The booklet, called “Om krisen eller kriget kommer” (“In Case of Crisis or War”), sent by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) contains practical advice for dealing with crises such as war, natural disasters or cyberattacks.
With this updated version, it has been sent five times since World War II.
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The previous version, sent to households in 2018, made headlines: it was the first time it had been sent to residents of Sweden since 1961, at the height of the Cold War.
“The security situation is serious and we all need to strengthen our resilience in order to be able to face crises, and ultimately war,” argued Mikael Frisell, director of MSB, in a statement.
Over the next two weeks, 5.2 million brochures – also available online in Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian, Polish, Somali and Finnish – will be sent to the Swedish population.
The government of Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometre-long border with Russia, also launched a website on Monday with crisis preparedness advice.
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