Over 16,000 households were left without power.
Public transport was canceled and many trees fell when the storm Otto hit western Sweden during the night of Saturday.
- There have been a lot of cases about fallen trees, but we have no reports of personal injuries or property damage of higher dignity, says Fredrik Borgström at the rescue service in Halmstad.
Parallels to Gudrun
Before the storm there was concern that it would get much worse.
The first forecasts led many to draw parallels to the conditions that prevailed when storm Gudrun hit the same area in 2005.
That storm felled more forest in Sweden than any other known storm and cost nine people their lives.
At most, 730,000 subscribers were without power.
The day after, many are relieved
When storm Otto peaked just after midnight, the wind gusts along the coast were blowing just over 30 meters per second.
To compare with around 40 meters per second in the villages during the storm Gudrun.
That time, Reidar Hansson outside Halmstad had to leave his house, the power had gone out and the trees were like a pick stick in the surrounding forest.
- Now it was just this.
A tree.
It could have ended much worse, he says, dragging the branches away from his driveway.