Nothing "lagom" about Sweden's Covid-19 per capita deaths being so much worse than each and every one of its neighbors. But in a more global perspective that includes Haiti, Afghanistan and Yemen, what can't pass for "lagom" in Sweden.

I'm looking forward to see what happens with school students' educational attainment scores in Sweden compared to its neighbors (and even compared to itself) over the next several years. Sweden's on a new-found kick to try to defund independent (non-governmental) schools and claims it will boost the funding per student for the municipality schools. Will sprinkling some money like this be able to undo the pandemic period socio-economic damage done to school age kids in Sweden?