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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant Stockholm

Hiker describes squalid conditions at evacuated Swedish mountain lodge

The Kebnekaise mountain station – view of buildings against misty mountain backdrop
Conditions at the Kebnekaise mountain station had been ‘heavily exaggerated’, said a spokesperson for the Swedish tourist association, which runs the lodge. Photograph: K Loos/imageBroker/Shutterstock

A hiker has described squalid conditions at a mountain station at the foot of Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest peak, in the days before it was forced to close due to a stomach bug outbreak.

STF Kebnekaise, a lodge in northern Lapland run by the Swedish tourist association, had to be evacuated on Sunday after attempts to manage cases of stomach sickness through quarantine had failed. The mountain station said on Sunday that it was not known how the outbreak had started.

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