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10 facts about Swedish politics Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2011
Since today marks the opening of the Swedish Riksdag and it’s election day in our neighbouring country Denmark, I figured 10 nice and easy facts about Swedish politics would be appropriate. 1. As Head of State, the King opens the Riksdag session every year in mid-September. This service takes place in Storkyrkan and the…
The question you don’t ask a Swede part I Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2010
We are only a few days away from the big election and if the polls are reliable, it looks like the sitting block, Alliansen (The Alliance), will get another four years of power. I’m not going to dig deep into the structure of the Swedish politics, but in short – and as the reader David very kindly informed…