Meteorite falls in Sweden
Sweden has 9 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 24th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Ställdalen (34 kg, 1876). The earliest is Hessle in 1869. The most recent is Hökmark in 1954.
- Median recovered mass
- 3.5 kg
- Different class labels
- 5
- Falls with their own page
- 3
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 9, three are dated before 1900 and one is from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1930s, with two falls. The median distance from a fall in Sweden to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 119 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Mern in Denmark, 118 km from Hedeskoga.
What fell in Sweden
The most common class is H5 (four falls), followed by L6 (2). Together the falls recorded in Sweden recovered 83 kg.
- L chondrites 4
- H chondrites 5