Pretty much however you turn the numbers, Sweden had the lowest or among the lowest excess deaths in EU during the COVID period.

I am very hopeful that we continue to know more and more as time goes on. I'm very nervous that, especially in the short term, we will mostly be targeted based on agenda of the messenger. :( Worse, I'm expecting mostly fighting about the numbers and causes.

I am certain that tempers (and fears) had not cooled enough to look dispassionately at this in 2021, and probably not in 2022 either. Hopefully, 2023 is long enough that we can look at it and stay rational.

So does the data suggest that the strategy of not having any lockdowns was more effective at reducing total excess deaths than the other strategies of having lockdowns whenever its bad?

After halfway through 2022 according to the article's chart. Earlier, the chart shows that they were doing very poorly, like the UK (another country that tried the do-nothing approach before walking it back), until they also instituted control measures. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/facing-covid-passport-mandat...