You still had ICA, normal, lidl, hemkop, city gross, willys, convenience stores, food delivery and restaurants though, right or are you using that as a shorthand for "everything"?
I was in Sweden for 2 weeks in September btw. Using cash was a challenge.
The biggest pain was bill splitting at restaurants. That's so much easier with cash.
Lovely country, btw, recommended. California-ish prices. Get your SIM from 7-11, they're cheaper and also get the 7-day public transit pass, totally worth it.
First, I was talking more towards the general readership than you specifically.
Second to respond:
"Uh? Where did they not accept cash?"
As a tourist I mostly went to restaurants, cafes, and museums. The grocery stores still took cash but the other places not so much. I had to make a decent effort to get rid of the remainder of what I had prior to my departure. Tourists and locals often don't have significant cross-overs, so that might be the difference in our experience.
I defer to you of course on the actual experience of cashlessness. I wish you the best.
When I was in Stockholm and Uppsala in 2019, all supermarkets I visited had signs posted saying that they do not accept cash. Around the same time I read an article from an American newspaper (New York Times?) about how, for example, even Swedes selling coffee at events could easily get payment terminals and no longer wanted to take cash.
I was in Sweden for 2 weeks in September btw. Using cash was a challenge.
The biggest pain was bill splitting at restaurants. That's so much easier with cash.
Lovely country, btw, recommended. California-ish prices. Get your SIM from 7-11, they're cheaper and also get the 7-day public transit pass, totally worth it.