Coronapandemin's effects on public transport hit the regions hard. They own public transport and lose about SEK 1 billion per month, half of which in Stockholm, according to estimates from Sweden's municipalities and regions (SKR).

In the spring economic report, they forecast a loss of SEK 6 billion in 2020 for the regions, and the main explanation is precisely the reduced revenue from public transport.

- They have run their regular traffic since the state has asked them to do so, but have lost more than half of their revenue as a consequence of reduced travel, says SKR chairman Anders Knape.

60,000 for intensive care

Health care is also expected to be severely affected by the corona crisis and SKR wants the state to cover the entire cost of care linked to covid-19.

Even today, the January parties have shot to three billion, but that's not enough, says Anders Knape.

- An intensive care unit costs SEK 60,000 per day. And that means that our calculations in the healthcare area are only SEK 6 billion in a positive scenario, but in a less positive scenario it is SEK 12 billion.

They also expect a large "debt of care" going forward, partly because of canceled operations, postponed dental care and increased mental ill-health in the wake of the corona crisis.

"Can be extremely large"

The calculations in the financial report are made on the basis of a positive scenario, where the pandemic rings off already in summer and Sweden returns to a normal situation already in the fall. But SKR flags that it can be much worse and more support from the state is needed.

- If we manage to come up with these starting points, we can say that we come very well out of this. The alternatives are considerably worse and then the burden on our operations will be immensely greater than what we present today.

Also, based on the positive scenario SKR assumed, it will take until 2023 before Sweden's municipalities and regions are in balance again.