Abdul (interpreter) 142
Adalberth, Niklas 73
age of consent 18
Akilov, Rakhmat 145
alcohol consumption 14–17
Åman, Marina 33
An American Dilemma (Myrdal) 168
Andersson, Kristian 150–2
Andersson, Mats 90
Arsenalsgatan 8c 171
Assange, Julian 11
asylum-seekers see immigration atheism 17
automation 60, 73, 75, 220, 228, 237
Bergström, Glenn 219
bingo 11
birdwatching 14
‘Björn Borg’ model 244–5
Blair, Tony 100
blondeness 25–6
blue-collar sector 30, 32, 61, 69, 117, 152, 211, 219
Borg, Anders 187–93
Borg, Björn 244
brain activity 199
Bråkenhielm, Anna 128–9
Braunerhjelm, Prof. Pontus 75
Brexit 12
Brilliant Minds 258
Brin, Sergey 90
Brzezinski, Natalia 258
‘bumblebee’ iv, 28–9, 154, 176, 178, 263, 264
‘Business like a Swede’ (video) 33–4
Candy Crush Saga 240–1
carbon-dioxide emissions 202–3, 205
cars 197–201, 202–6, 207–8, 213–21, 236
centralised bargaining 60, 62–3, 251
Cerruti, Paolo 236–7
CEVT 217
childcare 109–14, 115–22, 123–4, 252, 255, 271–3
children, importance to society of 184–5
Childs, Marquis 9–10
Chinese manufacturing 197, 207–12, 213–21
Church of Sweden 17–18
Civilekonomerna 29
climate change 122, 231, 232–3, 238–9, 282, 283
Club of Rome 232
collective agreements 28, 33, 35–6, 58, 65, 69, 268
computer technology 241–2
conflict-avoidance 42
confrontation regime 63, 66, 267
consensus-driven approach 1, 27, 30–1, 37–8, 40, 41–2, 63, 137, 164, 176, 180, 235–7, 250, 252, 256
Corden, James 227
cosiness 259
Country RepTrak Index (CRTI) 21
crime rates, false perceptions of 163–6
Dahlgren, Lennart 117
De Geer, Jacob 244
deregulation 20, 64, 101, 178, 233, 254
dot-com bubble 246
ecological awareness 223–47, 252–3, 257
egalitarianism 27, 41, 42, 44, 101, 185
Einarsson, Petra 129–31
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 13
Ek, Daniel 156
elderly care provision 4, 132–3, 136, 138
eldsjälar 163
Elvander, Nils 63
energy production 227–30
Eriksson, Thord 137
Eskilsson, Henrik 45–6
eugenics 19
Eurasian cranes 14
European Union (EU) 17, 59–60, 65, 152, 177, 229, 250, 256
Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 18
fail-fast mentality 246
Fair Conditions 28
family-friendly policies 126, 127, 184, 185, 272
fika 8
financial crash (2008) 10, 36, 84, 102, 104, 187, 190, 206, 208, 255, 259, 264
first-name-terms approach 44, 97
fiscal discipline 250–1
flexibility 35, 37, 62, 72, 113, 127, 159, 187–93, 245
flexicurity 259
folkhemmet 101, 136–8, 230, 270, 274
forced sterilisation 19–20
Forster, Carl-Peter 36, 37, 215, 218
4G 17
framgång, trygghet och glädje i arbetslivet 32
Frantzén 27–8
free market/free trade 34, 59, 61, 64–5, 80, 101–4, 134, 177, 185–6, 189, 209, 232–3, 264, 266
gay-sex legislation 18
‘GDR Sweden’ 188
Geely 197, 207–8, 209–12, 213–21, 280, 281
gender equality 25, 118, 121–2, 185, 255, 271
General Electric (GE) 39, 125, 217
Germany, labour relations in 36
get-rich-quick mentality 84
global-measurment indices 21, 90
global slowdown (1970s) 62
globalisation 34, 59–60, 72, 75, 99–100, 251–2, 265, 266
Godner, Boel 161
Goldilocks’ philosophy 99
Gove, Michael 134
Gyll, Sören 210
Gyllenhammar, Pehr G. 219
Hallqvist, Bo 235
Hansson, Per Albin 136–7
healthcare 53, 70, 86, 88, 92, 109, 135, 138, 144, 167, 183, 251
Hedberg, Pär 73
Hedström, Lennart 71
Heinö, Andreas Johansson 167
Hermansson, Ann-Sofie 103
Hjelmstedt, Mattias 243–4
Hjortzberg, Olle 30
humanitarianism 143–5, 252, 256
humbleness 43–4
Husby Revolt (2013) 141–7
Hwang, Philip 125, 126, 272, 273
Hybrit 257
hygge 259
IKEA 6, 16, 42–5, 80–3, 95–7, 159
