‘I believe we have failed’: Swedish king slams the government’s hands-off approach to the pandemic

King Carl XVI Gustaf

King Carl XVI Gustaf has spoken out against his country’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying the Swedish government has failed to save lives due to the laissez-faire strategy it had adopted.

“I think we have failed,” King Gustaf said, during an unusually candid interview with state broadcaster SVT, excerpts from which were released on Thursday. “We have a large number who have died and that is terrible. It is something we all have to suffer with,” he lamented, adding that the entire nation has had a “terrible year.”

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