Ulrica Schenström, a Moderate Party member (Image: YOUTUBE)
"This is also the reason why the Nordics fear Brexit. It would give eurosceptics an enormous morale boost in the region.
"This despite the fact that the EU's critics in the UK – or mainly in England – are mainly found on the right of the political spectrum whereas they tend to be on the left in the Nordics."
Among the other issues that have fuelled panic in Sweden, is the fact that the UK - which like Stockholm did not adopt the euro while inside the bloc - was its biggest ally against the eurozone.