As described above, a licence must be obtained before gambling is offered to consumers in Sweden, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the Gambling Act.

An estimated one in four people in the world has played a game made by Swedes, and the Swedish games industry continues to grow substantially. In 2024, the total revenue for Swedish companies amounted to more than EUR 8.2 billion, according to the Swedish Game Developer Index. So how did Sweden become a major player?

The most common reading of the film is that it's about child abuse, heavy fare for a difficult movie but my own experience with Skinamarink had to do with another sense of powerlessness: that of childhood fear of the Rapture.

As an experimental horror film, Skinamarink doesn't have a definitive answer for what happens to Kevin and his family, leaving only little hints pointing to the story's true meaning. Since Kevin fell down the stairs and hurt himself, all the paranormal things occurring afterward may just be in his injured head.