Well, I linked to the actual law being passed, and here’s another link to statements from the prime minister of Sweden as restrictions were tightened in February after that law was passed: https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-facing-its-first-lockdown-as-covid-19-restrictions-tightened-2021-2
Sounds like the New Yorker did some crap “journalism”. This is my surprised face.
As for their economic performance, I explicitly said that much of Europe did worse. My point was that Sweden wasn’t spared an economic contraction. In fact, Sweden’s economic contraction in 2020 was the same as that of Finland and Denmark (3-3.5%). Norway actually did better than all of them with just a 1% economic contraction. https://www.bbc.com/news/55949640