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At Tuesday’s press conference on the development of the crown in Sweden, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell was asked why Sweden has been much more affected by the pandemic than the rest of the Nordic region, Expressen reports.
– Sweden follows the same pattern as many other heavily affected European countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, etc. Denmark is in a kind of middle class, whereas especially Norway and Finland are deviations in the European context, says Tegnell.
He points out that Norway has a population density of 14 inhabitants per square kilometer, Finland has 16 and Sweden 24. Tegnell highlights population density as a possible explanation for the fact that Finland and Norway have emerged from the pandemic better than Sweden.
He says it may depend on the social structure of the country, the fact that it is significantly less densely populated, and the force with which the country was hit by the pandemic this spring.
– It seems to reflect back very strongly during the second wave of infection.
