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The COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden is a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 22 March 2023, there have been 2,701,192 confirmed cumulative cases and 23,851 deaths with confirmed COVID-19 in Sweden . [ 1 ]
The Coronavirus Commission (Swedish: Coronakommissionen) is a Swedish independent commission to evaluate the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. [ 183 ] [ 184 ] Formed of a panel of 8 experts, the commission was established by the Government of Sweden in 2020 following pressure from the Riksdag .
The COVID-19 pandemic [4] in Norway resulted in 1,531,861 [2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,732 [2] deaths. On 26 February 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Norway . [ 5 ] The number of cases increased rapidly during the month of March, prompting a number of legal measures aiming to achieve physical distancing to be introduced ...
Sweden may have seen fewer people die of COVID-19 had it implemented tighter lockdown rules or mask mandates. A year and a half after Sweden decided not to lock down, its COVID-19 death rate is up ...
Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix/Reuters As of April 28, 2,274 people have died from the coronavirus in Sweden, making its per-capita death rate nearly six times higher than that of Norway and Finland.
Weekly diagnosed cases per million inhabitants of COVID-19 in major countries in Western Europe. Displayed on semi-log scale starting in 2021. Weekly Deaths per million inhabitants from COVID-19 in major countries in Western Europe. This shows the distinctly different pattern of deaths in Germany and Sweden.
Because of this, the "55-rule" was not applied for this vote and all 349 members of the Riksdag had to be present for the vote, unless symptoms of Covid-19 were present at the time. The decision to have all 349 members present was criticized by Swedish media personalities who meant this vote could become a superspreading event of Covid-19. [27]
A new study shows just how badly Sweden fared in the pandemic.