The highest number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the Nordic countries as of October 27, 2024, had occurred in Sweden at 28,006. Finland followed with 11,466 deaths, Denmark with 9,919, and Norway with 5,732. Denmark was the Nordic country with the highest number of people confirmed infected with COVID-19, reaching a total of 3,442,484 cases as of October 27, 2024. More statistics and facts about the virus are available here.

As of July 21, 2022, most countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) had received the majority of their COVID-19 vaccine stock from Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech). In Denmark, the Comirnaty vaccine accounted for 83 percent of the total COVID-19 vaccines distributed to the country. Hungary was the first country in the EEA to have received COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm and Sputnik V which were developed in China and Russia respectively. The current rate of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Europe can be found here. For further information about the coronavirus pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Addressing risks and pandemics at a country level is a complex task that requires transdisciplinary approaches. The paper aims to identify groups of the European Union countries characterized by a similar COVID-19 Resilience Index (CRI). Developed in the paper CRI index reflects the countries’ COVID-19 risk and their readiness for a crisis situation, including a pandemic. Moreover, the study detects the factors that significantly differentiate the distinguished groups. According to our research, Bulgaria, Hungary, Malta, and Poland have the lowest COVID-19 Resilience Index score, with Croatia, Greece, Czechia, and Slovakia following close. At the same time, Ireland and Scandinavian countries occupy the top of the leader board, followed by Luxemburg. The Kruskal-Wallis test results indicate four COVID-19 risk indicators that significantly differentiate the countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the significant factors are not only COVID-19-related factors, i.e., the changes in residential human mobility, the stringency of anti-COVID-19 policy, but also strictly environmental factors, namely pollution and material footprint. It indicates that the most critical global environmental issues might be crucial in the phase of a future pandemic. Moreover, we detect eight readiness factors that significantly differentiate the analysed country groups. Among the significant factors are the economic indicators such as GDP per capita and labour markets, the governance indicators such as Rule of Law, Access to Information, Implementation and Adaptability measures, and social indicators such as Tertiary Attainment and Research, Innovation, and Infrastructure.

IntroductionThis study (i) examined Norwegian and Swedish sports coaches' employment, practices, and beliefs during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) compared these aspects between coaches in Norway and Sweden, two countries with clearly different movement restrictions strategies in this period.MethodsAn online survey was distributed to coaches via email and social media. The survey was open between June and August 2020. In total, 348 coaches responded, 141 from Norway, and 207 from Sweden.ResultsAmong responders, 2% had lost their job due to the pandemic, 17% had been furloughed, 28% worked from home office, and 39% worked as usual. Norwegian coaches were more likely to work from home (48% vs. 15%, p 

Evolution of coronavirus deaths between 27/01 and 03/02/22. The increase in the number of deaths surpassed the 70,000 deaths but did not show a crazy change in weeks despite the exponential number of infections, which is proof of the effectiveness of vaccination. The rate of growth in deaths increased to + 1.3 %. The fourth wave has disappeared in South America, while the reactivation of the epidemic is firmly confirmed in North America. Epidemia that fades in Europe from the West, except for the eastern Mediterranean facade and Scandinavia. Russia has been showing significant developments in COVID-19 mortality for a long time. Asia of Dragon Countries is a home in the process of slowing down. Australia, long out of infection focus, shows significant evolutions week after week, as in New Zealand. In Africa, this contrasts with Western Europe, with significant relative increases in the West.

Over one quarter of Danes watched videos on subscription video on demand services more often during the shutdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak than before. This was the result of a survey conducted from April to June 2020. 40 percent of respondents stated to have watched the same amount. Other popular platforms included broadcaster video on demand services. Transactional online video services were the least watched during the coronavirus pandemic in Denmark.

IntroductionThis study (i) examined Norwegian and Swedish sports coaches' employment, practices, and beliefs during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) compared these aspects between coaches in Norway and Sweden, two countries with clearly different movement restrictions strategies in this period.MethodsAn online survey was distributed to coaches via email and social media. The survey was open between June and August 2020. In total, 348 coaches responded, 141 from Norway, and 207 from Sweden.ResultsAmong responders, 2% had lost their job due to the pandemic, 17% had been furloughed, 28% worked from home office, and 39% worked as usual. Norwegian coaches were more likely to work from home (48% vs. 15%, p 

Replication data and code for our paper.

