I don’t know what you’re referring with regards to Sweden. While we have rent control there’s plenty of private landlords. Each city will usually have an official queue for rentals. But private landlords are not obligated to use it. Larger private landlords often hade their own queue. Smaller ones do whatever they feel like.
Not compared to countries with an actual free rental market.
Having lived in both Norway and Sweden, the difference is stark. Moving to Oslo it took me a couple of phone calls and less than 10 days before I literally had the keys to a rental apartment in the part of Oslo I wanted to live in. Moving to Sweden it took months and I ended up with an 'illegal' second hand contract in a shitty part of Stockholm.
He is not totally wrong, it's just private landlords are usually companies, not individuals.
If individuals are renting an apartment, it's almost always limited to two 2 years and needs paperwork with the housing association including a reason for renting instead of selling
Banks also don't give loans to buy property if the stated reason is to rent
