List of storms in Sweden

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The list of storms includes storms in Sweden that have been classified as significant by the Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut or have otherwise received strong public attention, but which have not reached hurricane strength . Hurricanes are shown separately in the list of hurricanes in Sweden .

List of strong storms in Sweden

  • Dead refers to the number of people killed as a direct result of a storm (not as a result of cleaning up after the storm and the like).
  • Without electricity is the number of households that were without electricity for a short or long period as a direct result of a storm.
Date,
name if applicable		 Hardest
hit areas		 Strongest gusts of wind Wind
direction		 Without electricity dead Forest
damage		 Remarks
January 29, 1850
Severe
Weather Tuesday or Bad Tuesday		 Södermanland och
Östergötland 		N > 100 Snowfall
12-14 November 1872
storm surge 1872
November storm		 Southern sweden hurricane ~ 80 The water level in the Baltic Sea is three meters above normal
24.-26. December 1902
Christmas Orcan 1902 		Southern sweden hurricane NW ~ 50 Big damages Two violent storms that swept across the country. In some places with hurricane gusts
7th-8th May 1904 Southern sweden Snowstorm
January 18, 1920 All of Sweden Storm, locally also hurricanes
January 29, 1920 West Coast 33 m / s SSO
December 27, 1922 West Coast Storm, hurricane gusts W.
July 7, 1929 East coast Heavy storm
July 28, 1935 Baltic Sea Storm
September 13, 1937 Central Sweden Heavy storm
August 29, 1942 North coast 33 m / s Stora Fjäderägg W.
January 9, 1954 Svealand and Gotland 36 m / s 17th Heavy storm damage, the ship "Nedjan" was sunk
November 12, 1954 West Coast 33 m / s Hållö
17.-18. October 1967 Skåne County 40 m / s on Öland NW-N 4th 10 million m³ / forest Highest wind measured outside the mountains in Sweden
September 22nd, 1969
September hurricane 		Southern sweden 35 m / s south of Öland 10 Major forest damage, a lot of damage to structures and the power grids, maritime disasters and telecommunications disruptions
November 1, 1969
All Saints Hurricane 		East central Sweden 36 m / s Örskär 6th
1st January 1973 Northern Norrland Great devastation
17.-18. February 1979 Skåne County O Heavy snowfall, −10 ° C
18. – 19. April 1980 Southern sweden Storm
June 12, 1981 28 m / s Örskär ONO 10-30 cm of snow in Dalsland
23–24 October 1983 Northern Norrland Storm NV Great forest damage
July 23, 1985
Öland Storm or
Storm Emma 		Öland 28 m / s 1
November 28, 1988 Skåne County 33 m / s Sturup
27.-28. July 1992 Uppland coast Storm Singö 122 mm of precipitation
July 10, 1993
Avesta Storm 		Dalarna 35 m / s Horndal Hundreds of households 1 Great devastation Tornado, lightning and hail. Heaviest storm in this area in the 20th century
September 28, 1994 Northern Baltic Sea 33 m / s 852+ Estonia disaster
November 17, 1995
November storm 1995 		North Götaland 27 m / s Kullen 5 million m³ / forest Heavy snow storm
30.-31. January 1997
Storm Idun 		32 m / s Vietas NW
11-12 April 1997 32 m / s Örskär N
February 4, 1999 West Coast 30 m / s Arlanda
November 29, 1999
Southern sweden 29 m / s Måseskär V approx. 11,000 3 million m³ / forest
November 30–1. December 1999
 Southern sweden 25 m / s Måseskär
25 m / s Örskär 		V
3rd to 4th December 1999
Hurricane Carola / Anatol 		Skåne 33 m / s Hanö
30 m / s Falsterbo 		Sw > 100,000 1 2 million m³ / forest
17.-18. December 1999
 Southern sweden 27 m / s Hanö Lots
April 5, 2003 Southern Norrland 28 m / s Hälsingland Comprehensive damage
