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Lessons from Kronavirus: Is Sweden’s anti-lockdown approach more strategic than it seems?

Scott Young: Sweden’s unorthodox strategy has been rightly criticized, but it’s too early to condemn an approach that’s focused on the long game and public trust

Absolut Trump: A week of chaos and contradiction

Allen Abel in Washington: A resignation, more scandal and a hotel ballroom speech so bad that applause lines are met with stunning silence

Why Canadian cinema might love Nordic Noir’s new wave

The lure of Nesbø and Knausgaard has stars like Matt Damon, Kristin Wiig and Michael Fassbender turning Scandinavia into the new Hollywood North

After Brexit, who could be next to bolt?

The EU’s handling of the immigration file has stoked resentment of the union across the continent

Ringing up a stranger for some Swede talk

Sweden’s tourism association created a hotline to connect the world to random Swedes. So Maclean’s rang up Martin Thuresson to ask about his country

‘The Father’ examines how to create a criminal

How an author’s life growing up in a family of violent criminals inspired an incredible novel about abuse and the ties that bind

Cold comfort: The trials of Sweden’s Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees find themselves lonely, and perplexed, at the Arctic Circle

Sofia and Carl Philip: The model of a modern royal wedding

Including sappy love ballads and a tattoo

What the failure of Sweden’s schools can teach Canadians

Editorial: Canada has long been compared unfavourably to Sweden, with its cradle-to-grave social programs. Turns out, we might be better off.

Princess Madeleine marries at storybook wedding in Stockholm

Royal watcher Patricia Treble reports on the celebration

Why royals always travel with black clothes

On royal etiquette and mourning protocol

Death of Princess Lilian marks the end of a haunting royal love story

Daughter of a coalminer fell in love with a prince and captured the hearts of Sweden