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  • Hazards and Risks

    Hazards can vary depending on where you live. Here are some examples of what you may need to be prepared for in Sweden.

    • Risk of fire and fire bans
    • Drinking water
    • Chemical accidents
    • Extreme heat
    • Food and drinking water
    • Heightened state of alert and war
    • Home preparedness
    • International travel
    • IT incidents and digital security
    • Climate change
    • Nuclear accidents
    • Life-threatening injuries
    • Landslides and avalanches
    • Deadly force attacks
    • Shelters, evacuation and warning systems
    • Snowstorms and extreme cold
    • Severe storms
    • Power cuts
    • Terrorism and deadly force attacks
    • Transport disturbances
    • Water shortage and drought
    • Floods
    • Disasters and Incidents
  • Finding help and services

    Important phone numbers, emergency alert system, weather warnings and other things you need to know when staying in Sweden.

    • What is Krisinformation.se?
    • Swedish emergency management
    • If internet and phone services stop working
    • Important public announcement
    • Weather warnings
    • Swedish Radio's responsibilities in crises
    • Swedish healthcare for visitors
    • Important phone numbers
    • Emergency warning
    • Source criticism
    • Weather warnings
    • Information and support for relatives
    • Our social media comment fields
    • Using social media during a crisis
  • Disasters and Incidents

    Here you will find information on past and present disasters or incidents, dating back to the summer of 2018 (the year we started our English translation).

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    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
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  • Hazards and Risks
    • Risk of fire and fire bans
      • Fire bans
      • Other languages
    • Drinking water
    • Chemical accidents
    • Extreme heat
    • Food and drinking water
    • Heightened state of alert and war
      • Sweden in Nato
      • Total defence duty
      • Psychological defence
    • Home preparedness
      • How to help
      • Security points and shelters
      • Food in a crisis
      • Water supply in a crisis
      • Heating during a crisis
      • Access to communication during a crisis
      • Pets in a crisis
      • Payment during a crisis
      • Medicines during a crisis
        • Home pharmacy
      • Cooperate with your neighbours in a crisis
      • Tips and advice on crises for people with disabilities
        • Advice for blind and partially sighted people
        • Advice for deaf and hard of hearing people
        • People with reduced mobility
    • International travel
      • For foreign nationals and dual citizenship
    • IT incidents and digital security
      • Responsibility of society
      • Your own digital security
    • Climate change
      • Sweden's climate goals
      • How Sweden works with climate adaptation
      • What can you do?
    • Nuclear accidents
    • Life-threatening injuries
      • Cardiac arrest
      • Bleeding
      • Burns
      • Frostbite
      • Drowning
      • Dehydration
      • Chemical injuries
      • Fractures
      • Shock and loss of consciousness
      • Poisoning
      • Anxiety support
        • Grief and anxiety
        • Helping children cope with difficult experiences
      • Airway obstruction
      • Inhaling harmful gases
      • Electrical injury
    • Landslides and avalanches
    • Deadly force attacks
    • Shelters, evacuation and warning systems
      • Civil defense shelters
      • Evacuation
      • Warning systems
    • Snowstorms and extreme cold
    • Severe storms
      • Lightning and thunder
      • Winter weather
        • How to get prepared for winter weather
    • Power cuts
      • Reserve power and the “Styrel” system
      • Solar storms and space weather
    • Terrorism and deadly force attacks
      • Terrorism threat level raised
      • Other languages
        • الهجمات اإلرهابية
        • سوء قصد تروریستی
        • Weerar argagixiso
        • Atak terrorystyczny
        • Терористичні атаки
    • Transport disturbances
      • Society's preparedness for transport disruptions
      • Road accidents
    • Water shortage and drought
      • Watering bans
      • About water shortage in other languages
    • Floods
    • Disasters and Incidents
      • 2025
        • 2G and 3G networks are being shut down – some mobile phones may not be able to call 112
        • Heavy rainfall in Västernorrland County
        • Risk of water shortage
        • The June 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran
        • Information on the school shooting in Örebro
      • 2024
        • Information about mpox
        • Eurovision Song Contest 2024
        • Flooding and very high waterflows
      • 2023
        • Landslide on the E6 at Stenungsund
        • Gang related violence
          • Explosions
          • Security zones
          • Leaving criminal life
          • Recruitment to criminal gangs
          • What is organised crime?
          • Ongoing lethal violence
        • African swine fever
        • Storm Hans
        • Aurora 23
        • Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
      • 2022
        • Get the whole picture
        • The security situation in Sweden's neighbouring area
          • The security situation in Sweden
          • What you can do
      • 2020
        • High water flows in southern Sweden
        • Official information about Covid-19
        • Support for relatives following the plane crash in Iran
      • 2019
        • Risk of water shortages in 2019
        • Forest fires 2019
      • 2018
        • Forest fires 2018
      • Ongoing emergencies
  • Finding help and services
    • What is Krisinformation.se?
    • Swedish emergency management
      • Verified information from authorities
      • Society's responsibility
        • Municipalities
          • Support during incidents
          • Municipal rescue services
          • Drinking water supply
        • County Administrative Board
        • The Government
        • Regions
        • SOS Alarm
          • 113 13 - information number for serious accidents and crises
        • Rescue services
          • Mountain rescue
          • Air rescue
          • Sea Rescue
        • Voluntary organisations
          • Faith communities' action in crises
    • If internet and phone services stop working
    • Important public announcement
    • Weather warnings
    • Swedish Radio's responsibilities in crises
    • Swedish healthcare for visitors
    • Important phone numbers
    • Emergency warning
    • Source criticism
    • Weather warnings
    • Information and support for relatives
    • Our social media comment fields
    • Using social media during a crisis
  • Disasters and Incidents
    • 2022
      • Get the whole picture
      • The security situation in Sweden's neighbouring area
        • The security situation in Sweden
        • What you can do
    • 2020
      • High water flows in southern Sweden
      • Official information about Covid-19
      • Support for relatives following the plane crash in Iran
    • 2019
      • Risk of water shortages in 2019
      • Forest fires 2019
    • 2018
      • Forest fires 2018
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Disasters and Incidents

  • 2G and 3G networks are being shut down – some mobile phones may not be able to call 112

    Starting in December, 2G and 3G networks in Sweden will begin to be shut down. Some mobile phones will not be able to reach the emergency number 112, even though they use the 4G network. If you have one of these phones, your operator will contact you, according to the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS).

  • Gang related violence

    Verified information from Swedish authorities about armed violence, gang-related violence, the recruitment to criminal networks, and how to handle your own anxieties as well as those of others.

  • The security situation in Sweden's neighbouring area

    Information from the authorities about the international security situation and how it affects Sweden.

2025

  • Heavy rainfall in Västernorrland County

  • Risk of water shortage

  • The June 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran

  • Information on the school shooting in Örebro

2024

  • Information about mpox

  • Eurovision Song Contest 2024

  • Flooding and very high waterflows

2023

  • Landslide on the E6 at Stenungsund

  • African swine fever

  • Storm Hans

  • Aurora 23

  • Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

2022

  • Get the whole picture

2020

  • High water flows in southern Sweden

  • Official information about Covid-19

  • Support for relatives following the plane crash in Iran

2019

  • Risk of water shortages in 2019

  • Forest fires 2019

2018

  • Forest fires 2018

Emergency information from Swedish authorities
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