Much of Europe is reopening, but none of Sweden's neighbors have relaxed their borders with it after its decision to have no COVID-19 lockdown

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• Sweden has been left out of border reopening agreements with Denmark, Finland and Norway.
• Its land neighbors are all allowing visits from some other nations, but none have included Sweden, which is geographically in the middle.
• Sweden took a controversial decision not to impose a formal lockdown, unlike most of Europe. As of early June the country had one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the world.
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As European countries press ahead with relaxing their borders, Sweden is being excluded by all three of its nearest neighbors.

Denmark, Norway, and Finland have all this week restored the ability for its citizens to travel from one nation to another. A patchwork of other reopenings are taking place in Europe at the same time.

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