Better safe than sorry: Sweden tells citizens to prep for war and crisis

Sweden is sending out instructions to its citizens on what to do in the case of war. It comes as the newest member of NATO has joined its neighbour Finland on exercises along the alliance’s northern flank bordering Russia.

Al Jazeera’s Paul Rhys reports from the Swedish city of Malmö.

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[Naugur]

This is not a change in policy or preparation. We've gotten these in the mail since the cold war.

[hermeliin]

International media coverage of this is pretty stupid and blows things out of proportion. These pamphlets are nothing new, its just basic safety information everyone should know.

[MrHasse]

This brochure we have in Sweden since after ww2. Not new

[jage]

A load of bull. As a Swede, i can say that these info papers were printed in the same way even back in the seventies. They are revised regularely to help the population in case of anything big.

[ThereIsHopeInJesusC]

These pamphlets have been sent out for many years

[emikke]

Sweden and Finland have been giving these warnings for years

[hilmust]

My grandfather has a stack of these that he has collected since they were first being given out

[TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

Same in Norway, several recent revisions. Excellent info to know in general.

[TheDanielsweden]

Why can't Al jezera get basic details right?

[ma]

I feel swedish people are prepared even for the morning after the day of judgment while I don't know where I sleep tonight!

[hamidab]

I was born in Afghanistan living in sweden now, and I have all this preparation in my DNA.😂

[johnhughes]

I should point out that this is just the Swedes and Finns being prepared, as they always have been for the past 80 years

[MrElmag]

The Swedish have been doing it even before COVID

[mariyou]

The pamphlet is not about nuclear war specifically. It is just the usual information pamphlet since the sixties.

[Nozthedon]

Finland preparing for war to fight for someone else’s problem even though they caused the war

[mike]

The mistake was to join NATO.. then staying neutral, now fear is being sold to justify defence spending. Hows Thailand and Switzerland going?

[Wintermist-SWE]

We've had these all my life, why are people reacting to them now, using them as some kind of propaganda? It's just basic information that is useful for everyone to have.

[ros]

News!? 😂 The previous issue was 2018, and the first brochure came already 1943 with 16 pages. Why does your country think people don’t need this information?

[MechanicMetro]

I just got these leaflets in my postbox

[therru]

really wish we hadn't gambled our entire country on standing with the us.