Continuing the Debate on Sweden’s Pandemic Response
In Sweden, a center-left government’s pandemic response emphasized individual choice over state intervention.
2 Articles by: Nicholas Loubere
Nicholas Loubere is an associate professor in the study of modern China at the Lund University Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies in Sweden.
The Swedish Left Failed the Vulnerable During the Pandemic
Sweden’s “hands-off” COVID-19 response was hailed by libertarians abroad but also by most left-wingers at home. Far from enlightened, the Swedish left’s approach combined deference to authority with a disturbing faith in national exceptionalism.