Tagged: Sweden

Sweden's Contemporary History 4

Sweden’s Contemporary History Part IV

System change and financial crisis Parliamentary elections September 17, 2006 brought the four bourgeois parties – the Alliance – to power. The leader of the right-wing Moderate Assembly Party, Fredrik Reinfeldt, thus formed a...

Sweden's Contemporary History 3

Sweden’s Contemporary History Part III

Two cases that shook Swedish society in the early 2000s, and which sparked widespread debate, were the killing of Fadime Sahindal and the Knutby killings. Fadime was shot by his father in the presence...

Sweden's Contemporary History 2

Sweden’s Contemporary History Part II

The turnaround came seriously in 1996, when Sweden entered its longest continuous period of economic growth and real wage increases since the 1960s, well above the EU average. Unemployment fell significantly, but did not...

Sweden's Contemporary History 1

Sweden’s Contemporary History Part I

1980 In a 1980 referendum, there was a 58.1% majority for the operation of up to 12 nuclear reactors over a 25-year period. The Government Fälldin was seated. But in 1981, the Moderates withdrew...

SIGTUNA

Sigtuna Travel Guide

The idyllic Sigtuna is steeped in history. Sigtuna is a historical cultural site near the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Founded in the 9th century on the shores of Lake Mälaren, Sigtuna is one of Sweden’s oldest...