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    Sweden Tells Citizens to Hold Cash in Case of War or Crisis

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    1. bloomberg on

      *From Bloomberg News reporter Charlie Duxbury:*

      All Swedish adults should hold a week’s worth of cash at home so they can buy food, medicine and other essentials in case of a war or other crisis, Sweden’s central bank said.

      In addition to the 1,000 kronor ($110) per adult, Swedes should also keep bank cards from multiple lenders and use the local online payment service Swish, the Riksbank said on Wednesday in its first guidance on payments aimed directly at citizens.

      “The general public is an important part of Sweden’s total defense and central to strengthening national preparedness,” the central bank said. “Having access to different payment methods improves the public’s ability to make payments in the event of temporary disruptions, crises and, in the worst case, war.”

    3. Arctic_Turtle on

      I think it’s more like the recommendation changed. Used to be 60€ per person, now 100€ per person. If I remember correctly. 

    4. TemuBoyfriend on

      Sweden also is trying to remove the use of cash. Your accounts can be frozen if you withdraw cash or try to enter cash into your accounts. Banks do not accept cash.

      Every aspect of our society punishes the use of cash.
      Stores prefer not deal with cash. ATMs are dissapearing.

      And they keep repeating this message as if we don’t get that cash is good. But you ( swedish state ) wont let us use it without endlessly fucking with us. In addition to making it difficult to do anything by cash.

    5. Background_Cause_992 on

      We got this advice from the Dutch gov a while back, along with storing food, blankets candles etc. for 3-5 days. Id assume most governments are doing the same?

      There’s an active warzone not very far away and Trumps doing his best to make the world more dangerous.

    7. lowfour on

      Easier said than done… So hard to get hold of euros, banks don’t even make it possible to make withdrawals in cash, only on ATMs but heavily limited. Another possibility is in Forex, as foreign currency, but also heavily limited. We live in a cashless society for the good or the bad.

    8. nlk72 on

      And you get criminalised when holding to much cash because of their crackdown on the blackmoney interpersonal transfers.

    11. InformationNew66 on

      So how will the “cashless” stores operate? They don’t even have a cash drawer anymore.

    14. GrumpyBitFlipper on

      In the same country the banks will press criminal charges if you so much as glance on an ATM to withdraw the cash mentioned in the article

    16. AdSevere1274 on

      It is probably because electricity would go down; so would bank machines and card machines in such cases.

      Cans of beans it is. All the other stuff would need fridge and electricity to cook.

    17. rrRunkgullet on

      Tons of bank accounts about to be suspended and reviewed due to a large change in behaviour pattern. The government will wave its hand and say that we couldn’t predict it. *Sorry.*

      Isn’t this recomendation also a sort of bank rush? 

    18. Aggressive-Purple615 on

      My belief is that we’re heading towards WW3.

      Iran will likely try to make this war as costly as possible, test lojality (arab world), and include as many as possible. Trump’s USA will do the same, but for different reasons.

      My thoughts are that Trump does this to distract from the Epstein files and the midterm elections he has to win (regardless of how) this year.

      This will likely be spillover into EU territory, whereas Israel and USA will try to include NATO-Europe to cover financial expenses. USA and Israel is probably already seeing how dumb this is (Iran posed no immediate threat to the U.S.).

      If this escalates further, it can easily create a domino-effect where other nations aspire to be dominionists.

    22. captainmycaptn on

      A week worth of cash is more like 2000 SEK for a normal nuclear family. But ok, I guess we can do with just pasta and rice, nothing fresh.

    23. abzz123 on

      Where do I even get cash? I am in Sweden for 1 year and I have never seen cash and most places do not accept cash. 

    26. mightybob4611 on

      You can’t even use cash in most stores in Sweden, so what’s the point?

    27. MercantileReptile on

      Pah, Amateurs. I have Cash because my phone is double digits in age and my card has fees. Also, when bartering/buying stuff on flea markets and such, Cash is king.