I have questions about Sweden

Post date: 2025-02-17 17:31:36

I'm watching the TV show on Netflix The Åre Murders, and I have a few questions about Sweden. Spoilers ahead.

I watched the first few episodes and enjoyed parts of it. But there were a few things that as an American I didn't quite understand.

First, the detective, Hanna Ahlander, is on leave from her job in Stockholm, but the local police chief says she will put in a transfer for her and it takes about a week. Is this entirely fiction, or is the Swedish police system set up so that people can just hop jobs when on vacation?

Second, the high school teacher is having a relationship with his student and was blackmailing her with naked pictures she had sent him. The police seemed concerned about the blackmail aspect, but not much else - in the US the "relationship" would be statutory rape and the photos, child pornography. The blasé nature of the police response made me wonder if culturally it is okay for teachers and students to have relationships in Sweden or there is a lower legal age for consent than in the US. Or again, is this just fictional and not representative of Swedish law and culture.

I don't mean to offend anyone with these questions, but would be interested to know the answers.

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