Stockholm, Sweden
7 January 2026 • 17:30 (-7°C)
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... 
And boy, snow we got aplenty. Especially in some places, far far away from the Norwegian mountains. Usually you get the deepest snow depths in the extreme North (most of the time), which is right at the border between Sweden and Norway, kalled Katterjåkk / Riksgränsen. Which reported this morning 75 cm.
This time however, it is a place ("Kungsberget") which lies around 170 km NW of Stockholm, a bit inland not far away from the coastal town of Gävle, with a whopping 92 cm snow.
Here you see a snow depth chart with 7 days in between; 1 Jan. vs 7 Jan. 2026
It is funny how little cyclones
insignificant looking on satellite charts can dump huge amounts of snow in relatively little time. The snow depth in the larger Stockholm region are quite different from place to place. The City reported 22 cm this morning, while 7 km to the south, where I live, I measure around 28-30 cm. A bit further away both to the NE as well to the SW, places like Rimbo reports 55 cm, and Gnesta 65 cm !
Since the Baltic Sea is still an open see, snow "cannons" took up the latent energy from the water, transporting it as snow shows inland. Like a feeding mechanism - a snow effect which is well known in the US at the Greater Lakes.
Here some photo impressions:
Last night i had an education night at my work as a subway driver at the Metro in Stockholm. On my way there, it snowed pretty strong, and that went on for another 2-3 hours. As i exited the place, walking a couple kilometers to a busstation that hopefully would bring me closer to home (and it did) - the walk was to me like a fairy tale. Again i was 9 years old, stomping through the snow, whistling little songs and felt like the happiest... (and thanked the universe, for letting me experience this - and i loved it all the way into my bones... vibrating).
It just felt MAGIC !
PS: If some photos are a bit "heavier" in kilobytes - it is because the finer details a photo has (like many tree branches for example), the heavier the JPG gets, despite compressing images very strongly.
Going back 7 days starting from there:
1 January 2026, 00:02 at our balcony - barely any snow (perhaps 1 cm)
2 January 2026, early evening in the middle of Stockholm, as we were out having dinner with our Sicilien visitors
2 January 2026, late evening - in the southern suburbs, Mariella from Sicily was enchanted about snow on every tree and bush branch while in Stockholm
4 January 2026, After a couple days of snow and overcast wether, the clouds started to break up, and La Luna came through
6 January 2026, at 05.45 - coming home from work. it begun snowing quite a lot ... adding another 5-6 cm i guess
6 January 2026, at 03.54 - after the education night, i walked home, passing my old neighbourhood near the Globe Arena. The sky was very bright, the wind calm, and the snow cover made even the ugly look magic
6 January 2026, at 04.01.... well, it was simply magic to experience the ambience, while walking through the villa area of Enskede...
You just have to giggle of joy, especially from a child's view - when seeing so much beauty coming down "just like that". Everything is silent, everyone is sleeping... and the world becomes for a moment or two, endless, open and limitless.
here in ireland we have a storm warning
