The Scandinavian countries are often seen as a unity. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic striking differences on how the countries approached the crisis became evident. This quantitative-ethnographic (QE) study aimed to understand political and cultural similarities and differences between the three Scandinavian countries -Denmark, Norway and Sweden -through their crisis communications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we focused on how the health authorities of the three countries, in their press releases, treated information about COVID-19 and acted in four fields: reorganization of population behavior, containment of viral transmission, preparation of health systems, and management of socioeconomic impacts. As a methodology, the QE tools nCoder and ENA were applied, respectively: to code the press releases and to correlate the treatment of information with the four fields of action.

Looking through the window, Manon could barely discern the skyline. There had been many power shortages in the city, and Manon wondered if today's blurred view was due to a lack of street lighting or if the smog had started to appear again.'Mom! Is the wire down again?' 'Yes!' A canned sound wrenched from the bathroom. 'Shit! Not only the light…' Manon cursed the situation and searched aimlessly for his t-shirt on the floor. 'Yet another day in paradise…' Manon started worrying. He had surgery to participate in-a significant learning opportunity for his final exams associated with his virtual internship at the city hospital.Manon is a medical student aiming for graduation in 2062. During most of his medical training, the constant and almost daily power shortages made things quite problematic for the brain-computer interface (BCI)-based medical activities he was training for in the privacy of his own home. Fortunately, he was still living with his mom, as these shortfalls had lengthened his medical training immensely. When electricity was off most of the day, the sound from the gas-driven generator was everyday life, and the Internet was unwired via an antenna. Activities not demanding a high-speed bandwidth often performed during these times were emailing. However, these old-school activities were insufficient for today's tasks: the wired connection was necessary for transferring the Internet's 3D space and intelligent sensors' zettabyte data.'Did you get any time for the power outage, Mom?' Manon's pulse was high, and he started breathing heavily.'Yes! I just got an email from the city service; the power will be on in 10 min.' 'Great!'* Karoline Schnaider

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