According to Jenny Cisneros Örnberg, Sunday opening is not very high on the public's wish list - most are satisfied with today's service level and have great confidence in Systembolaget.

And there are grounds for being restrictive:

- Alcohol research shows that increased availability often leads to increased consumption and more alcohol-related problems. There is a danger that those who have a need to drink alcohol every day of the week are those at risk.

Drink less and less

The trend over the past ten years is otherwise that Swedes' alcohol consumption will decline, even young people drink less and less. Thursday's report from the CAN (Central Federation for Alcohol and Drug Information) shows that in 2018, 8.83 liters of pure alcohol are consumed per inhabitant 15 years and older. This is 2 percent less than the year before.

But it is mainly private imports from abroad that have decreased - Systembolaget's sales went up somewhat in 2018 and beer and wine are increasing at the expense of liquor.

Conflict with public health

The Moderate leadership's argument for Sunday's opening is that people should be free to decide for themselves when during the week they want to buy alcohol. Jenny Cisneros Örnberg, who is the deputy head of the Department of Public Health at Stockholm University, believes that this individual's freedom can conflict with the goal of limiting the damage that alcohol causes to parts of the population, both medical and social.

- But right now, opening hours at Systembolaget feel like a non-issue. This type of play comes from time to time but there is no support to push it through.