Lightning strikes in Sweden

The detection network has located 33,983 lightning strikes in Sweden since the archive began, including 1,493 in the last 7 days. That is 0.37% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Sweden #19 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Sweden is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 14 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-14	5
2026-08-12	2
2026-08-10	1,461
2026-08-09	25
2026-08-07	53
2026-08-06	260
2026-08-05	195
2026-08-04	3
2026-08-03	265
2026-08-02	3,650
2026-08-01	2,646
2026-07-31	3,601
2026-07-30	20,837
2026-07-29	980

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Sweden's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Västernorrland	6,566	236	19.3%
2	Unassigned	4,641	61	13.7%
3	Jämtland	4,264	285	12.5%
4	Västerbotten	3,930	0	11.6%
5	Dalarna	3,297	185	9.7%
6	Värmland	3,131	160	9.2%
7	Gävleborg	2,475	360	7.3%
8	Skåne	2,255	0	6.6%
9	Norrbotten	1,440	25	4.2%
10	Uppsala	325	5	1.0%
11	Jönköping	293	0	0.9%
12	Västra Götaland	276	2	0.8%
13	Kronoberg	274	0	0.8%
14	Örebro	221	172	0.7%
15	Södermanland	142	0	0.4%
16	Östergötland	122	0	0.4%
17	Halland	119	0	0.4%
18	Västmanland	86	0	0.3%
19	Blekinge	86	0	0.3%
20	Hedmark	33	2	0.1%
21	Nord-Trøndelag	3	0	0.0%
22	Sør-Trøndelag	2	0	0.0%
23	Østfold	2	0	0.0%

These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.

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