Norway/Sweden – Covid study

Each death prevented in Norway during the coronavirus pandemic cost 12 million euro, according to the conclusion of a study conducted by Norwegian and Swedish researchers. The study has been published in the Journal of Infection and Public Health. Norway’s strategy included more restrictive measures than Sweden’s during the pandemic. The study concludes that the Norwegian coronavirus strategy saved 2025 lives and that Sweden had a higher mortality rate after 30 months of the pandemic. More precisely, it was about 30 percent higher. Nevertheless, senior researcher Per-Henrik Zahl at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health believes that Sweden chose the best path. “I didn’t have an opinion on what was best at the time, but when you figure it out afterwards and look at the consequences, I would say that Sweden got along well,” he told Norwegian news agency NTB. The study was conducted by researchers from the Norwegian National Institute of Public Health and Sweden’s Statistical Central Bureau. The study was first reported in the Norwegian media Aftenposten. /ritzau/NTB