8th-9th January 2005
hurricane Gudrun 		Småland 42 (mean wind force: 33) m / s Hanö 415,000 9 75 million m³ Record damage in the forest as well as the power and telecommunications network
27.-28. October 2006
 Throughout the country 25 m / s Comprehensive damage Snow storm, traffic chaos in Stockholm
October 31–1. November 2006
 Throughout the country 30 m / s Örskär Comprehensive damage 1.6 million m³ / forest Snow storm, traffic chaos in Stockholm
January 1, 2007
28 m / s Hanö
9-10 January 2007
 Svealand 29 m / s Örebro
29 m / s Nyköping / Skavsta 		65,000 Comprehensive damage
January 14, 2007
Hurricane Per 		Götaland 40 m / s Hanö 280,000 3 12 million m³ / forest
January 18, 2007
Hurricane Lill-Per / Kyrill 		Skåne 28 m / s Skanör
July 15, 2007
Bottnaryd Strong tornado Various 20 hectares of forest
January 19, 2008
Storm Putte 		Northern Götaland 32 m / s Måseskär 23,000 Appointment after a vote in the Aftonbladet
25-29 February 2008
 Throughout the country 23 m / s Gothenburg 3 Black ice in large parts of the country.
1st - 4th March 2008
Storms Emma and Fee 		Götaland , Svealand and the Baltic Sea 30 m / s Øresund Hundreds of times 6th Extremely high water level, 112 cm above normal, most important rescue services and emergency call stations in Gårda flooded
5th-7th March 2008
 Throughout the country 33 m / s Stekenjokk 5,000 7th Snow storm and traffic chaos in Jämtland and Norrbottensfjällena , -30 degrees in northern Norrland.
7-10 March 2008
 Throughout the country 25 m / s Stekenjokk WNW 3 Snowstorm
11-15 March 2008
 Throughout the country 29 m / s Stekenjokk SO, NO 1 Strong hurricane in Europe
17-19. March 2008
 Throughout the country 27 m / s Vinga
27 m / s Hallands Väderö 		NE, NW Snowstorm
20.-23. March 2008
 Throughout the country 26 m / s Utklippan NO 23,455 2 Snowstorm, -41 degrees in Nikkaluokta
27.-29. March 2008
 Throughout the country 28 m / s Sylarna Snowstorm
5th-6th April 2008
 Fjällkedjan and the Baltic Sea 22 m / s Sylarna S. 2 Great danger of avalanches
7-8. April 2008
 Svealand and Fjällkedjorna 25 m / s Lungön N 1 Snowstorm
10-12 April 2008
 Fjällkedjorna 26 m / s Stekenjokk NO Snowstorm
24.-25. April 2008
 Norrland 27 m / s Tarfala NW
28-30 April 2008
 Norrland 28 m / s Sylarna S. Thousands 3
6-7 May 2008
 Norrland 26 m / s Stekenjokk
26 m / s Tarfala		 W, NW 1
May 10, 2008
32 m / s Tarfala N, NW 5
April 7, 2011
Southern sweden 34 m / s in Örskär
(27 m / s mean wind force)		 W, NW Lots The Stockholm train station was without power and all trains going north remained in the station from 4 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning.
April 8, 2011
Skåne Squalls W.
25-26 November 2011
Storm Berit 		Norrland 31 m / s Åre
26.-27. November 2011
 Southern sweden Individual trees
November 27, 2011
Advent
storm Hurricane Yoda 		Southern sweden 41 m / s Hanö > 80,000 the Öresund Bridge and Älvsborg Bridge were closed. The Ministry of Transport paralyzed train traffic in large parts of south-west Sweden.
December 9, 2011 across the country, worst in the Gothenburg region 38 m / s Älvsborg Bridge > 12,800 The Älvsborg Bridge was closed. The Götatunnel was closed because water was being pressed into it. The Mölndal River burst its banks and flooded several cellars, paths and viaducts.
December 25, 2011
Storm Dagmar 		Worst of all in southern Norrland and Svealand 34 m / s Östersund-Frösön > 160,000 1 Great forest damage The Ministry of Transport paralyzed train traffic in large parts of south-west Sweden.
Storm Emil 25,000

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