It's snow joke. Winter is officially on the way after the first snow-related accident was reported in northern Sweden on Wednesday with temperatures set to plunge across the rest of the country.
The northern end of Sweden has been swept by wet weather chaos and has been warned to expect more, with heavy flooding causing severe damage and extensive disruptions across the region.
A series of tornadoes hit Sweden's coastlines on Tuesday afternoon as a low-pressure system from the south blasted into the country, bringing heavy rains and floods in its wake.
Sweden's weather agency has put out a warning for stormy weather on Tuesday, as a low-pressure system from the south looks set to spoil any summer activities for a few days.
Sweden is set to be soaked on Wednesday, with the national weather agency issuing a flood warning for some parts of the country.
Winter storms along Sweden's eastern seaboard have sent dozens of vehicles skidding, with huge waves also striking fear in passengers on Baltic Sea ferries, which also suffered delays.
Sweden is bracing for a white week as meteorologists predict heavy snowfall throughout the country and have issued a nationwide class 1 warning.
Emergency services in southern Sweden were concentrating their efforts on Tuesday evening on preserving "important societal functions" as flood-levels continue to rise.
More rain is set to fall on Tuesday on parts of Sweden already struggling to deal with flooding caused by weekend downpours that have left many rivers swollen and turned backyards into lakes.
After a chilly Easter marked by occasional snow flurries, Sweden looks set for more clement weather later this week.
Close to 40,000 homes across Sweden remained without power on Tuesday midday and rail passengers were still stranded in the north in the wake of storm “Dagmar”, which tore through the country over the Christmas holiday weekend.
Freezing rain and snow is expected to fall across large swaths of central and northern Sweden on Friday night, prompting warnings from icy road conditions across much of the region.
A lieutenant and a captain at the Air Combat Training School in Uppsala in central Sweden have been reported to military authorities for ordering young conscripts to eat food in humiliating circumstances.