Magnus Linton
is a Swedish writer and journalist. Former Editor-in-Chief at the magazine Arena.
Articles
An Exercise in National Introversion
The Swedish Elections 2002 Leave a Sour Taste
The Swedish elections made perfect sense. As soon as you scrape a bit beneath the surface, you discover an unpleasant congruence between the campaign, the results and the follow-up, writes Magnus Linton. International solidarity in general and European cooperation in particular were conspicuous by their absence. Meanwhile, the parties that exploited code words to accentuate the mood of us vs. them (native Swedes vs. immigrants) were rewarded handsomely.