Overview
- Police and local media confirmed three fatalities in Sweden, including a man struck by a tree at Kungsberget, a Hemab employee killed while working, and a man who later died after a tree fall in Hofors.
- Finland’s grid saw outages peaking above 120,000 homes on December 27 with about 85,000 still without electricity by midnight December 28, while Swedish distributor Ellevio reported more than 8,000 customers still offline on Monday.
- Strong winds at Finland’s Kittilä Airport pushed a Swiss aircraft and a smaller plane into a snowbank after landing, with no injuries reported and both aircraft later secured, according to Finavia.
- In Norway’s Nordland and Inland regions, NRK reported more than 200 weather-related incidents and power cuts affecting about 32,000 homes combined, with ferries, flights and rail links temporarily suspended.
- SMHI issued orange-level wind warnings for northern Sweden as the system intensified, and authorities urged people to avoid non-essential travel while clearance operations continued.