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Recent social problems
Google translation from aftonbladet

Larmet från lyxgatan: ”Streetrace, klockstölder och droghandel” Gabriella Bergström June 19 2021

»The alarm from the luxury street: "Street race, clock thefts and drug dealing"

Residents on the exclusive Strandvägen in Stockholm are worried that criminals are ravaging outside their floors. Now the politicians have called for a security meeting.

- Everything belongs together: young men, drugs and fast cars, says the former top moderate Ulf Adelsohn who has lived on Strandvägen since 1986.

The elite of society lives on Strandvägen. On the street are several of Östermalm's most exclusive restaurants and some of the huge floors are sold for over one hundred million kronor.

A restaurant owner that Aftonbladet talks to has run a business on Strandvägen in central Stockholm for over 20 years and has always enjoyed the area. Until last year.

- Then came a change. We do not know what happened, but in the parking lot, cars and gangs began to appear at the same time as clock and mobile phone thefts became unusually numerous, she says.

The restaurant owner does not want her name in the newspaper, because she is afraid of getting into trouble. And she's not the only one. Several residents in the area are worried that Strandvägen in the evenings has become a stop for gang crime, drug trafficking and illegal car racing, so-called street racing.

- I have started to take detours home, because I want to avoid Strandvägen. If this is not stopped, I think many will want to move from here, says a resident in the area who also wants to remain anonymous.

Ulf Adelsohn, former party leader for the Moderates, has lived on Strandvägen since 1986. He too has experienced a change in the parade street. On straight stretches, young guys drive far too fast, as if they are competing with each other, and on the promenade's large parking lot, it thunders from stationary cars.

- They often have open tailgates and emit loud music. I'm grateful we have the bedroom window facing the courtyard. Those who have it facing the street can not have fun because it sounds so awful, he says.

Other residents have worried that crime is going on. How do you experience it?

- You do not have such an expensive car when you are young if you do not have a very rich father, or so. And the existence of drug trafficking is a contributing factor.

Called to security meeting

Andrea Hedin is moderate and chairman of Östermalm's district committee. Last summer, she started getting calls about unrest on Strandvägen and this year the situation seems to have escalated. However, there were few police reports.

She recently invited to a safety meeting for residents in the area, with the district committee and the police.

- Only since I sent the invitation to this meeting have I received about fifty calls. I think it is very important to act quickly before a problem becomes permanent, so we take this seriously and also involve other actors.

Andrea Hedin wants an increased police presence and guards patrolling the area. To avoid residents taking detours home, she wants to introduce plantings. And a dog farm.

- It is for ordinary people to continue to move around the place, she says. Hundgården is one of several tools. The challenge for Andrea Hedin is to get other actors to help. Recently, the traffic office announced that they will introduce what is called a red light wave, ie that there is a red light at each stop at night. When you run street races, do you care about red lights?

- It is easier for the police to catch people driving towards red if there are red lights. Do not believe in the solutions

Ulf Adelsohn is critical of the solutions. He believes that if the red lights are actually respected, it leads to jump starts as soon as it turns green.

- And the dog farm, yes, it's good if people are out but I do not think it has a gigantic impact on traffic. It must be a giant dog farm in that case, with fighting dogs standing by the gates. But I don't think the usual peaceful Östermalm pugs will be that important.

Even the restaurant owner is skeptical. - All respect to Andrea for trying, but I think it takes a much tougher bid than that. The parking lot on Strandvägen must be closed. It has become a place for gangs to collect their cars and it is really uncomfortable. Many guests find it disgusting to walk by. If you want to be able to run a serious business, you should not have to think about writing a letter to the police, she says.« tickle me 19:49, 30 September 2021 (UTC)