Tax increase and snow this weekend

Region Sörmland wants to raise the tax by 70 öre from 2027 in order to restore a deficit of SEK 1.1 billion. At Läggesta station, the waiting hall will be open between 05.00 and 01.00 from 18 November onwards. SMHI forecasts snowfall in Sörmland at the end of the week.

The detention centre in Flen is criticised for food and rules

At a detention centre, people can be locked up while awaiting deportation. At the detention centre in Flen, detainees are complaining about the food and new rules. SVT Nyheter Sörmland has reviewed the complaints and spoken with several people who are locked up there. One of them says the food is “terrible” and that “people are always walking around hungry”. Another says the detention centre is “beginning to look more and more like a prison” and that coffee and tea may only be drunk in the dining room, not in the ward.

According to the acting section head at the detention centre, a new section with 70 new places opened in January, but the operation has only been fully functioning for eight weeks. A new agreement with the kitchen means that coffee and tea cannot be served at any time. In March 2026, the detention centre was criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, JO, because there were too few toilets, the rooms were cramped and detainees had been forced to sit on the floor and eat their food. SVT Nyheter Sörmland

Residential care home in Nyköping reported after death

A person at a residential care home in Nyköping alerted staff several times during the night, but no help ever arrived. The staff did not have a key to the resident’s home and were therefore unable to open the door. When the person was found the following morning, it was difficult to make contact with them. They later went into respiratory arrest and were taken to hospital by ambulance but died later that same day.

The company operating the home has made a lex Sarah report to Ivo, the authority that inspects healthcare and social care. In the report, the company states that the operations’ keys are to be inventoried. SVT Nyheter Sörmland

Region Sörmland wants to raise the tax by 70 öre

The new governing administration of Region Sörmland – Moderaterna, Sverigedemokraterna, Kristdemokraterna and Vård för pengarna – presented its proposed budget for 2027–2029 on Monday. Region Sörmland is responsible for healthcare in the county. The tax is proposed to rise by 70 öre, from 10,83 kronor per 100 kronor earned to 11,53 kronor during 2027–2028, before standing at 11,43 kronor in 2029. According to statistics from SCB, Region Sörmland has the lowest regional tax in the country, and the tax rate has been at the same level since 2013.

The region has a deficit of 1,1 billion kronor and is one of the most heavily indebted regions in the country. According to the chair of the regional executive board, the increase is largely temporary, and the money will go directly toward eliminating the deficit and paying down the debt, which according to Södermanlands Nyheter is to be repaid by 2034. The opposition council (S) tells SVT that the tax is now being raised ”to plug the hole left by the previous term”. The proposal is expected to be approved at the regional executive board’s meeting on Tuesday and finally considered by the regional council on 24 and 25 November. The regional council is the region’s highest decision-making body. SVT Nyheter Sörmland Eskilstuna-Kuriren Södermanlands Nyheter

Nyköpings SK loses its team captain

Nyköpings SK has had problems with injuries, illnesses and players leaving the team. Now the team captain is also leaving for personal reasons, according to the sports director. “It came a bit like a bolt from the blue,” says the sports director. Just over two weeks ago, a Finnish forward left the team for personal reasons. When NSK resumes play away against Grums on Wednesday, it will be without yet another established forward. Södermanlands Nyheter

Läggesta station: longer opening hours in the waiting hall

From 18 November, the heated waiting hall next to Direkten at Läggesta station will be open between 05.00 and 01.00. This gives passengers taking an early or late train better opportunities to wait indoors. Previously, the heated waiting room had the same opening hours as the shop, and the waiting shelters next to the tracks could only be heated using infrared heaters that were sometimes broken. Eskilstuna-Kuriren

Auction of items from Näfveqvarn Manor

A flower bench, a fountain, a tabouret and a pair of flower urns manufactured in Nävekvarn are to be auctioned by the auction house Bukowskis. Adding together the hammer prices of the items comes to over 650,000 kronor. Several of the items are over 100 years old. A specialist at Bukowskis says that Näfveqvarn Manor has played a significant role in Swedish design history and particularly highlights a tabouret and a table designed by Folke Bensow. Södermanlands Nyheter

In brief

• SMHI is forecasting snowfall in Sörmland, mainly during the night between Thursday and Friday and during the day on Friday. Södermanlands Nyheter
• A terraced house at Stenvägen 61C in Mariefred has been sold for 2 200 000 kronor; the house is 79 square metres in size and was built in 1989. Eskilstuna-Kuriren
• A house at Brovägen 8 in Vagnhärad has been sold for 2 900 000 kronor; the house is 90 square metres in size, was built in 1955 and is located 120 metres from Trosaån. Södermanlands Nyheter
• The Välnäs 3:7 plot in Strängnäs municipality has a new owner for 600 000 kronor; the plot is almost 1.4 hectares in size. Eskilstuna-Kuriren