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[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|thumb|Sweden is more socialist than Vietnam. ~ [[w:Pete Peterson|Pete Peterson]]]]
[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|thumb|Sweden is more socialist than Vietnam. ~ [[w:Pete Peterson|Pete Peterson]]]]
'''[[w:Sweden|Sweden]]''', officially the '''Kingdom of Sweden''' ([[w:Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Konungariket Sverige''), is a [[w:Scandinavia|Scandinavia]]n country in the [[w:Northern Europe|northern]] [[Europe|European Union]]. It borders [[Norway]] to the west and [[Finland]] to the east, and is connected to [[Denmark]] in the southwest by a [[w:Øresund Bridge|bridge-tunnel]] across the [[w:Øresund|Öresund]]. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third-largest country in the [[w:European Union|European Union]] by area, with a total population of over 9.8 million. Sweden consequently has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi), with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country. Approximately 85% of the population lives in urban areas.
'''[[w:Sweden|Sweden]]''', officially the '''Kingdom of Sweden''' ([[w:Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Konungariket Sverige''), is a [[w:Scandinavia|Scandinavia]]n country in the [[w:Northern Europe|northern]] [[Europe|European Union]]. It borders [[Norway]] to the west and [[Finland]] to the east, and is connected to [[Denmark]] in the southwest by a [[w:Øresund Bridge|bridge-tunnel]] across the [[w:Øresund|Öresund]]. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third-largest country in the [[w:European Union|European Union]] by area, with a total population of over 9.8 million. Sweden consequently has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi), with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country. Approximately 85% of the population lives in urban areas.
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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
[[File:Great coat of arms of Sweden.svg|thumb|Swedish politicians are not right about much, but you get the impression they think they're setting the example to the rest of us. And they are right about that. ~ [[Pat Condell]]]]
[[File:Great coat of arms of Sweden.svg|thumb|Swedish politicians are not right about much, but you get the impression they think they're setting the example to the rest of us. And they are right about that. ~ [[Pat Condell]]]]
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[[File:Seond day of Husby riots, burning van.JPG|thumb|Sweden’s more liberal policy toward immigrants may be judged in no small part by the Stockholm riots of 2013. ~ Kevin D. Williamson]]
[[File:Seond day of Husby riots, burning van.JPG|thumb|Sweden’s more liberal policy toward immigrants may be judged in no small part by the Stockholm riots of 2013. ~ Kevin D. Williamson]]
[[File:Third day of Husby riots.JPG|thumb|Among ordinary Swedes, the topic of immigrants’ — non-Nordic people’s — relatively high rates of unemployment and welfare dependency is politically charged. ~ Kevin D. Williamson]]
[[File:Third day of Husby riots.JPG|thumb|Among ordinary Swedes, the topic of immigrants’ — non-Nordic people’s — relatively high rates of unemployment and welfare dependency is politically charged. ~ Kevin D. Williamson]]
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* Swedish politicians are not right about much, but you get the impression they think they're setting the example to the rest of us. And they are right about that. Their recent bizarre decision to recognize 'Palestine' – a country that doesn't exist – is somewhat poignant: as the way things are going Sweden itself won't exist much longer. Seems like every piece of news that comes out of that country is more disturbing than the last. But, then, they have been committing cultural suicide so enthusiastically for so long there is now almost a sense that a tipping point is being reached and that, for the rest of us, it's really just a matter of watching the grim process unfold as we thank our lucky stars we don't live there... In Sweden today, democracy is a threat that must be neutralised, just as free speech is a threat that must be criminalised. Like the old Soviet Union, they can't afford to allow either because they're attempting to create an artificial society from a blueprint that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. And they've given it an almost theological significance so that a dogma has been established, and this has led, inevitably, to heresy becoming a problem. So now anyone in Sweden who expresses the wrong opinion about Muslim immigration is liable to be arrested, that's if the police are not too busy running away from violent Muslims.
