> Sweden is "peace-damaged". The last sort of national crisis we had besides the spanish flu was the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814. The second World War was de

> Sweden is "peace-damaged". The last sort of national crisis we had besides the spanish flu was the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814. The second World War was definitely a national crisis. Huge military mobilisation, disruption to the iron and shipping industries including thousands of sailors dead, rationing, accidental bombings...even though Sweden was neutral that was a far bigger deal for her than the coronavirus has been.