Sweden to put the clocks forward
summer and winter time changes Sweden to put the clocks forward from the The Local e-news paper Sweden will put the clocks forward an hour on Saturday night, as the country switches to summer time . Jenny Lind 'scarecrow' expected to fetch thousands (21 Nov 07) Clocks go back an hour (28 Oct 07) Cold Swedish summers 'make you more depressed' (30 Jul 07) The clocks officially change at 2am, which immediately becomes 3am. Sweden introduced summer time in 1980, with the aim of giving lighter evenings in the summer period. Since 1997, all countries in the EU have changed to summer time on the last Sunday in March. Clocks move back to winter time on the last Sunday in October, which this year falls on 26th. The Local ( news@thelocal.se /08 656 6518)