When Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson wanted to show how much Swedes benefit from lower gas prices, the result didn’t quite turn out as planned. In a Facebook post, she calculated a savings of 1,200 kronor for a typical car trip—a figure that quickly proved difficult to reconcile with reality.
Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson In a Facebook post, (M) wanted to show how much Swedes stand to gain from the government’s tax cuts on gasoline and diesel. She calculated that a round-trip drive between Växjö and Östersund would result in savings of as much as 1,200 kronor.
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