The principal about the fatal accident at Sjumilaskolan: "We have pointed out the mountain several times"

Start the clip to hear how the principal reacts to the fact that no formal report has been made and the local administration's answer as to why they did not act.

According to the principal, the school has tried to bring about a change in the environment around the mountain, where a boy fell and later died in early March this year, among other things, the school is said to have pointed out the risks in various forums.

- We have pointed out the mountain several times, says Hanne Cecilie Engh.

But when SVT examines the case, it turns out that no formal report has been made.

Errors and deficiencies in schoolyards are reported to the local administration, and SVT Nyheter Väst has reviewed all reports that have been received by the local administration's service portal regarding Sjumilaskolan's schoolyard and outdoor environment from 2019 until the accident.

During this period, no formal reports have been made of the rock as a risk.

At one point in 2021, a fence that came loose at a mountain was reported, something that should have been fixed.

SVT has also requested the principal's email conversations with the word "mountain" for the past three years, without finding anything.

Unclear about controls

The local administration does not recognize that the issue has been raised.

The local administration itself makes inventories of all schoolyards every year, and when SVT goes through the protocols for the last two years, no notes about the mountain can be seen there either.

Opinions differ on who should actually control the elements on schoolyards that are not about play equipment but about natural elements, so-called "other land".

- What happened is extremely tragic, says Ulf Krüger, department manager property at the local administration in Gothenburg.

These are natural elements that are found in many schoolyards, but there may be reason to review the system in reviewing schoolyards and risk areas.

There is also a discussion about the importance of varied environments on schoolyards.

An assessment of the schoolyard from 2018 highlights that "the areas with natural land, rocks and shrubbery invite to various imaginative games".