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. · Shared by 194, including Kenneth Kalmer, Ward Plunet, Gerd Leonhard, Harald Ille, Hampus Jakobsson, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, David Cant ~👷♂️, Roger Wernli, Ilia Markov, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Jacob Jarnvall, Martin Kägi, Ha Duong, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Merkstatt, Kim Schläpfer, Leslie D, Kim Dik, Klaus Eck, Isabel Drost-Fromm
The Times and The Sunday Times
Finland and Sweden set to join Nato as soon as summer
The Times and The Sunday 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 · 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. · 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 361, including David Doughty, Nicolas Babin, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Cem Sertoglu 🤖, Johannes Lenz
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2021-12-13 · Independent Journalist/photographer, committed to the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief since 2001: reporting from Sweden 🇸🇪 since 2020. Thx for support:… · Shared by 254, including Marcus Raitner
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. · Shared by 75, including Andreas Staub, Brent Toderian, Harold Sinnott 📲 #DigitalTransformation #DTW, 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. · 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 · Shared by 54
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The Guardian
Dagen H: the day Sweden switched to driving on the right
The Guardian
3 min read · Sep 8th · On 3 September 1967, the complicated mission to bring the country in line with its continental European neighbours began · Shared by 114
Axios
Recycling data centers' heat could be an environmental win-win
Axios
2 min read · Sep 19th · Cities in Sweden and Norway are aiming to recycle the heat given off by data centers. · Shared by 69
The New York Times
Opinion | Sweden Is Becoming Unbearable
The New York Times
5 min read · Sep 20th · The idea of Sweden as a land of equal opportunity, safe from the plagues of extreme left or extreme right that haunt other countries, is gone. · Shared by 26, including Erik Angner, Joshua Benton
Travel + Leisure
10 Luxury Tree House Stays Around the World
Travel + Leisure
5 min read · Sep 10th · From Mexico to Sweden, these luxury tree house stays make for memorable escapes. · Shared by 44
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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 · Shared by 61, including Brett King #Technosocialism #OptimalHumanity, Fabio Chiusi, Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement., Martin Steiger, Helen De Cruz
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. · Shared by 48, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Dominik Grolimund, Tom Connor
The New York Times
Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
The New York Times
9 min read · From 2020 · 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. · Shared by 214, including Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Edward Tufte, Azeem Azhar, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, 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
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. · Shared by 23, including Eric Topol, David Wallace-Wells, Elad Gil
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. · Shared by 134, 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. · Shared by 42, including Benny Johnson, Carl Zimmer, Simon C, Cathy B 🌻, Tony Robbins, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, 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. · Shared by 152, including Brad Brooks, Richard Deitsch, zeldman, isaac Samuel, Armin Wolf, Jane, Thomas Power, Joe Germuska, Auf der Isar gibt es keine Matrosen, nur Flößer., Christian Müller, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, luis antónio santos, ❤️ Umair, Clemens M. Schuster, Barnaby Skinner, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Azeem Azhar, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Merkstatt
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… · 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
