

The novel highlights the generational divide most clearly as it describes retiree Roger wanting to essentially ignore and discredit his formally diagnosed burnout, which the World Health Organization added to its International Classification of Diseases in the spring of 2019.

Finally, Anxious People also highlights people’s (particularly younger people’s) willingness to speak openly about their mental health and seek help for it.

This has led to anti-immigrant sentiment from various Swedish political parties, as well as an increase in violence against immigrants. Recent estimates suggest that about 15 percent of Sweden’s population is foreign-born, and about 5 percent of Swedish people are born to two immigrant parents. Another thing the novel touches on is immigration to Sweden. was officially in a recession for 19 months, Sweden’s recession lasted 15 months. As the American economy is one of the largest in the world and therefore has immense sway on the global economy, many developed countries-including Sweden-also suffered a recession. Due to a variety of factors, including not enough oversight in the banking industry, the entire banking sector crashed and was eventually bailed out in September of 2008. The global economic crash that led the man to jump off the bridge is, presumably, the Great Recession, which began in the United States in 2007-08.
