There will be fewer marriages between the chicks and the oxygen this year. It shows, among other things, statistics on the number of obstacle tests that decreased significantly in April 2020 - 4,797 pieces - compared to the same month in 2019 when there were 6,828 obstacle tests.

SVT News has struck down three popular wedding churches in Sweden, all of which describe similar situations: a large part of the wedding has either been canceled or postponed - and it is covid-19 that puts wheels in the wheel.

"Guests can belong to risk group"

- There are clearly fewer marriage figures, people choose to postpone or postpone next year, says Jeanette Agnrud, communicator at Tyresö parish in Stockholm County.

Tyresö church has not put a stop to marriages, but it is the bride and groom themselves who choose to wait, says Jeanette Agnrud. She believes that limiting the number of guests is the most common reason for canceling. 

- Marriage is a big event in life and of course it has been thought that there will be many people present. Many of the guests you want to have, for example, belong to a risk group.

"Hoping for a drop in wedding instead"

Daniel Tisell, church pastor at Råda Church in Västra Götaland, sees a similar trend in his congregation.

- Most marriages during the early summer have been postponed. Either until August, September or a whole year. We also have a bunch that has been canceled. But we will have a drop-in marriage at the end of May, it wouldn't surprise me if we got some of these instead, says Daniel Tisell.

Like Jeanette Agnrud, he says that the most common reason for the wedding setting is the fifty-person limit.

- But it feels sad. It is sad not to be able to attend these occasions as it is a great holiday.

Daniel Tisell says that many bridal couples are obviously disappointed, but that most show great understanding of the situation. 

"Living on the jump"

Håkan Toresseon, pastor at Frösö church outside Östersund in Jämtland, also says that bridal couples are setting up or postponing to be able to have more guests present at a later date. 

- We still have marriages at the end of the summer, where you probably live a bit on the jump. But from now until midsummer it is very little. We only have a couple of three marriages that are not canceled.