More Swedes died in a month in 1993 than during the covid-month of April this year

Sweden’s mortality rate was unusually high in April. But it was not higher than in December 1993. And in terms of population, it was not higher than, for example, January 1996 or 2000. Hardly anyone remembers what happened then. But Åke Nilsson does. He was responsible for Sweden’s population statistics during the period. So what was the cause of this high mortality rate? Actually, it was a nasty flu epidemic, but it did not attract much attention.

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