Tonight, the majority of the Swedes put on the clock from winter to summer time.
Many people feel bad about the time change and straight away dislike the phenomenon.
But one who refuses to deal with it is Yvonne Oward, 81 – who has not set the clock for several years.
– I think it is so idiotic and many people feel bad, she says.
The first time Sweden tried to introduce summer time was 1916. Then the protests became large and above all it was the rural population that had objections. The fact that you got less sleep and rest and that the harvest work was made more difficult was then the main arguments.
In the 1980s, Sweden made another attempt to introduce summer time and the EU entry in 1995 made it possible to adapt the time change to the rest of Europe. One who has always been against the summertime is Yvonne Omard, which she first tells about in an interview with Sweden’s Radio.
-Still since the 1980s when you took back in the summer, I was tired and I was not the same person when the clock was changed for that reason, she tells TV4 News.
Yvonne Oward.
Yvonne Oward.
Stopped switching the clock completely
When she retired and no longer had to set the clock to go to work, she stopped switching it to summer time.
– I haven’t done that in many years. I think the summer time is so idiotic and there are so many who feel bad. It was thought it would save energy, but many young people are feeling bad today because they can’t sleep long enough. So I think that if you want to be up earlier then you can do it without everyone having to change the clock.
The question of summer and winter has been debated for several years and already seven years ago came the European Commission’s proposal to abolish the time change, but it was not until Poland took over the chairmanship this year that the proposal became relevant again.
-The European Parliament voted for, but the EU governments looked at it and said it was difficult for several reasons. On the one hand, there is no clear evidence that it is bad to keep on and change from summer time and winter time, but there is no evidence of the opposite either, so you got nowhere with it, says EU journalist Ylva Nilsson in News Morning.
“No problem”
The motivation for the introduction of summer time was to be able to better utilize the light hours of the day, but it also has negative consequences such as concentration difficulties, fatigue and a displaced daily rhythm. Psychologist Jonas Hjalmar Blom tips that you should treat the time change a bit like a “jet team” to change the daily rhythm.
– I really wish that this time change did not exist, I know that there is no research that shows that it is good and I think of school age who already have a hard time getting up in the morning, says Yvonne Omard.
She says that her has not been a problem to live after the winter time even in the summer.
– I know that if someone says at 14 they mean 13 in my time, the only times it can be a problem is if someone else has changed my watch and I still think I am an hour after, otherwise it is no problem.