When it comes to those involved in restricting my movements on entering Sweden by surface transport means during the pandemic and also ever since 2015, I too have preferred dealing with the police over the "non-police". The latter have a bit more of an insecure mall cop attitude than the former, and it shows at times in how things go. I would prefer not to have to deal with either of them -- as had been the case for nearly all of my crossings between the bridge opening and the latter part of 2015. But Sweden going reliably back to pre-fall 2015 practices for crossing into the country seems to be closer to a remote dream than any near-term reality at this point.

One sign of a return to post-2015-pre-pandemic "normality" in Sweden when it comes to border crossing: a boost in Customs staffing and related searches for intra-Schengen international arrivals in Sweden.