Sweden's take on corona explained by history

Sweden is unique and here is why.

"Has Sweden Found the Right Solution to the Coronavirus?"
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-response-sweden-avoids-isolation-economic-ruin/
"Sweden is developing herd immunity by refusing to panic."

Key here is "refusing to panic". Sweden has lived in peace most of the last 1200 years and left other countries alone. Conquest has not been an important part of the Swedish tradition. There are exceptions of course as when we took most of the countries bordering the Baltic. Didn't last long though. No colonies, except for a Carribean island, Saint Barthelemy, that we bought and returned to France.

Opressing others was not important. Exceptions here too - the Samis, women, the poor. But all in all comparatably mild. Swedes are overall rational, secular and generally aiming at the well being of all. And it goes way back in history.

According to the 12th-century Kievan Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik. The scholarly consensus is that the Rus' people originated in what is currently coastal eastern Sweden around the eighth century and that their name has the same origin as Roslagen in Sweden. The name comes from the rodslag, which is an old coastal Uppland word for a rowing crew of warrior oarsmen.

The point is that there was no conquest here. The vikings were just asked to rule. And so they did for centuries. And they are the origin to the name of the country, Russia.

Sweden has never been occupied or invaded. Skirmishes yes but nothing serious. In the 17th century we actually conquered most of the countries around the Baltic, but that didn't last long. In 1809 we lost Finland to Russia and grieved some, but soon decided to focus on building strength at home. We got Norway and when the Norwegians wanted to get rid of us, we thought why not, we don't really need to rule over them. Cooperation worked just as well. They left us in 1905.

Sweden stayed out of both world wars. It took some maneuvering and there are those who think we acted cowardly. Whatever one thinks about it, it did save us a lot of trouble.

Sweden didn't accept equal voting rights for all until 1919. However, Sweden was the first country to make it illegal by law for anyone, including parents, to punish children in any way, physically or mentally. Physical punishment of children is now considered socially unacceptable.
An example of this:
"An Italian local politician has been arrested for allegedly striking his son on the streets of Stockholm. According to the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet a 46 year old man was arrested last week, after people reported him hitting his 12-year old son." (Radio Sweden, 2011).

Don't underestimate the effect of two generations of Swedes who have never been humiliated by being spanked. Unvictimized.

No wonder Sweden leads the way on the Inglehart Cultural Map for being rational and striving for personal freedom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglehart%E2%80%93Welzel_cultural_map_of_the_world

Anyone in a leading position, politicians or bureaucrats, would feel reluctant to using force as means of having their way. Coaching, coaxing and bargaining is the Swedish way. Ombudsman is a Swedish word.

Swedes are often considered gullible and subdued and anything but rebellious, like the French or freedom loving Americans. However, in both France and the United States most people hunker down when told so. Swedish politicians and authorities know that this kind of bullying wouldn't work here. We don't really know how to be victims. That's why there is a Swedish way of dealing with a virus.

Update with article from zerohedge.com
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/whitney-race-immunity-sweden-leads-pack