With hindsight, there's certainly a discussion to be had about the Covid response of any European country that experienced significant excess mortality in April

With hindsight, there's certainly a discussion to be had about the Covid response of any European country that experienced significant excess mortality in April 2020, because it didn't have to be that way. There may be extenuating circumstances in some instances, but in case of Sweden, I'm not sure what they would be. As far as I can see, policy makers rolled the dice and lost (assuming preservation of life is the metric of choice) - though that failure becomes less significant as time goes on and the fraction representing initial excess mortality starts shrinking...