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Cato Video • April 20, 2020 

# How Sweden Is Responding to the Coronavirus 

Unlike its European neighbors and much of the rest of the world, Sweden has chosen to avoid a lockdown in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explains why Sweden is keeping its country open and allowing so much economic activity, and why its approach may prove to be superior from a public health perspective.

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##### [Johan Norberg](/people/johan-norberg)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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