Sweden had an abnormally low death rate in 2019; Norway did not. Averaged over the past two years, Sweden's death rate in 2019 and 2020 is just 1.2% above 2018, as compared to Norway's 0.48% below 2018.
It's quite likely that many people who would have died in 2019 in a normal year died in 2020 instead.
It's quite likely that many people who would have died in 2019 in a normal year died in 2020 instead.
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