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Opinion & Analysis

Sharp political analysis, cultural criticism, and columns by Senior Political Columnist Mats Dagerlind, Executive Director & Senior Political Analyst Kent Ekeroth, and invited Nordic commentators.

Beat Desk / Editors: Mats Dagerlind (Senior Political Columnist) & Kent Ekeroth (Executive Director) Constitutional Imprint: Samnytt (Ansvarig utgivare: Simon Kristoffersson)

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OPINION / MATS DAGERLIND STOCKHOLM

Dagerlind: A People Is More Than a Nyckelharpa

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.

Key Takeaway: Swedish political elites have long dismissed native Swedish culture as nonexistent or limited to superficial folklore like Midsummer and the nyckelharpa.

By Mats Dagerlind • 06:00 CET • 22 min read

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OPINION & ANALYSIS

No Civilization Without Religion

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 civilisation . In Swedish, this roughly becomes “Wherever you see an…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 24, 06:00

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Ekeroth: “When the Revolution Devours Its Own Children”

EDITORIAL • It would have been almost humorous if it weren’t so serious. But a short video from the immigrant riots in France sums it all up in a poetically perfect way: a woman described as a left-wing activist…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 21, 06:00

OPINION / MATS DAGERLIND

Dagerlind: Kristersson’s and Forssell’s Russophobia Obscures Domestic Threats

EDITORIAL • Russia is guilty of much, but not everything. Yet, suspicions of Russian involvement increasingly seem sufficient for far-reaching political conclusions. Now, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) and…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 20, 06:00

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Ekeroth: “Bukele is Right – Europe Could Fix the Problems Quickly”

EDITORIAL • France is burning and the incompetent President Macron is pleading for calm. Then a man steps forward who has actually done what everyone else calls impossible. And he says exactly what I have said for…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 19, 11:00

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Ekeroth: “A Knee to the Head – and the Left Acquits”

EDITORIAL • Apparently, in Sweden, you can knee a journalist in the head and still walk free. It might help if you have the right political sympathies – and three politically appointed lay judges from the left…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 17, 14:00

OPINION & ANALYSIS

SD’s Vote Maximization Strategy Has Reached a Dead End

DEBATE • The voters’ verdict in the 2026 election is harsh. The “party” lost 3.05% or 147,000 votes, there was no participation in government, and our former cooperation partners now seem disinterested in any…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 17, 06:00

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Who Judges Whom in the Swedish Rule of Law?

NEWS COLUMN • There is something deeply peculiar about a judicial system where political parties appoint lay judges who are then expected to leave their political convictions outside the courtroom. The verdict…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 16, 06:00

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Ekeroth: “The Population Replacement That Doesn’t Exist”

There is no population replacement. We’ve been told this for years. To claim otherwise is labeled as conspiratorial, far-right, and probably some form of racism. Yet, that is precisely what we are seeing,…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 15, 09:18

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Excelling at Guilt by Association When ETC Tries to Label Samnytt and Ekeroth as Nazis

EDITORIAL • When Dagens ETC wants to attack Samnytt, it’s not enough to scrutinize what we publish or even what we advertise. Instead, the leftist newspaper builds chains of association from a couple of history…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 14, 11:19

OPINION & ANALYSIS

They Want to Kickstart the Madness Again

COLUMN • Wind turbines rising above small villages, shadowy billion-kronor projects requiring state support, and Northvolt ending in bankruptcy. Sweden has already gotten an expensive preview of what happens when…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 14, 06:00

OPINION / MATS DAGERLIND

Dagerlind: Everyone Wants Magdalena – No One Wants Her Government

LEADER • Four parties holding a majority of the parliament’s seats claim they want Magdalena Andersson as prime minister. Yet, they cannot agree on what government she should lead. This strange parliamentary…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 13, 06:00

OPINION / MATS DAGERLIND

Dagerlind: Do Not Bury the Swedes’ Right to Be a People

EDITORIAL • A people is more than a group of individuals who just happen to live within the same state borders. It is history, language, culture, values, traditions, shared experiences, and a sense of belonging…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 12, 06:00

OPINION / KENT EKEROTH

Ekeroth: “The Anarcho-Tyrannical Society Strikes Again”

EDITORIAL • The anarcho-tyranny has struck again in this poor country. The latest incident happened to a musician in the Stockholm subway, where ten security guards and four police officers intervened against the…

By Kent Ekeroth • Oct 9, 17:04

OPINION & ANALYSIS

France Is Burning – But the Lying Media Sees Only ‘School Protests’

COLUMN • Burning schools, masked youth gangs, and attacks on police. Behind the French riots, there is also an explosive political mix of the far left, pro-Palestinian activists, and youths from immigrant-dense…

By Mats Dagerlind • Oct 9, 06:00