A) Sweden passed a lockdown law in January and put major restrictions on movement in place shortly thereafter. Those restrictions were gradually lifted beginning in May. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-swedens-new-covid-lockdown-law-takes-effect/a-56185101
B) Sweden still saw a 3% contraction of their economy in 2020. While they didn’t enforce lockdown measures until January of this year, they did have a whole host of voluntary measures for individuals and requirements for businesses to operate safely. That 3% contraction is better than much of Europe, but still a significant hit. https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-economy/swedish-govt-sees-milder-downturn-in-2020-slower-growth-next-year-idUSKBN28Q1VZ
I support Sweden’s initial approach of giving businesses the tools to stay open while still reducing transmission. They did fail (and have admitted so themselves) at protecting the elderly, which jacked up their COVID-19 deaths, but had they done a better job there, I think they would have come out ahead of most both economically and in deaths per million. As it stands, they’re still just 35th in the world in deaths per million, which is pretty decent. But it’s important to recognize the reality of what’s happened in Sweden, including their economic contraction and their lockdown measures in 2021.