But, I see paperwork, not panic. I came home from work one evening this week and opened a Korean YouTube video with 1.3 million views and a title about Sweden preparing for war with Russia while Europe turns tense. The link is in the source section below. After close to 20 years here, I want to go through the video's main points one by one and set each against the facts and against what I see in daily life. This is not an attempt to tear the video apart. Much of it is accurate. My aim is simply to give readers a factual picture of Sweden. The cash story. The video opens with a dramatic U-turn: Sweden planned to ban cash in shops by 2030, then reversed course. There was never such a ban. Cash is legal tender, but Swedish shops have always been free to choose which payment methods they accept, which is why "card only" signs were legal, according to the Riksbank . What did change is real but modest. From 1 July 2026, a law passed by the Riksdag requires grocery stores ...