Socialism
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Sweden Democrats tell neo-Nazi to vacate seat
Politics: 2 Dec 12
A man with a background in the neo-Nazi movement looks set to claim a seat on Lidköping municipal council in central Sweden in replace of a member of the Sweden Democrats, who have called on him to step down.
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What can other far-right parties tell us about the Sweden Democrats?
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Nov 12
With the Sweden Democrats reeling from a racist video scandal, two political scientists look at whether other far-right parties in Europe can tell us if the party's much-touted makeover is more cosmetic than ideological.
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'Islam is like Nazism': top Sweden Democrat
Politics: 22 Nov 12
The Sweden Democrats' new justice policy spokesman, unveiled on Thursday as part of a reshuffle in the wake of a racist video scandal, has already made headlines for his comparison of Islamism to Nazism.
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'Free markets to thank for Swedish model success'
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 12
While Sweden is often held up as a shining example of the benefits of a generous welfare state, a new paper argues that free markets, rather than a large state sector, are the real key to Sweden's economic success.
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Crisis, conservatism, and China: the centre-right jockeys for position
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 12
Correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at whether leaders of Sweden's three centre-right political parties – which sometimes struggle in the shadow of the Moderates – managed to put their parties in the Almedalen spotlight.
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Left Party proposes Sjöstedt as new leader
Politics: 10 Dec 11
Sweden's Left Party's nomination committee suggested Jonas Sjöstedt take over as the party's new leader from Lars Ohly, who won't run for re-election in January.
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Lars Ohly: Seven years at the helm of Sweden's Left Party
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Aug 11
Lars Ohly on Tuesday said that he is to step down as leader of Sweden's Left Party. While widely respected as a person and as a skilful debater, his tenure will be remembered more for his stance on Communism and electoral decline.
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Olof Palme and Obamania: Swedes' love-hate relationship with the US
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 10
On the eve of the US mid-term elections, libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt takes a look at the evolution of Swedes' attitudes toward the United States – with some help from one of Sweden’s most revered singer-songwriters.
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Study: Low IQ linked to suicide risk
Science & Technology: 4 Jun 10
A study involving a million Swedish men has shown that there is a higher risk of attempted suicide later in life among those with lower IQ at the age of 18.
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'Anti-depressants cut suicides': Swedish study
Society: 23 Oct 09
The number of suicides reported among the Swedish adult population has declined considerably and anti-depressants are credited with saving up to 500-600 lives per annum, a new study argues.
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Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet?
Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 09
Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate.
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Beyond the insults: Swedish Model 2.0
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 09
As Sweden takes a battering in the US health care debate, Swedish Institute chief Olle Wästberg examines two of the insults most frequently flung: that Sweden is rampantly socialist, and that it's the poster child for neo-liberal market excesses.
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First dates in Sweden: sabotaged by social welfare
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jul 09
While Sweden's social welfare system is cherished by many, The Local's Scarlet St. Clair learns the hard way about the system's unintended consequences for single women.
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British journalist fishes for the real Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jul 09
British author Andrew Brown talks to James Savage about living in Sweden in the seventies, fishing, and how immigration has changed the country.
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Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 29
Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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'Every Swede has a cousin in America'
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Nov 08
Sweden has deep historic ties with the United states, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. And even though some Americans mistakenly associate Sweden with the cuckoo clock, the relationship remains largely one of mutual understanding and respect.
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Sahlin condemns youth league over roses for poison attack offer
National: 27 Sep 08
The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) has offered roses to those responsible for poisoning members of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Party leader Mona Sahlin described the offer as "terrible."
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Left Party in favour of file sharing
Politics: 9 Jun 08
The Left Party has changed its tune about file sharing, having decided at its party congress that file sharing should be allowed for personal use.
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'Swedish feminists should embrace free markets'
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 08
Swedish feminists could well secure more support if they decided to embrace free markets rather than left wing ideologies, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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Court denies couple marriage: 'your country does not exist'
Society: 10 Dec 07
A couple who say they are citizens of a 6 square metre 'tractor-like' rock in a lake in southern Sweden have been told by a Swedish court that their marriage is invalid.
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Please can I return this husband?
Dating: 13 Nov 07
Buy a sweater at H&M and you don't expect it to last forever, but it will look good on you for the time being. With the country's high divorce rate, Swedes have a pretty similar attitude to spouses, says Sarah Tarnowski.
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SFI is failing immigrants
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 07
SFI language courses aim to promote basic understanding of the Swedish language and society. But, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji, with low pass rates and politicized content, neither aim is fulfilled.
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How persistent can a failed ideology be?
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Aug 07
Ninety percent of Swedish students aged 15-20 do not know what a gulag was, and some still insist that schools should not teach about the crimes of communism. How long will the elites continue defending a failed ideology, asks Captus's Nima Sanandaji.
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Why the Stasi came to Sweden
Lifestyle: 16 Aug 07
Following recent revelations surrounding Swedes who collaborated with the Stasi, The Local looks at the Cold War relationship between neutral Sweden and the GDR.
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A quickie with... Karolina Lassbo
Lifestyle: 20 Jun 07
Karolina Lassbo is a successful blogger and the coordinator of Metro's new blog venture. But the self-styled glamour princess was also at the centre of an online storm last year when controversial comments about National Socialism provoked an angry reaction.
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What's the point of protesting?
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 07
When Sweden's labour movement takes to the streets on May 1st this year, they will for once have something other than a socialist government to protest against. But, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji, they overestimate the influence of ideology on politics.
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Introducing...the Stureplan Brats
Lifestyle: 22 Jan 07
They're best known for their slicked back hair, pressed pink shirts and consumption of copious volumes of champagne. This week, Introducing... looks at the fascinating phenomenon of the Stureplan Brats.
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'Lost' Swedish aid millions are the tip of the iceberg
Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jan 07
Swedish foreign aid agency SIDA spent 22 million kronor trying to find out how many people are publicly employed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is not the only example of wasted foreign aid, says Nima Sanandaji.
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Castro tributes reveal Swedish journalists' bias
Analysis & Opinion: 11 Dec 06
When Swedish public TV channel SVT broadcast a series of programmes praising Fidel Castro's reign in Cuba it showed that Swedish journalism's left-wing bias remains, argues Nima Sanandaji.
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Sweden owes a debt to Friedman
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Nov 06
Milton Friedman, who has died aged 94, combined a scientific mind with a passion for social issues. And he had a surprisingly big impact on Sweden, writes Nima Sanandaji
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Profile: Göran Persson, the big man of Swedish socialism
Politics: 13 Sep 06
Respected by some as a skilled statesman and criticised by others as a power-loving politician, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, who has been in power for a decade, is an innately political animal.
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Olof Palme: the controversy lives on
Lifestyle: 27 Feb 06
It is twenty years since Sweden was shaken by the murder of one of its most controversial politicians. But what impact does the radical, campaigning prime minister Olof Palme have on modern Sweden?
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Stockholm Syndrome: Together but slowly
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 05
Film night at our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's Swedish class and the choice of film, while Swedish to the core, is not appreciated by all the students.
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Fat kids disunited
Society: 24 Jun 04
What's worse about the youth of today? That they're too fat, claiming too much social benefit or rejecting old-fashioned socialist values?
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