It would be far more risky to receive Swedish tourists compared to, for example, Danish and Norwegian, according to Mika Salminen, health safety manager at the Institute for Health and Welfare, and one of the leaders in the infection prevention work in Finland during the pandemic.

"Unfortunately it is," he says, continuing:

- It is a political decision, but the actual difference in the spread of infection is a fact, and I suppose the government, of course, takes that into account.

More stable in Finland

The coronal situation is stable in Finland, which has chosen a much more restrictive route than Sweden, says Mika Salminen, who, on the other hand, does not want to review the Swedish virus strategy.

- Each country must make its own decisions and adopt the strategy that they consider to be best. I think it is neither correct nor particularly good to comment on other countries' strategies. From the outside, you have no overall picture, he says.

Discusses the "Sweden issue"

Sweden has more deaths from covid-19 during Christ's Ascension weekend than the other Nordic countries have together.

Therefore, when borders are opened, it is discussed whether Swedish tourists can be treated differently and not admitted to neighboring countries.

The Finnish Minister of the Interior has previously talked about the fact that Swedish tourists can be treated differently by not being admitted into the country, unlike tourists from other neighboring countries. Several Danish opposition parties want the same thing and when the borders are opened to Norway on June 15, the border can still be closed to Swedish tourists, according to Swedish Radio.

- That's exactly what the government is looking at now, when can we open the border again and let Swedes into Norway. You have a greater spread of infection in Sweden, says Frode Forland, director of infection protection in Norwegian at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, to Good morning, the World! in P1.