After the first three quarters of 2020, advertising revenue in Norway showed a decline of 15.9 percent compared to the previous year. Among all advertising media, the coronavirus outbreak had the highest impact on the cinema in the Scandinavian country. Advertisers recorded a spending decline of over 50 percent. By comparison, radio ad revenue dropped by around eight percent during the same period.

Folkhälsomyndigheten tillhandahåller data och information om covid-19 i Sverige. Visualiseringar visas på flera aspekter av vaccinationstäckningen, som täckning i olika län.

As of January 11, 2023, the highest number of deaths due to the coronavirus in Sweden was among individuals aged 80 to 90 years old. In this age group there were 9,124 deaths as a result of the virus. The overall Swedish death toll was 22,645 as of January 11, 2023.

The first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sweden was confirmed on February 4, 2020. The number of cases has since risen to over 2.68 million, as of January 2023. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

E-commerce stores in Denmark increased their sales due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis more than stores, which provided both e-commerce and physical shopping services, as of April 2020. Around 45 percent of the webshops, which engaged entirely in e-commerce, reported a sales increase of at least ten percent.

In the light of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, more than 64 percent of Norwegians worried about the health of elderly relatives, according to a survey conducted on March 12, 2020. When asked about personal health, however, the Norwegians seem to be much less concerned. Spreading rapidly The coronavirus is currently spreading quickly in Norway. The first case was detected on February 26. Since then the cumulative number of cases has increased drastically on a daily basis. Furthermore, the official numbers of tested and confirmed cases are esteemed to be severely lower than the actual number of coronavirus infected people in Norway. Scandinavia and Europe In comparison to its neighboring countries, Norway has reported the most cases of the virus as of March 18, 2020, followed closely by Sweden and Denmark. On a broader scale, Norway currently ranks 9th among the European countries. In Europe, Italy has suffered the most from coronavirus, and the country accounts for the majority of cases in Europe, with over 30,000 infected individuals.

Background: The current propagation models of COVID-19 are poorly consistent with existing epidemiological data and with evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 genome is mutating, for potential aggressive evolution of the disease.Objectives: We looked for fundamental variables that were missing from current analyses. Among them were regional climate heterogeneity, viral evolution processes versus founder effects, and large-scale virus containment measures.Methods: We challenged regional versus genetic evolution models of COVID-19 at a whole-population level, over 168,089 laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection cases in Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia at early time-points of the pandemic. Diffusion data in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom provided a validation dataset of 210,239 additional cases.Results: Mean doubling time of COVID-19 cases was 6.63 days in Northern versus 5.38 days in Southern Italy. Spain extended this trend of faster diffusion in Southern Europe, with a doubling time of 4.2 days. Slower doubling times were observed in Sweden (9.4 days), Finland (10.8 days), and Norway (12.95 days). COVID-19 doubling time in Germany (7.0 days), France (7.5 days), and the United Kingdom (7.2 days) supported the North/South gradient model. Clusters of SARS-CoV-2 mutations upon sequential diffusion were not found to clearly correlate with regional distribution dynamics.Conclusion: Acquisition of mutations upon SARS-CoV-2 spreading failed to explain regional diffusion heterogeneity at early pandemic times. Our findings indicate that COVID-19 transmission rates are rather associated with a sharp North/South climate gradient, with faster spreading in Southern regions. Thus, warmer climate conditions may not limit SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. Very cold regions may be better spared by recurrent courses of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Dette datasæt viser statistikker for covid-19 i Sverige pr. region over antallet af indberettede bekræftede tilfælde, sygdomstilfælde pr. 100 000 indbyggere, tilfælde af intensiv pleje og dødsfald.

Pairwise comparison of Wilcoxon rank-sum test results for COVID-19 risk indicators.

In the period from January to November 2020, the cumulated expenditure on advertising media in Sweden decreased by nearly 18 percent compared to the previous year. The highest decline was recorded with cinemas, at over 77 percent, due to the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences. Online video only reported an increase in ad spending.

The Kruskal-Wallis test results for COVID-19 risk indicators.

The medium with the highest ad spending in Norway was the internet in 2020 - the expenditure amounted to roughly 3.4 billion Norwegian kroner. All media recorded a decline in ad spend from the same period the year before, presumably due to the coronavirus outbreak and its consequences for advertisers.

Norwegian airlines are severely affected by political measures taken to limit the transmission of the coronavirus. On March 19, 2020, the government in Norway announced to fund these airlines, amounting to a total of six billion Norwegian kroner. Most subsidies will go to Norwegian, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and Widerøe.

The first coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Norway was confirmed on February 26, 2020. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.