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Sweden is seen by some as a “perfect” society, a model and a symbol of the highest achievements of human progress. THE SWEDISH THEORY OF LOVE digs into the true nature of Swedish lifestyle, exploring the existential black holes of a society that has created the most autonomous people in the world.
Director: Erik Gandini
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Read Lars Tragardh and Henrik Berggren’s 2006 book Is the Swede a Human Being?, from which THE SWEDISH THEORY OF LOVE took much inspiration.
Take part in your community! Get out of your house and take advantage of the many social activities your community has to offer.
Donate time to help support new immigrants in your community. With an increase in migrants around the globe, there are plenty of people in need of a helping hand.
It’s the most popular search on Google – but what’s the answer? Experts in fields from science to fiction share their thoughts.
Read the article on the Guardian.
Sweden used to pride itself on giving a warm welcome to outsiders. But as the refugee crisis grows, so too does its sense of injustice
Read the full article on the Telegraph.
Fewer people are attending funerals in Sweden as the country’s population becomes older.
Read the full article here.
Is individualism the root of our problems, or the answer to them? If there is one defining quality of the West, it is individualism. Western individualism has no similar roots in any other civilization. Even cultures permeated by Western ideas and business, such as those of Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, have not become individualistic in the Western way.
Continue reading on the Huffington Post.
If we explore the Swedish culture through the lens of the 6-D Model©, we can get a good overview of the deep drivers of Swedish culture relative to other world cultures.
Check it out here.
