Sweden Governance Strategy amid Crisis and dealing with Covid-19

This study focuses on the Sweden coronavirus strategy as a unique model among the common one, to tackle the covid-19 pandemic which started in China at the end of 2019 and then started spreading around the world. Sweden took a distinct way to deal with the first wave of the pandemic from January to the end of October 2020. It did not impose a lock down, did not force people to stay at home, did not close the markets and left the schools for people under 16 open. Although this strategy resulted in the death of around 6000 within the first wave, most of the victims were elderlies aged 60 to 90 years old who lost their lives due to some miscalculations and problems inside the care homes. This counted as a dark side of the strategy. This study raises some questions regarding the uniqueness of Swedish approach and how it differs from the common approach in most countries. It also seeks to find out on what bases this approach has been built and how Kurdistan Region can benefit from it. The study found out that the unique policy was based on some characteristics of the society such as the trust between people and the government and public institutions, trust-based policies, natural social distancing, and the common responsibility culture followed by Swedes during the crisis. Understanding these traits are critical before assessing the Sweden Coronavirus strategy. This study also highlights some key areas which could be taken as lessons for Kurdistan Government to consider during the pandemic. This study follows the qualitative approach to collect its data and employ analytical and descriptive methods to present and analyses the collected date