Thomas Nilsson

Many years ago I was working for a student housing foundation about to redo the area between some of the buildings. Architect: So, the first year we’ll just cover the area with gravel. Me: ? A: Yeah, then we’ll know where to pave all desire paths, and where to plant grass and bushes.

My home town is having a city festival, and the Swedish Armed Forces are showing a heavy presence in one of the parks.

I think it’s the first time I’ve seen an Archer in real life.

Well, I promised a tight Swedish election this morning, and I sure wasn't lying! The final results aren't in yet, but it looks like a re-run of the 2018 elections. It seems as if we Swedes are steadfast in our political beliefs ...

Elections in Sweden: Exit poll from public broadcaster SVT. Not so tight as believed. Biggest surprise: M (EPP) larger than SD (ECR).

Both polls shows that SD (ECR) hasn’t increased their vote share for the first time since they entered the parliament in 2010.

Elections in Sweden: Exit poll from public broadcaster SVT. Not so tight as believed. Biggest surprise: M (EPP) larger than SD (ECR).

Today is general election day in Sweden! The last elections have been very tight and the opinion polls promises an equally tight election today.

For all interested: Sweden has a proportional election system whith a 4 % threshold. For election/polisci-nerds: 310 seats are distributed from 29 multi member constituencies through a modified Sainte-Laguë method, with 39 equalising seats. The threshold can be bypassed with 12 % in a constituency

Today is general election day in Sweden! The last elections have been very tight and the opinion polls promises an equally tight election today.

Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten makes clear who may or may not leave the country in case of ’heightened preparedness’ www.gp.se/nyheter/sver... In short: only youths aged 15 or younger, seniors aged 71 or older, foreign tourists or diplomats. No one else.

As a cold and wet arctic country, Sweden has mostly been spared from great wildfires. But after a big wildfire in 2014 and then multiple wildfires in 2018, Sweden was forced to seek assistance from our European partners, both planes and firefighters.

A few weeks ago @volberg.bsky.social posted a link to this cool story of Estonian Swedes, or Coastal Swedes as they were called by the Estonians, specifically from the remote island of Runö/Ruhnu. news.err.ee/1610067196/r...

However, as the new republic of Latvia also laid claims on Runö, things became complicated. In this era, the great powers of Europe encouraged referenda to end border disputes. This gave the inhabitants of Runö leverage to negotiate continued special rights with the government of Estonia.

A few weeks ago @volberg.bsky.social posted a link to this cool story of Estonian Swedes, or Coastal Swedes as they were called by the Estonians, specifically from the remote island of Runö/Ruhnu. news.err.ee/1610067196/r...

In short: the Swedish speaking inhabitants of Runö were so remote from the Russian authorities (no taxation, no military service) that they themselves were convinced that they had some kind of Swedish royal privilege of autonomy respected by the Russian czar.

Selma has taken up today’s hard work as guardian of the domicile

Well, this article made the decision to sack the Ukrainian minister of defence Federov a little more understandable. But I don’t know if it was the right decision.

I have no insight in the affairs of the Ukrainian armed forces, but it might be that strategy (bomb the shit out of Russian logistics and fuel) isn’t on par with tactical needs, i.e. boots on the ground etc, to liberate occupied areas.

I realise that there are huge differences between Sweden and the US in many aspects. But in Sweden no one under the age of 65, except those with medical conditions, are even offered flu vaccine, or covid vaccine. Not even in the Swedish armed forces. Except during pandemics.