Sweden has 10x as many deaths as its neighbours Finland and Norway each, or 5x as many scaled to population. It's third neighbour, Denmark, also has about half

Sweden has 10x as many deaths as its neighbours Finland and Norway each, or 5x as many scaled to population. It's third neighbour, Denmark, also has about half the population and only 1/5th as many deaths. All these countries are somewhat similar in wealth, rural vs. urban population, etc. It has 4x as many deaths as Germany adjusted for population, and 4x as many deaths as Austria (not adjusted for population, because they are similar). And so on... Take the worst European countries: Spain and Italy. These two have about twice as many deaths as Sweden relative to population. But then again, their numbers are declining, while Sweden's is still growing.