Even at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when Sweden's death rate was ten times higher than its neighbors, classes remained open.
For students under 16, lessons were maintained and even remained compulsory throughout the health crisis, all without a mask.
“I think it's good that they don't wear masks,” says one mother.
"I have three children, and it is important that they go to school. Otherwise, it is very difficult for me to work."
For the government, Sweden's anti-Covid-19 strategy has not fostered transmission of the virus, which critics dispute.
60% of Swedes support the authorities' decisions, according to a poll released this week.
But in this Stockholm school where our special envoys James André and Catherine Norris-Trent visited, 20 of the 70 teachers who work there contracted Covid-19, sometimes with serious cases.
>> See also: "Covid-19: Sweden accused of letting the elderly die"
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