Cloudberries are ripening earlier than usual in Lapland this summer, but a record harvest is not expected. Cold, rainy early-summer weather has weakened pollination and reduced the crop.

A cold early summer followed by extreme July heat has decimated cloudberry crops in northern Sweden, creating a shortage and driving expected retail prices up to SEK 300 per kilo.

Researcher Paul Eric Aspholm finds that a high proportion of male cloudberry plants—only female plants bear berries—leads to poor cloudberry harvests this season in Nordland.