9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine
The New York Times
~14 min read · From 2017 · In a world full of anxiety about the potential job-destroying rise of automation, Sweden is well placed to embrace technology while limiting human costs.
Reader View · Shared by 193, including Kenneth Kalmer, Ward Plunet, Gerd Leonhard, Harald Ille, Hampus Jakobsson, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, david cant ~👷♂️, Roger Wernli, Ilia Markov, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Jacob Jarnvall, Martin Kägi, Ha Duong, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Merkstatt, Kim Schläpfer, Leslie D, Kim Dik, Klaus Eck, Isabel Drost-Fromm
The Times
Finland and Sweden set to join Nato as soon as summer
The Times
4 min read · Apr 11th · Russia has made a “massive strategic blunder” as Finland and Sweden look poised to join Nato as early as the summer
Reader View · Shared by 81, including Frank Luntz, Marcel Salathé, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, barb dybwad, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Edward Harrison, Jeff Jarvis, Ramon Tremosa 🎗🌹
The Wall Street Journal
Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · 2020-12-06 · After a late autumn surge in infections led to rising hospitalizations and deaths, Sweden has abandoned its attempt to combat the pandemic through voluntary measures.
Shared by 77, including getify, Brian LeRoux, Edward Tufte, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Augie Ray, Azeem Azhar, Eric Topol, Daniel Kraft, MD, Massimo Pigliucci, Craig Spencer MD MPH
The Independent
Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
The Independent
9 min read · From 2016 · Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent to landfill last year or any year since 2011. We can only dream of such an effective system in the UK, which is why we end up paying expensive transport costs to send rubbish to be recycled overseas rather than paying fines to send it to landfill under The Landfill Tax of 1996.
Reader View · Shared by 74, including Thomas Power, MariadPDC, Tauno, Ron McIntyre, Marius Bleuer, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Jacob Jarnvall, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Florian Hanke 🍎, Dominik Grolimund, Vincenzo Tremonte
Reuters
How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe
Reuters
4 min read · 2021-08-11 · As Klarna's billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state.
Shared by 360, including David Doughty, Nicolas Babin, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Cem Sertoglu 🤖, Johannes Lenz
World Economic Forum
Sweden says goodbye to parking spaces, hello to meeting places
World Economic Forum
3 min read · 2021-02-18 · Sweden is experimenting with hyperlocal, street-level changes to make the urban environment more human-centric.
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Andreas Staub, Brent Toderian, Harold Sinnott 📲 #SiemensAtCollision, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Katja Evertz, Vala Afshar, Allison Arieff, Brooks Rainwater, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem
The New York Times
Sweden Stayed Open. A Deadly Month Shows the Risks.
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2020 · While Sweden has avoided the worst outbreaks in Italy, Spain and Britain, it has also seen an extraordinary increase in deaths, mortality data shows.
Reader View · Shared by 54, including Noah Toly, Brian T. Edwards, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Cathy B 🌻, Tim Hayden, Undark Magazine, Eric Topol, Thomas Power, DoctorPeinado
guardian.co.uk
After this, Julian Assange has very few friends left in Sweden
guardian.co.uk
5 min read · From 2018 · Karin Olsson: Assange's flight from Sweden, a decent democracy, into the arms of Ecuador's megalomanic president is incomprehensible
nature
Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
nature
~19 min read · Mar 23rd · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Reader View · Shared by 60, including Brett King #Technosocialism #OptimalHumanity, Fabio Chiusi, Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement., Martin Steiger, Helen De Cruz
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Axios
Why NATO formed and why Finland and Sweden want to join the alliance
Axios
4 min read · May 16th · Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put NATO on a path towards further expansion.
Reader View · Shared by 121
Real Simple
The Scandinavian Sleep Method Could Be the Key to Saving Your Sleep (and Your Marriage)—Here's How It…
Real Simple
5 min read · Jun 14th · The Scandinavian sleep method is a popular practice originating from Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, where couples share a bed but sleep under two separate blankets. Here's…
Reader View · Shared by 83
Reuters Institute
These reader revenue models keep in mind people who won't pay full price (yet)
Reuters Institute
10 min read · May 26th · As subscriptions become more common, news publishers for Sweden, Spain and South Africa are creating more inclusive schemes.
