Reindeer herding Sweden's most dangerous job

In Sweden, herding reindeer isn’t just hard work – it can be fatal.

Reindeer herding Sweden's most dangerous job

In Sweden, herding reindeer isn’t just hard work – it can be fatal.

Swedish researchers compiled a list of the most dangerous jobs in the Scandinavian country of nine million and found that reindeer herders, mostly indigenous Sami in the country’s far north, suffered more fatalities and injuries than any other worker.

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