‘It’s a shame’: Swedish residents have become less likely to wash due to inflation and the energy crisis

Rising inflation and the energy crisis in Sweden mean that one in five people in the country have to shower less often due to cost savings.The Sifo Public Opinion Research Center found that 17% of citizens started taking fewer showers. At the same time, every tenth Swede aged 30-49 tries to wash not at home, but, for example, at work.“Back to reality. For a long time we lived on borrowed money. It’s a shame that in today’s Sweden you have to borrow to pay for basic needs,” one reader wrote Samnytt “Due to stupid policy decisions today in 2023 you go to work, plow all day and can’t afford to shower every day on your way home,” another netizen indignantly added.Experts advise people in Sweden to take the so-called dirty shower, that is, to limit themselves to washing themselves or wiping body parts with wet wipes. And to reduce energy consumption, people are advised to wash in cold water.