Most people who divorced last year were between 35 and 46 years old, which is the most common age to divorce in Sweden.
Absolutely unusual is to divorce when you are over 85, or younger than 19.
Most of the 23,647 couples still had time to celebrate their tin wedding, that is, the tenth anniversary.
The marriage lasted for just over 11 years on average.
Since 1998, the length of the marriage has changed marginally and has been steady at between 10 and just over 12 years.
Another reason why a marriage ends is that someone in the couple dies.
Those marriages lasted an average of almost 47 years.
"No pandemic effect"
During the 2000s, the number of signed divorce papers has varied from year to year.
The long-term trend is still rising, according to Statistics Sweden.
The lowest number was in 2005 when about 21,000 couples divorced.
The peak year was 2013 with 27,000 divorces.
The figures from 2021 show fewer divorces compared to the previous year.
But a clear pandemic effect is difficult to see.
- What is thought is that there would be a clear pandemic effect, but the changes are not so great in recent years.
Several things affect, including what the marriages looked like the year before, says Tomas Johansson.
On the other hand, Sweden is high compared to other countries.
- Sweden is clearly higher than most countries in the EU average.
The main reason is that there are large countries with large populations that are lower.
Another reason is that in some countries divorce is not as accepted as in Sweden.
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Nadja Christiansson Drake and her sisters talk about their perspectives on divorce.
Photo: Tatiana Kireeva / SVT