I live in Sweden, rent control is practically non-existent for most people now. The trick is to buy a place as soon as you can, unfortunately property prices are also going up (20% YoY!) so that's tough too.

In Sweden you can't usually privately rent out an apartment for more than 2 years, without returning to live in it for some time (or selling it). So this puts a lot of pressure on to buy a place to live in, as the rental market is a disaster of moving every year.

Sweden needs to build far, far more flats and houses. Like 10x current levels at a minimum. The population has increased by 20% in the last 20 years.