This chart is a little easier to parse then the full census data set https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-deaths/ In 2020 when the Covid virus was "raging" there were 98,124 deaths of all kinds in Sweden. Up from 88,766 in 2019 an increase of 9,358 deaths year over year. 2020s numbers are higher then a 10 year average. Now the available data for 2021 deaths is through August so 2/3rds of the year. If we take that two thirds and multiply it by the number of deaths in 2020 we get 65,416 expected deaths vs this data set which shows 60,867 actual deaths. If that trend holds through the last trimester of 2021 we would expect 91,300 deaths in 2021 (taking the actual 60,867 and dividing by 2 to account for two trimesters and adding that into the total to approximate a full year) which is less then 2020 so I am not sure how the writer of the article came to his numbers and he doesn't show his math. It actually looks like they are on track for less deaths in 2021 and something closer to the 10 year average.