagsverket, the agency where companies are registered, on 4 November and is based in Vagnhärad in Trosa municipality. The business is described as “construction and carpentry, renovation and reconstruction”.

Nyzell Handel AB was registered with Bolagsverket on the same day and is based in Eskilstuna municipality. The business is “daily goods retail” and the company has share capital of 300 000 kronor. Södermanlands Nyheter and Eskilstuna-Kuriren

Ronaldo retires from international football

After 23 years, 146 goals and one European Championship gold medal, Cristiano Ronaldo says goodbye. In a video on Instagram, the 41-year-old announces that his international career with Portugal is over. “The day has come for me to give back the number 7 shirt,” he says.

He made his debut for Portugal’s senior national team in 2003 and has scored 146 goals in 234 international matches – no male player has scored more goals in international competition in history. He won the European Championship with Portugal in 2016 and the Nations League in the 2018–2019 and 2024–2025 seasons, and this summer he became the first player ever to score in six consecutive World Cups. Södermanlands Nyheter

In brief

• Comedian Nour El Refai will premiere her new stand-up show ”Glows in the dark” at Nyköpings Teater on 27 November. Södermanlands Nyheter
• The property at the address Närlunda Ljungbyberg 1 in Gnesta has new owners, and the price was 4 000 000 kronor for the house with a floor area of 170 square metres. Södermanlands Nyheter
• A stationary truck is affecting traffic on the E4 between Sillekrog and the Vagnhärad interchange in the direction of Stockholm, according to Trafikverket. Södermanlands Nyheter
• A car fire at Abborberget in Strängnäs municipality prompted the rescue services to respond at 3 o’clock during the night towards Friday. Eskilstuna-Kuriren
• The Centre Party’s top leadership will meet on Thursday to discuss the issue of government formation, according to information provided to SVT and Ekot. Södermanlands Nyheter
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly considering leaving his post, according to sources, but the State Department denies the information. Eskilstuna-Kuriren