Gävle

A forest fire of about 10 hectares is burning near Hanåsen in Gävle Municipality, Sweden, with four fire stations and two helicopters involved in the response. As of late afternoon it was not yet contained, though no buildings were reported threatened.

The number of wolves in Gävleborg county has gone up and the pressure to introduce licensed hunting is increasing in the region.

The number of wolves in Gävleborg county has gone up and the pressure to introduce licensed hunting is increasing in the region.

A record 3,000–4,000 European eels have been counted this year in the eel ladder at Älvkarleby on the lower Dalälven— the highest level in 50 years. Researchers at SLU call the surge remarkable but say it’s too early to know if the rebound will last.

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority returns to Vittersjön near Ockelbo to conduct updated measurements of radioactivity in fish 35 years after Chernobyl, urging anglers to submit summer catches for analysis.