page_title: Climate change in Sweden
section_title: Storms
hierarchical_section_title: Climate change in Sweden / Storms
caption_attribution_description: English: The intense European windstorm Erwin in the North Sea on January 8, 2005
context_page_description: The issue of climate change in Sweden has received significant public and political attention and the mitigation of its effects has been high on the agenda of the three latest Governments of Sweden, the former Cabinet of Göran Persson, the previous Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt and the current Löfven cabinet. Sweden aims for an energy supply system with zero net atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
context_section_description: Winter storms Gudrun in 2005 and Per in 2007 in southern Sweden overthrew huge volumes of forest and caused power cuts. Storm Per on 14 January 2007 affected 440,000 electricity users and Gudrun 620,000 customers. The reallocation of capital due to power disruptions during and after storm Per was estimated to be between SEK 1 800 and 3 400 million. The network operators cost was ca SEK 1 400 million, of which SEK 750 million compensation for affected customers. The costs for electricity consumers was estimated to SEK 180–1 800 million.
caption: Cyclone Gudrun in the North Sea 8 January 2005
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