Why is support in the Swedish government declining so rapidly?

The Swedes are a very collective people, not like for example the French demonstrating on the streets if there is something they dislike. Swedes trust the idea of democracy and ...

by Torbjörn Sjöström

• 6 February, 20236 February, 2023 • The Mundus Blog

Sweden’s countdown to Christmas with glögg, Christmas markets and Lucia

Advent After a long and dark Autumn, the First of Advent marks the beginning of the countdown to Christmas in Sweden. At the end of November, Swedes get out their ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 30 November, 202230 November, 2022 • The Mundus Blog

Mundus Brief: November 2022

TIDÖ TIMES The right-wing last came into power in Sweden 16 years ago, as Fredrik Reinfeldt shaped an alliance of market-oriented parties into what became known as “the Alliance”. These ...

by Sean Williams

• 13 November, 202213 November, 2022 • The Mundus Blog

Opportunity in the midst of crisis

by Yuqin Peng, Intern It has been over two months since I started to work as an intern at Mundus International in August. Even though I worked most of the ...

by Yuqin Peng

• 10 October, 202224 November, 2022 • Behind the scenes

Mundus Brief: October 2022

It’s a symptom of the times that we live in that despite the fact that Sweden has just endured one of the tightest and most consequential elections in its history, ...

by Sean Williams

• 10 October, 202210 October, 2022 • The Mundus Blog

Voting in the election? Here is what you need to know

As the election campaign sputters towards poll date, Swedes of all persuasions are transfixed by confusion and uncertainty over which team will govern the country after the election. Like any ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 1 September, 20221 September, 2022 • The Mundus Blog

Our take on Sanna Marin

From the laudatory to the trolling, the reality is that Prime Minister Sanna Marin stands for a lot more than her policies. In this article – which featured in Mundus’ ...

by Eric Bergman

• 22 July, 202219 August, 2022 • Finland Monthly Brief, The Mundus Blog

Almedalen 2022

On 3 July, politicians, companies and organisations will gather once again in Visby, on the Baltic island of Gotland, for the Swedish Almedalen Week (Sw. Almedalsveckan). The normally rather quiet park of ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 30 June, 202230 June, 2022 • The Mundus Blog