* Swedish politicians are not right about much, but you get the impression they think they're setting the example to the rest of us. And they are right about that. Their recent bizarre decision to recognize 'Palestine' – a country that doesn't exist – is somewhat poignant: as the way things are going Sweden itself won't exist much longer. Seems like every piece of news that comes out of that country is more disturbing than the last. But, then, they have been committing cultural suicide so enthusiastically for so long there is now almost a sense that a tipping point is being reached and that, for the rest of us, it's really just a matter of watching the grim process unfold as we thank our lucky stars we don't live there... In Sweden today, democracy is a threat that must be neutralised, just as free speech is a threat that must be criminalised. Like the old Soviet Union, they can't afford to allow either because they're attempting to create an artificial society from a blueprint that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. And they've given it an almost theological significance so that a dogma has been established, and this has led, inevitably, to heresy becoming a problem. So now anyone in Sweden who expresses the wrong opinion about Muslim immigration is liable to be arrested, that's if the police are not too busy running away from violent Muslims.
**[[Pat Condell]], [https://listenonrepeat.com/watch?v=RZsvdg1dkJ4 "Sweden: Ship of Fools"] ([[October 13|13 October]] [[2014]]), ''[[w:YouTube|YouTube]]''.
**[[Pat Condell]], [https://listenonrepeat.com/watch?v=RZsvdg1dkJ4 "Sweden: Ship of Fools"] ([[October 13|13 October]] [[2014]]), ''[[w:YouTube|YouTube]]''.
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* When will Sweden be full of Muslims? The short answer is never. They've talked themselves into such a tight corner, and so demonized anyone who questions mass immigration that they could no sooner put a limit on it now than they could click their heels and give a Nazi salute. It's out of the question. So on and on it will go, forever. A hundred thousand or more a year, every year, year after year. It will never stop. Not even when there's a mosque on every street corner blaring the call to prayer five times a day through loudspeakers into your face. That's what's coming, Sweden, and nobody deserves it more than you. Oh yes, you're a real shining "progressive" beacon, all right, a real example to us all – like the guy who dives head first into a thimble of water is an example to us all. But clearly that's what you want for your country, otherwise you wouldn't have been stupid enough to have voted, yet again for more of the same – more Muslim rioting that the police won't deal with, more rape and robbery and social violence from an aggressive ever-growing culture within your midst that despises you and everything you stand for; and more cowardly backing down before all of this. You deserve to see your culture destroyed. You're clearly not worthy of it. You deserve what's coming, but your children and grandchildren don't, and they're the ones who will pay the price for your irresponsible stupidity and cowardice. They will curse your memory for what you've done to them, especially the female ones, you nation of traitors, you society of lemmings, you ship of fools. You're playing for keeps here, Sweden. The tide is coming in, and it's not going out again, so you'd better get ready for what's coming your way. Get your head on the floor, get your arse in the air, get your daughters covered up and kept well out of sight, because you've booked yourselves a one way ticket to the 7th century, and it's goodbye Sweden, hello Swedistan.
* When will Sweden be full of Muslims? The short answer is never. They've talked themselves into such a tight corner, and so demonized anyone who questions mass immigration that they could no sooner put a limit on it now than they could click their heels and give a Nazi salute. It's out of the question. So on and on it will go, forever. A hundred thousand or more a year, every year, year after year. It will never stop. Not even when there's a mosque on every street corner blaring the call to prayer five times a day through loudspeakers into your face. That's what's coming, Sweden, and nobody deserves it more than you. Oh yes, you're a real shining "progressive" beacon, all right, a real example to us all – like the guy who dives head first into a thimble of water is an example to us all. But clearly that's what you want for your country, otherwise you wouldn't have been stupid enough to have voted, yet again for more of the same – more Muslim rioting that the police won't deal with, more rape and robbery and social violence from an aggressive ever-growing culture within your midst that despises you and everything you stand for; and more cowardly backing down before all of this. You deserve to see your culture destroyed. You're clearly not worthy of it. You deserve what's coming, but your children and grandchildren don't, and they're the ones who will pay the price for your irresponsible stupidity and cowardice. They will curse your memory for what you've done to them, especially the female ones, you nation of traitors, you society of lemmings, you ship of fools. You're playing for keeps here, Sweden. The tide is coming in, and it's not going out again, so you'd better get ready for what's coming your way. Get your head on the floor, get your arse in the air, get your daughters covered up and kept well out of sight, because you've booked yourselves a one way ticket to the 7th century, and it's goodbye Sweden, hello Swedistan.
