More than every other man and just over four in ten women in Sweden have obesity or obesity, according to Statistics Sweden. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the average Swede has become two centimeters longer and seven kilos heavier.

In the crematoriums, the development has been marked on the coffins. To meet this, the crematorium at Sankt Sigfrid's cemetery in Borås built a larger furnace. Something that Sweden's radio P4 first reported.

- As we get bigger, larger chests are needed in a cremation. This is where the problem arises, says cemetery manager Lars Öhrn in Borås.

Larger furnace is planned in Skövde

The same problems are wrestled with in Skövde. There are now plans for a new crematorium. In the present plant there is only one oven.

- There we do not get more than normal coffins. In the new crematorium, we will ensure that we have room with larger chests. But exactly where we end up, I can't say even before the issue has been raised in the church council, says Niclas Sjöberg, cemetery manager in Skövde.

Not everyone can

In the country, there are about 10, 15 crematoriums that have built out ovens, according to the Swedish Cemetery and Crematorium Association SKKF, the trade association for funeral activities.

Everyone who is registered in Sweden pays a compulsory funeral fee through his tax bill and this fee includes cremation. However, according to SKKF, there are around five to ten cases a year when cremation is not possible.

- Of course, it's tragic when it happens. But this is the reality today, says Jan Olov Andersson, CEO of SKKF.

That is because of the heavy weight in most cases, he says. But discussions are on how to solve it in the future.

- What may be reasonable is that it is a crematorium that builds large and can handle these five, ten cases a year. That you collaborate on it.