Reader View · Shared by 77, including luis antónio santos, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
The Economist
In applying to NATO, Finland and Sweden give the lie to Putin’s claims
The Economist
4 min read · May 15th · The alliance’s expansion is not to blame for his war in Ukraine
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Reuters
Sweden decides against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-12
Reuters
Jan 27th · Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, the Health Agency said on Thursday, arguing that the benefits did not outweigh the risks.
Shared by 48, including Peter Brandt, Steve Hanke, Dr Jordan B Peterson
World Economic Forum
Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year
World Economic Forum
2 min read · From 2018 · Sweden is on target to meet one of its renewable energy targets years ahead of schedule, and it’s thanks in part to wind turbines.
Reader View · Shared by 48, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Dominik Grolimund, Tom Connor
The New Yorker
The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting”
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 2021-05-10 · At the Disgusting Food Museum, in Sweden, where visitors are served dishes such as fermented shark and stinky tofu, I felt both like a tourist and like one of the exhibits.
Reader View · Shared by 163, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Wilhelm Su, soraya roberts, BenYT, Howard Getson, Paul Ekman, Beate Jordaan, Amy Davidson Sorkin
CNBC
Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach 'herd immunity' in weeks
CNBC
5 min read · From 2020 · Sweden went against the grain by keeping public life as unrestricted as possible when the coronavirus hit, now, it says its strategy appears to be working.
Reader View · Shared by 42, including Benny Johnson, Carl Zimmer, Simon C, Cathy B 🌻, Tony Robbins, @NFT_NYC #NFTNYC R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #Metaverse, Marcus Raitner
The New York Times
The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism
The New York Times
20+ min read · From 2019 · Sweden was long seen as a progressive utopia. Then came waves of immigrants — and the forces of populism at home and abroad.
Reader View · Shared by 152, including Brad Brooks, Richard Deitsch, zeldman, Christian Müller, Armin Wolf, Jane, Thomas Power, Joe Germuska, Auf der Isar gibt es keine Matrosen, nur Flößer., isaac Samuel, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, luis antónio santos, ❤️ Umair, Clemens M. Schusterwwaq, Barnaby Skinner, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Azeem Azhar, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Merkstatt
The New York Times
Vilified Early Over Lax Virus Strategy, Sweden Seems to Have Scourge Controlled
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-09-29 · After having weathered high death rates when it resisted a lockdown in the spring, Sweden now has one of Europe’s lowest rates of daily new cases. Whether that is an aberration remains to be seen.
Reader View · Shared by 23, including Eric Topol, David Wallace-Wells, Elad Gil
The New York Times
Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
The New York Times
9 min read · 2020-07-07 · Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.
Reader View · Shared by 215, including Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Edward Tufte, Azeem Azhar, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Tomas Pueyo, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Eric Topol, DHH, Guy Kawasaki, Avinash Kaushik, Steve Silberman, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Massimo Pigliucci, Mathew Ingram, Mike Volpe, Steven Sinofsky, Bill Hanage, Carl Zimmer, Marshall Shepherd, Scott McLeod
medium.com
Redesigning Pinterest, block by block — Medium
medium.com
7 min read · From 2016 · When I was a kid growing up in Sweden, my room was filled with classic BRIO-designed wooden toys. I remember being fascinated with the…
Reader View · Shared by 135, including Jacob Jarnvall, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Messina, Sarah Tavel, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Jean Decherf, Thomas Power, Florian Hanke 🍎, Adrian🇨🇭, Andreas Spiegler, Stowe Boyd, Nick Wignall, Niklaus Gerber, Faizal Ardiansyah, Parin Vachhani, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Patrick Walsh, Malik El Bay 🕊, Rodrigo Prior, Dominik Grolimund
The Guardian
I pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake
The Guardian
~15 min read · From 2018 · People are saying I am the queen of Sweden because of the legend of King Arthur
Reader View · Shared by 128, including David Epstein, Leslie D, Adam Tinworth, Mathew Ingram, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Stephanie A Kowalski, Esther Schindler, Jacob Jarnvall, Judith Lewis, Tris Hussey, Julian de Keijzer, Tom Connor, Danny Sullivan, Florian Hanke 🍎