**[[Pat Condell]], [https://listenonrepeat.com/watch?v=RZsvdg1dkJ4 "Sweden: Ship of Fools"] ([[October 13|13 October]] [[2014]]), ''[[w:YouTube|YouTube]]''.
**[[Pat Condell]], [https://listenonrepeat.com/watch?v=RZsvdg1dkJ4 "Sweden: Ship of Fools"] ([[October 13|13 October]] [[2014]]), ''[[w:YouTube|YouTube]]''.
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*It is true that if you simply have market capitalism not embedded in a true democratic system, then you will get increasing inequality... And that is why every modern capitalist system has a welfare state and in Europe these welfare states consume 50 percent of GDP, redistribute it in fairer ways. I have always thought the European Union represented a truer embodiment of what I would regard as something like the end of history... The United States' model is a little bit more liberal and therefore we do less redistribution than, let's say, Holland or Sweden, but all modern states do that.
*It is true that if you simply have market capitalism not embedded in a true democratic system, then you will get increasing inequality... And that is why every modern capitalist system has a welfare state and in Europe these welfare states consume 50 percent of GDP, redistribute it in fairer ways. I have always thought the European Union represented a truer embodiment of what I would regard as something like the end of history... The United States' model is a little bit more liberal and therefore we do less redistribution than, let's say, Holland or Sweden, but all modern states do that.
**Francis Fukuyama, as quoted in [http://www.rferl.org/content/fukuyama-putinism-islamic-state-liberal-democracy/27518924.html "Fukuyama: 'Putinism', Radical Islam No Alternative To Liberal Democracy"] (30 January 2016), by *Charles Recknagel, ''Radio Free Europe: Radio Liberty''.
**Francis Fukuyama, as quoted in [http://www.rferl.org/content/fukuyama-putinism-islamic-state-liberal-democracy/27518924.html "Fukuyama: 'Putinism', Radical Islam No Alternative To Liberal Democracy"] (30 January 2016), by *Charles Recknagel, ''Radio Free Europe: Radio Liberty''.
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*Whether by [[w:Sweden|Sweden]]'s foreign minister condemning Israel merely for defending its citizens from terror, or France's foreign minister threatening to recognize Palestine unless Israel participates in his conference to recognize Palestine, Europe seems obsessed with Jews. Unfortunately, that obsession, characterized by the singling out and demonizing Jews while embracing their murderers, keeps European anti-Semitism thriving.
*Whether by [[w:Sweden|Sweden]]'s foreign minister condemning Israel merely for defending its citizens from terror, or France's foreign minister threatening to recognize Palestine unless Israel participates in his conference to recognize Palestine, Europe seems obsessed with Jews. Unfortunately, that obsession, characterized by the singling out and demonizing Jews while embracing their murderers, keeps European anti-Semitism thriving.
**[[w:Michael B. Oren|Michael B. Oren]], [http://www.edition.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/europe-anti-semitism-thriving-oren/index.html "Anti-Semitism thriving in Europe"] (17 February 2016), ''CNN'', State of Georgia: Cable News Network.
**[[w:Michael B. Oren|Michael B. Oren]], [http://www.edition.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/europe-anti-semitism-thriving-oren/index.html "Anti-Semitism thriving in Europe"] (17 February 2016), ''CNN'', State of Georgia: Cable News Network.
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* Actually, the Swedish genealogists were so good that I found out more than I wanted to about my Swedish ancestors: one of them in the 17th century was executed for having embezzled funds from an estate for which he was the steward... As for the name Rehnquist, I am quite uncertain as to its origin. Under the Swedish patronymic system of naming, my grandfather and his brothers would have been named Anderson, since Anders was the name of their father. "Quist" in Swedish means branch, I am told. For example, "Lindquist" means lime branch or linden branch, and Palmquist means palm branch. The best I can come up with is that the "rehn" in my name refers to a small village near the farm on which my grandfather grew up. It has been said that Sweden's loss has been America's gain, and I think this is true. Swedish immigrants and their descendents have contributed a great deal to America and it is worthwhile to remember our Swedish heritage.
