After Northvolt's collapse wiped out SEK 5.8 billion in Swedish pension funds, US firm EdgeConneX wants to build seven massive data halls on the site consuming as much electricity as a nuclear reactor, with only a few dozen permanent jobs.
Simon Kristoffersson
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Sweden's former state Lutheran church, governed by political parties and funded by SEK 24 billion in annual church fees collected via the Tax Agency, has commissioned a multi-year theological project examining whether fidelity requires exclusivity.
Simon Kristoffersson
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Social Democratic commentator and Katalys director Daniel Suhonen is being sued in Stockholm District Court for aggravated defamation after going on video and X to label a Sweden Democrat parliamentary secretary a 'spy suspect' and 'Russian agent.'
Simon Kristoffersson
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Preem spent years selling Swedes a net-zero-by-2035 promise. Now its new Swiss owner Varo is cutting staff, chasing SEK 3 billion in savings and replacing the pledge with softer intensity targets for 2040.
Kent Ekeroth
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A Brussels energy-saving directive that disables automatic rear taillights during daytime driving has left hundreds of thousands of Swedish motorists driving dark in autumn fog and snow, risking police fines and rear-end crashes.
Simon Kristoffersson
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Mats Dagerlind examines the official Swedish elite view that national identity can be reduced to folkloric symbols or subway tickets - arguing that a nation is built on shared historical memory, language, and civic trust.
Mats Dagerlind
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Former Member of the Swedish Parliament (Committee on Justice, 2010-2018) and Lund University economist.
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Veteran Swedish columnist and essayist covering domestic politics, free speech, and cultural identity from Stockholm.
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How the Sweden Democrats (SD) and Sweden's center-right coalition reshaped migration, criminal justice, and nuclear energy rules - and why municipal coalitions are pushing back.
EXPLAINER #2 · JUSTICE SYSTEMInside Sweden’s juvenile sentencing rules, closed state youth homes (SiS), and the legal clash when families intervene to rescue children from contract-killing networks.
EXPLAINER #3 · INSTITUTIONSWhy a 5.4-million-member Lutheran church with SEK 24B in annual revenue holds partisan elections and funds theological inquiries into polyamory and activist causes.
Mats Dagerlind examines the official Swedish elite view that national identity can be reduced to folkloric symbols or subway tickets - arguing th…
Linköping's new governing coalition rammed through land allocation for a major mosque project even after municipal civil servants warned that the…
DEBATE • The title is a rewording of the French political philosopher Joseph de Maistre’s phrase Partout où vous verrez un autel, là se trouve la…
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