We study how Swedish citizens updated their institutional and interpersonal trust as the
corona crisis evolved from an initial phase to an acute phase in the spring of 2020. The …

Trust is highlighted as central to effective disease management. During the COVID‐19
pandemic, Denmark seemed to embody this understanding. Characterizing the Danish …

In this study, we explored the longitudinal relationship of political trust and subjective
political competence during the COVID-19 outbreak. We also examined how levels of …

The Covid 19 pandemic has put the issue of public trust at the centre of political analysis.
This article inquires into the level of public trust in Sweden concerning current crisis …

Did the different public-health policies that Sweden and Denmark pursued in the beginning
of the COVID-19 pandemic result in different levels of public trust in governments' and health …

Governments around the world have issued movement restrictions and quarantines to
combat the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the Swedish government has not …

In times of severe international crises, such as wars and terrorist attacks, citizens tend to
'rally-around-the-flag'and increase their support for political leaders. We ask if the rallying …

During international crises, trust in government is expected to increase irrespective of the
wisdom of the policies it pursues. This has been called a 'rally-round-the-flag'effect. This …

This study shows that social and political trust may diverge in the face of shared threats, and
that this pattern is driven by negative information about crisis management. Leveraging a …

How do people respond to terrorist events? Exploiting the timing of the 2010 wave of the
annual 'Society Opinion Media'survey in Sweden, we study the causal effect of the …