This weekend alone, at least four people have died after drowning accidents in Sweden and every year about 220 people die in drownings.
July 25, the same day as several drowning alarms were received, is the international day to prevent drowning.
Several Swedish experts believe that the number who drown, through several concrete measures, can be halved.
Andreas Claesson highlights three main proposals at DN Debatt today together with representatives from, among others, the Swedish Lifesaving Society and the Sea Rescue Society.
- We need an action plan and concrete measurable goals that we follow up to see that it is going in the right direction.
Drownings can be prevented, but today we do not.
Unfortunately, we will continue to have dead this summer and next summer if we do not address it now, says Andreas Claesson.
Want to see national plan
One proposal is to set up a national center for drowning prevention, which collects data to follow up drowning accidents and provide a basis for research.
Another measure they are calling for is a national strategy that provides the opportunity for a vision for a Sweden without drownings.
The third measure proposed is to make data available to all different actors working to promote, prevent and remedy in the field of water safety.
Hear in the clip above Andreas Claesson about how Sweden can reduce drowning accidents.