July 2018 was the warmest on record, and over the past three months there has been little rain across large parts of the country. The government last week announced 1.2 billion kronor ($137 million) in aid to help farmers hit hard by the drought.
The extreme impact of the warm, dry summer has pushed climate issues up to the second most important issue for voters in Sweden's September election, one survey said.
Pictures from the EU's Earth Observation Programme Copernicus show just how much the landscape in many parts of Sweden has changed compare to last summer.
Stockholm in 2017. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Stockholm in 2018. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Jönköping in 2017.Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esas
Jönköping in 2018.Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Skåne in 2017. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Skåne in 2018. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Östergötland in 2017. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Östergötland in 2018. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Uppsala in 2017. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Uppsala in 2018. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Västra Götaland in 2017. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
Västra Götaland in 2018. Photo: Rymdstyrelsen/Google/Esa
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