The Swedish phenomenon of de-cluttering before you die | ITV News

Death is an unavoidable aspect of life and yet, in Britain, it’s rarely something we plan for.
In Sweden, however, this final taboo is being brought into the open - citizens are encouraged to prepare financially and practically for what happens when they are gone.
ITV On Assignment's Penny Marshall visits Gothenberg to see first-hand how a mandatory funeral tax means families don’t have to worry about the financial burden of burying their loved ones - the state covers all the basics.
And at a ‘death café’ in Stockholm, where participants chat about grief and dying over coffee, Penny learns about the uniquely Swedish phenomenon of ‘death cleaning’ -- the process of de-cluttering before you die, rather than leaving it up to your loved ones to do after you’re gone.
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