SPIRITS, CIDER, AND ALCOPOPS
Spirits are the most common drink amongst both boys and girls in the ninth grade, but boys drink almost as much strong beer. Upper secondary school boys mainly drink strong beer, while upper secondary school girls mainly drink spirits, alcopops, and wine.
Most people drink spirits. It gets you drunker and you don't need to drink so much.
Jesper, aged 15, Umeå
SMUGGLED AND ILLICIT SPRITS
In 2021, 18 per cent of ninth graders and 34 per cent of year 2 upper secondary school students drank illegal alcohol, i.e. home-distilled or smuggled alcohol. The percentage who drank smuggled alcohol has not changed very much over the past 20 years, while the percentage of those who had drunk home-distilled alcohol has declined sharply over the same period.

"Cider’s good. It tastes like a soft drink and you don’t get totally plastered".
Michelle, aged 15, Örebro