The debts of the Swedish people have never before been so high. In January, the total debt to the Kronofogden was measured to be SEK 119 billion, and now it has ended up at SEK 123 billion.
Today, there are around 420,000 people in Sweden who have active debts with the authority. And phenomena such as inflation, interest rate increases and high prices for food and electricity have not made it easier for those in debt.
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The mountain of debt is growing by SEK 50 million – per day
News24 has previously reported on the Swedes’ growing debts and then spoke with Davor Vuleta who is a spokesperson at the authority, and who told us that the debts increase by 50 million daily.
– There haven’t been this many people in debt in Sweden since the 90s. But unlike then, the amounts are larger today, he said then.
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To this day, the mountain of debt at the Kronofogden continues to grow.
In the past, the Kronofogden has mainly seen that people with lower employment and lower wages have become indebted, but now a new group has entered the authority, says Vuleta.
– There are people who did not live beyond their means when they took out their loans, but the changes in the economy have led to the fact that you no longer have enough financial assets, he says in an interview with Aftonbladet, and continues:
– These are people who never thought they would end up with us.
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“We have warned about this, but it will continue”
He believes that the growing mountain of debt is unsustainable and that it will take time before the debts will be able to be paid.
– We have warned about this, but it will continue. Even if you start to discuss a light in the general economy, we don’t see that yet at the Kronofogden, he says to the newspaper.
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