Sweden

One person’s anecdote became a false lesson in national character.

A botched disinformation board shouldn’t be the end of efforts to educate the public.

European leaders have reassessed Russia’s intentions and are balancing against the threat that Putin poses to the territorial status quo. 

The U.K. and several Nordic countries have offered security guarantees to what could be NATO’s newest members.

Finland has taken the lead, but its famously skeptical neighbor is following.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s comments raise questions about Washington’s endgame in Ukraine.

Politicians who have long called for Finland and Sweden to join NATO seem poised to finally get their wish.

Helsinki joining NATO is his worst nightmare—apart from losing Ukraine.

Moscow’s aggression may have permanently changed Nordic security debates.

Even if the two Nordic countries don’t join NATO, they have signaled a new era in relations with Moscow.

Sweden’s generous response to the 2015 refugee crisis may have permanently dented its moral worldview.

“Midsommar” and “The Ritual” are steeped in Scandinavian folklore. Or are they?

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias.

And what the United States and Europe can do about it.

Stockholm denies pursuing herd immunity. But internal emails show Swedish officials were resigned to mass infections all along.

Swedes can’t figure out their government’s coronavirus approach, a progressive push on U.S. foreign policy, and an honest assessment of the Arab Spring’s fallout.

The country’s contrarian approach to the COVID-19 pandemic was meant to prove that trust in authorities could avert lockdowns. Instead, mixed messaging and political squabbles have led to an exploding epidemic.