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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

I guess it all depends on how you measure "huge economic rebuild". Current forecast is for Sweden to see a -5.3% GDP for 2020 with the US growth forecast at -4.9%. I don't see any big winners here and both countries took a pretty big economic hit. 2021 we should see a rebound with new winners and losers post-pandemic.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/economic-performance-and-forecasts/economic-performance-country/sweden/economic-forecast-sweden_en

while a 'lockdown' was not mandated, the Swedes (wisely) stayed home enough to create the functional equivalent of a lockdown