Category Archives: Sweden

The compact between government and civil society in Sweden

In the year of 1931 five trade union activists were gunned down by the Swedish military during a manifestation for labour rights in a small town in Northern Sweden, Ådalen. It immediately became evident that the twenty years of violent … Continue reading

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From a Swedish Point of View

Sweden is known for its high number of hours spent on volunteering. Most of those hours, however, are spent in board rooms and meetings. As probably most populations do, in Sweden we believe that everybody organises the way we do it … Continue reading

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