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Cyclone Gudrun 2005

Cyclone Gudrun: On 8–9 January, the most powerful storm to hit Sweden since 1902 felled more than 75 million cubic metres of forest in the south — one of the worst environmental disasters in Swedish history. About 20 people died and 415,000 homes lost power, some for weeks.

Tier
C
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
crisis
Date
2005-01-08

Cyclone Gudrun: On 8–9 January, the most powerful storm to hit Sweden since 1902 felled more than 75 million cubic metres of forest in the south — one of the worst environmental disasters in Swedish history. About 20 people died and 415,000 homes lost power, some for weeks.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 2005 under Göran Persson as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.

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