In the coronavirus fight in Scandinavia, Sweden stands apart

STOCKHOLM - When the coronavirus swept into Scandinavian countries, Norway and Denmark scrambled to place extensive restrictions on their borders to stem the outbreak. Sweden, their neighbour, took a decidedly different path.

A recent headline in the Danish newspaper Politiken encapsulates the question ricocheting around Europe,"Doesn't Sweden take the corona crisis seriously?" There is no evidence that Swedes are underplaying the enormity of the disease rampaging across the globe. The country's leader and health officials have stressed hand washing, social distancing and protecting people older than 70 by limiting contact with them.

"You give them the option to do what is best in their lives," he added."That works very well, according to our experience." Sweden's method flies in the face of most other nations' stricter strategies. "Therefore, you don't need to micromanage or control behaviour at a detailed level through prohibitions or threat of sanctions or fines or imprisonment," Tragardh said in a phone interview."That is how Sweden stands apart, even from Denmark and Norway."

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