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Sweden Revisited, From Nordic Model To Pandemic Pariah

Public transport in Stockholm
Public transport in Stockholm Claudio Bresciani/ZUMA

MALMÖ — On one of the final Fridays of 2020, I passed through the Malmö airport customs and underwent that subtle metamorphosis from The Swede to a Swede. This crossing from the definite to the indefinite is familiar to all returning expats, and its downside (deflated exceptionalism) and perks (nostalgia, familiarity) are felt at the […]

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From MLK To Olof Palme To Black Lives Matter

Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, like here in Frankfurt, have sprung all over Europe
Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, like here in Frankfurt, have sprung all over Europe Boris Roessler/DPA/ZUMA

PARIS — That people should be judged by the content of their character was one of those rare elementary-school concepts that actually stuck. It was no doubt the candor and simplicity of the idea, but it may have helped that my history teacher Mr. Hansson for once deviated from his trademark text-heavy PowerPoints — and […]

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