Perhaps no nation has respected its citizens’ freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic more than Sweden. While Australia quarantines close contacts who test negative for the virus in fenced camps and Austria prepares to mandate vaccination for all adults on February 1, Sweden has spent two years informing its citizens on best practices — and respecting them to observe them. Throughout Sweden, schools have remained open, public health police have been absent from public life, and masks are virtually nowhere to be found. Supporters held Sweden up as a model for enlightened statesmanship; opponents worried the policy would turn the nation into a Scandinavian slaughterhouse. How have those measures fared compared to other nations?