The snow made a dramatic entrance into Gävleborg County during the night between Friday and Thursday.

Two accidents involving trucks occurred on the E16. During a Thursday night, a passenger car and a truck outside the Sandviken crashed, resulting in a total stop. And on Friday afternoon, a truck drove off the road into the ditch on the E16 outside Gävle.

Even outside Hudiksvall, a truck ended up in the ditch after driving off road 775. The driver was taken to a hospital with back pain.

Just outside Edsbyn frontal crashes a light truck with a passenger car. The driver of the passenger car was taken to hospital by ambulance.

On Hamrångevägen outside Ockelbo, two passenger cars collided. One person complained of neck pain.

In addition to the aforementioned accidents, the emergency services have been alerted to a further more than five minor accidents in which passenger cars or trucks went off the road.

"Strong winds are baked together with snow"

Since Friday morning there has been a ball warning on the Gävleborg coast. And the Meteorologist warns of continued inclement weather throughout the weekend.

- During Saturday evening, the winds on the Bothnian Sea are increasing and they are baked together with snow showers from the south and the weather is being intensified, says Nitzan Cohen, meteorologist.

See the full forecast in the clip above.