* Actually, the Swedish genealogists were so good that I found out more than I wanted to about my Swedish ancestors: one of them in the 17th century was executed for having embezzled funds from an estate for which he was the steward... As for the name Rehnquist, I am quite uncertain as to its origin. Under the Swedish patronymic system of naming, my grandfather and his brothers would have been named Anderson, since Anders was the name of their father. "Quist" in Swedish means branch, I am told. For example, "Lindquist" means lime branch or linden branch, and Palmquist means palm branch. The best I can come up with is that the "rehn" in my name refers to a small village near the farm on which my grandfather grew up. It has been said that Sweden's loss has been America's gain, and I think this is true. Swedish immigrants and their descendents have contributed a great deal to America and it is worthwhile to remember our Swedish heritage.
**[[William Rehnquist]], [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_04-09-01.html address] at a Swedish Colonial Society luncheon in Philadelphia (9 April 2001).
**[[William Rehnquist]], [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_04-09-01.html address] at a Swedish Colonial Society luncheon in Philadelphia (9 April 2001).
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*International comparisons have shown that no other OECD country performs worse than Sweden in terms of integrating immigrants in the labor market... The unemployment rate is 18 percent among immigrants, compared to 7 percent among the native born. The explanation is hardly that immigrants enjoy being unemployed. Studies show that unemployed immigrants in Sweden search far more intensely for work than unemployed Swedes, but often have their job applications ignored. Due to low employment rates, 57 percent of welfare payments in Sweden in 2012 went to immigrant households.
*International comparisons have shown that no other OECD country performs worse than Sweden in terms of integrating immigrants in the labor market... The unemployment rate is 18 percent among immigrants, compared to 7 percent among the native born. The explanation is hardly that immigrants enjoy being unemployed. Studies show that unemployed immigrants in Sweden search far more intensely for work than unemployed Swedes, but often have their job applications ignored. Due to low employment rates, 57 percent of welfare payments in Sweden in 2012 went to immigrant households.
**Tino Sanandaji, [http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/364163/guest-post-tino-sanandaji-swedish-billionaires-reihan-salam "On Swedish Billionaires"] (17 November 2013), ''National Review''
**Tino Sanandaji, [http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/364163/guest-post-tino-sanandaji-swedish-billionaires-reihan-salam "On Swedish Billionaires"] (17 November 2013), ''National Review''
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**[[Bernie Sanders]], quoted on ''Fortune'' (February 17, 2016), [http://fortune.com/2016/02/17/denmark-workplace-benefits/ "Bernie Sanders Was Right: Denmark Is the Best Nation for Working People"]
**[[Bernie Sanders]], quoted on ''Fortune'' (February 17, 2016), [http://fortune.com/2016/02/17/denmark-workplace-benefits/ "Bernie Sanders Was Right: Denmark Is the Best Nation for Working People"]
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*Sweden has taken in far more refugees per capita than any country in Europe. But in doing so, it’s tearing itself apart.
*Sweden has taken in far more refugees per capita than any country in Europe. But in doing so, it’s tearing itself apart.
**James Traub, [http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/the-death-of-the-most-generous-nation-on-earth-sweden-syria-refugee-europe/ "The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth"] (10 February 2016), ''Foreign Policy''
**James Traub, [http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/the-death-of-the-most-generous-nation-on-earth-sweden-syria-refugee-europe/ "The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth"] (10 February 2016), ''Foreign Policy''
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*Before the war, Jews from Nazi Germany sought asylum in Sweden. Although a few were accepted, the majority were rejected due to anti-semitism and discriminatory racial ideology prevalent in Sweden at that time. Afraid of the rise in anti-semitism, leaders of the Jewish community in Sweden supported a restrictive asylum policy. The most important reason that many Jews were rejected was due to the fact that the Swedish government strove to avoid conflict with Nazi Germany.
*Before the war, Jews from Nazi Germany sought asylum in Sweden. Although a few were accepted, the majority were rejected due to anti-semitism and discriminatory racial ideology prevalent in Sweden at that time. Afraid of the rise in anti-semitism, leaders of the Jewish community in Sweden supported a restrictive asylum policy. The most important reason that many Jews were rejected was due to the fact that the Swedish government strove to avoid conflict with Nazi Germany.
**Charles Westin, [http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/sweden-restrictive-immigration-policy-and-multiculturalism "Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism"] (1 June 2006), ''Migration Policy Institute''
**Charles Westin, [http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/sweden-restrictive-immigration-policy-and-multiculturalism "Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism"] (1 June 2006), ''Migration Policy Institute''