Norwegian skier fails in bid to slalom around Covid quarantine rules

Reindeer breeder rescues man after bad weather foils attempt to cross over mountains from Sweden

A Norwegian man who tried to evade his country's virus quarantine system by skiing back from Sweden had to be rescued after bad weather thwarted his expedition.

He wanted to return to Norway to get hold of some documents, and then go back into Sweden, where he has a construction project on the go," said Trond Helge Ronning, of the rescue group Norske Folkehjelp.