Hospital staff in protective gear are suffering as central Sweden experiences a heatwave.
An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats.
An intense heat dome has swelled over Scandinavia, spurring some of the region's hottest weather ever recorded.
Some 20,000 runners will hit the streets this Saturday for the Stockholm Marathon that promises some unseasonably warm temperatures.
Its only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to a ban on public fires in several areas.
With temperatures nudging -14C on Tuesday night, a record 170 homeless people came to shelter at a church in Stockholm.
Sweden's towns, villages and cities have been warned to plan for emergency water deliveries and hosepipe bans in a letter from nine Swedish agencies.
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