What will the weather be like in Sweden for the New Year's holiday?
There is a possibility of snowfall in many areas of Sweden on January 1st, according to a forecast by Swedish weather agency SMHI.

Sweden is (usually) the perfect country to visit in summer – long, warm days that never really turn into night, but not as suffocatingly hot as southern Europe. Will that be the case this year?.
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There is a possibility of snowfall in many areas of Sweden on January 1st, according to a forecast by Swedish weather agency SMHI.
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