* Astronomy

In the afternoon of May 20, 1900, Ludvig Lundgren (born 1845), went to see his neighbour, Fredrik on Berge. On his way along a meadow road, he was suddenly thrown down by a powerful explosion. A meteor struck the ground only 50 meters away from him. Neighbours found him unconscious on the road. He died of his injuries two days later, on May 22, 1900 without regaining consciousness.
The impact crater is still fully visible, more than 100 years after the event. The crater coordinates are: N64.9378 E19.6803.  The crater is about 2 meters wide and 5 meters long. It is elongated in the NS direction, narrower at its southern edge, which may indicate that the meteor came from the south at a rather shallow angle. However, it is not certain that the form of the crater is the original one. According to the villagers, the crater was plundered by numerous meteorite-hunters during the 1930's. This is probably the only documented case of a fatal injury connected with a meteor impact.
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