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Sweden - Policy, response to COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic

Sweden - Policy, response to COVID19 - Coronavirus epidemic, pandemic

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Smooth shopping - Klarna, a Swedish payments unicorn, wants to conquer America

The “buy now, pay later” firm has grown rapidly (2020)


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‘Closing borders is ridiculous’: the epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavirus strategy

Anders Tegnell talks to Nature about the nation’s ‘trust-based’ approach to tackling the pandemic. (2020)


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How Stockholm Became a 'Unicorn Factory' - Wharton

Stockholm has birthed prolific tech brands like Skype, Spotify, Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga, making the Swedish capital a hotbed for start-ups. (2018)


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Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin : NPR

Proponents of the chips say they're safe and largely protected from hacking, but one scientist is raising privacy concerns around the kind of perso... (2018)


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Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S. - CityLab

The widespread failure of American mass transit is usually blamed on cheap gas and suburban sprawl. But the full story of why other countries succe... (2018)


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Sweden moving for open access for scientific articles

Sweden ends contract with science publisher Elsevier, moving for open access for scientific articles (2018)


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Nobel Prize crisis: flurry of withdrawals rocking Swedish Academy's showpiece literature award

Allegations of sexual harassment have shaken the organisation that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature... (2018)


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Road safety tips from Sweden - The New York Times

Better Car Seats Are Just the Start: Road Safety Lessons From Sweden. The United States could do a lot more to make car travel safer for children ... (2018)


Article

Maps Mania: The Illegal Map of Swedish Art

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them. (2018)


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How Sweden's arctic 'millipede town' Kiruna is slowly moving - CNN Style

Kiruna, a town in northern Sweden, is on the move. Located in Lapland, within the Arctic Circle, the town and many of its 18,000 residents are bein... (2017)


Video

Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke

That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiolog... (2020)


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How Sweden is turning its waste into gold

FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 When it comes to environmental awareness and waste management, Sweden is one of the world'... (2019)


Podcast

Spotify's Daniel Ek — How to build trust FAST, an episode from WaitWhat on Spotify

Normally, trust = consistency + time. But when you're scaling fast — you have to find shortcuts, with your partners and your users. Spotify CEO Dan... (2018)


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