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Starvation, moldy bread and food poisoning for conscripts
Published January 27, 2024 at 4:59 p.m
DOMESTIC. Swedish citizenship is ultimately about defending a debauched way of life with your life as a stake and weapon in hand, as it is usually called officially. But now a report shows that it can also mean getting food poisoning, suffering from starvation and being served moldy bread while conscripted.

At the regiment K3 in Karlsborg, over 100 people got food poisoning and on another occasion they were served moldy bread.

In Gothenburg, the conscripts were given so little food that they starved and lost up to six kilos in weight, according to a report from the Duty Council.

"Here, the supervisory authority has carried out an infection tracing but has not found a clear answer to how this arose", writes Lotta Skarenberg, head of communications at the regiment in Karlsborg, in a comment to SVT.

However, the fact that hunter soldiers lose six kilos in weight does not mean that they are starving, according to the Swedish Armed Forces, even though perfect physique is required to begin the training.

- It is not strange to lose weight when you eat at fixed times and exercise daily. The important thing is that the soldier is followed up so you know why he lost weight, says Johanna Frejme, communications manager at Amf 4.

The soldiers in rainy Gothenburg also reportedly lacked rain clothing, which limited the so-called amphibious regiment's ability to operate when it rains outside.

- It is not good, of course, that we in the amphibious regiment do not have clothes that can withstand rain, says Frejme to SVT.