Water levels in lakes Järnlunden and Åsunden south of Linköping are only a few centimetres from the lowest measured in over 50 years, SVT reported on 28 October 2026. The long drought has left its mark on lakes in Östergötland, and levels can fall further, according to Tekniska verken.
Vättern, Roxen, Glan and Sommen are also far below normal levels. “There are unusually low water levels throughout Östergötland,” said Ola Palmquist, head of unit for hydropower at Tekniska verken.
“We have to go back ten years to find anything similar. And if you want to find something even worse, you probably have to go back 40 to 50 years to find a situation worse than it is now,” the unit manager said. rain in the autumn, not enough precipitation has come. “It will take a lot of precipitation over a fairly long time for us to restore the levels to more average levels, or whatever you would call it,” he said.
SVT Nyheter Öst has previously reported that the low levels mean a halving of electricity production from hydropower for Tekniska verken. How it will affect the electricity price is still unclear. In August the company gave this message: “But if it spreads and there would be as little water up in Norrland as there is here, then it could have an impact,” Ola Palmqvist said then.