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No. A Swedish citizen is, in general, free to go wherever they want on Swedish soil, including private property. This is protected by the Swedish constitution a
by he0001 6y ago
No. A Swedish citizen is, in general, free to go wherever they want on Swedish soil, including private property. This is protected by the Swedish constitution and one of the oldest base laws[0]. Also one reason to the governments slow reaction was due to they had to figure out what laws they could use in a situation like this.
[0] https://www.svt.se/nyheter/vetenskap/darfor-kan-sverige-inte-utfarda-utegangsforbud https://www.svt.se/nyheter/vetenskap/darfor-kan-sverige-inte...
- okamiueru 6y agoAlthough this is true, the government, with enough political will could make the necessary changes. So instead of scurrying to find actions allowed within existing laws, they very well could have gone the way Norway did in enacting special measures, making greater restrictions legal. Also, there is a very far stretch between what that article discusses, and the measures other Scandinavian countries took (closing schools, limiting size of congregations, etc). The greatest limitation of "free movement" in Norway at least, was the restriction of cabin use when that cabin was in a different municipality.
- he0001 6y agoWell, you don’t change a base law just like that and to do that would require a lot of other laws to be changed. And I’m not sure they would have gathered enough political will to do those changes. And that’s also what the government concluded. It’s kind of what the 2nd amendment to a US citizen is, and an individual right to do whatever they please without having the government to interfere.