Senior Housing Fika: Alcohol Rule Solution Found

Kristin Jacobsson (C) questioned why residents at the Väduren senior housing no longer could have an "avec" with their coffee at the communal Thursday fika, which they had organized for years, calling it unnecessary paternalism. The Vice Mayor for the Elderly and Culture, Torun Boucher (V), explained that the city must follow alcohol laws requiring serving permits when organizing activities. A solution was found: residents can continue their fika and consume alcohol if they organize it themselves, without the city acting as an organizer, thus respecting both the law and residents' wishes.