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Because the density of the metro areas are similar. Stockholm is not comparable to Paris or London when it comes to density for instance. Culture is also very
by mijamo 5y ago
Because the density of the metro areas are similar. Stockholm is not comparable to Paris or London when it comes to density for instance.
Culture is also very similar between Scandinavian countries and much different from western Europe, with people much more isolated (which is tough to adjust to for immigrants there actually).
- pigeonhole123 5y agoPeople work in offices and go to shops in Scandinavia too. Maybe compare to the dozens of US states with lower population density than Sweden?
- vcdimension 5y agoSweden has much higher ethnic & cultural diversity than Norway & Finland, and hence more people passing through it's borders potentially bringing in new infections from abroad. It also has fewer hospital beds per population, and higher population density. All these factors and more need to be taken into account when doing country comparisons. We won't really know how much effect the difference in policies had until someone has done a proper causal analysis using some regression model or other econometric technique. I got the stats from here: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/norway.sweden/demographics https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/norway.sweden/de...