immigration 11, 26, 102, 136, 139–68, 186, 191–2, 249–50, 252, 254, 256, 258, 274–8 passim
incineration see waste disposal
The Indians of the Asphalt Jungle 203, 205
Industrivärden 88, 89, 99, 100
Industry Agreement (1997) 65–6, 71–2
inequality 101, 103–4, 118, 143, 270
insider/outsider problem 147
integration 147–8, 154, 163–8, 192, 256, 276, 277, 278 (see also immigration)
investment 31, 59, 60, 73, 82–4, 87–9, 97–8, 103, 105, 127, 148, 154, 158, 187, 197, 215, 217, 229, 235, 246, 252, 256–7, 277
Jacoby, Stephan 218
Javeus, Johan 152
job-security agencies 53–5, 68–71, 266, 268
‘Joe Williams’ (video) 33
Johansson, Jan Emanuel 136
Johansson, Ylva 55
Johnstone, Tom 124, 213, 215–16
Joyce, Patrick 154
Jung, Carl 199
jungle capitalism 79–84
Kamprad, Ingvar 42, 43, 80, 81–2, 95, 97
Karlsson, Prof. Christer 217
Klarna 39, 73, 94, 240, 242, 268
La Cage aux Folles 18
labour participation models 36–7
Labour Party (UK) 100
Larsson, Ann-Charlotte Dahlbom 4
Larsson, Oskar 257
latte dads 119
Li Shufu 207–8, 211–12, 215, 216, 218, 220, 280, 281
#likeaswede 33
Lindfelt, Carina 55
Lindvall, Johannes 60
LO 30, 31, 32, 56–7, 59, 117, 154, 179
Löfven, Stefan 144–5, 211, 221
long-termism 40, 83–9, 93, 97, 105, 137, 209, 232, 233, 237–8, 251, 255, 256, 282
Lorentzon, Martin 156
Lundberg, Fredrik 89
Lundberg, Olle 103
McCormac, Billy 158
‘Made by Sweden’ 21st-century-style 197, 201
Malmström, Anders 29
Marmot, Sir Michael 101
maternity 115, 123, 125, 128, 135, 274
Matilda (hairdresser) 26
Mehks, Janey 228
Meidner, Rudolph 56–7, 58, 59, 63, 64
Milk, Harvey 18
miners’ strike (1969) 62
minimum wage 27, 73, 152–4, 275
Mitchell, Linnéa 109–10
Molander, Per 101
moose-hunting 11
multiculturalism 100, 144, 145, 256, 258, 275
nappy-weighing 132
Nelson, Prof. Kenneth 121, 137
New Start 154–5
NHS 109
no-go areas 146
NOAH 225
Norberg, Johan 250
Nordea 89
Nordmark, Eva 32, 33, 34, 75–6
OECD 75, 101, 134, 263, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 276, 282
omställningssystem see transition system
100-year plan 85–91
Page, Larry 89
Palme, Olof 19, 20, 115–16, 117, 177
Paradise Papers 98–100
parental leave 9, 28, 33–4, 111, 115–27, 128, 133, 272, 273
Passion for Business 128
paternity leave 117–19, 125–6, 271
Peary, Robert 79
pensions 33, 90–1, 134–5, 182–3, 186, 273–4
people’s home 101, 136–8, 230, 270, 274
Persson, Göran 122, 148, 181–6, 188
Pettersson, Lise-Lotte 4
Pew Research Center 60
Pisa rankings 134
plogging 227–8
populism 121, 137, 185–6, 258–9, 274
privatisation 16, 20, 64, 135, 138
Putin, Vladimir 6
racism 18, 19, 153, 164, 167–8, 259, 272, 274, 275
Raffelsberger, Hannah 112–14
Rapaille, Clotaire 199–200
Rausing, Hans 97
redistribution 97, 104, 167, 183–4
Reinfeldt, Fredrik 144, 145, 188, 191
religion 17–18
retirement provision 134–5
Royal Engineering Academy 149
Royal Institute of Technology 75, 159
Royal Stockholm Seaport 234, 235
Ruist, Joakim 166
Russian submarine hunt 11
Saadeha, Ahmad 149–50
Sahlin, Mona 98
Saltsjöbaden Agreement 30, 66, 159
Sandvik Materials Technology (SMT) 129–30
Schysta Villkor 28
second-class citizens 143
sexual orientation 18
share ownership 84
short-termism 7, 83–8, 91, 93, 174, 232–3, 255, 256, 282
Siemiatkowski, Sebastian 242–3
six-hour working day 4–7
Smart is the New Sexy 6
Social Democratic Women’s Federation 177
social responsibility 92–6
solidarity wages 61
‘special relationship’ 102
stabilisation programmes 104
standardisation 159–60
start-ups 29, 48, 73–4, 94, 192, 236, 240–2, 245–7, 283, 284
Stenbeck, Jan 246
Stenberg, Erik 159–60
Stensson, Gunilla 51–3, 54, 69
STING 73
Stockholm Conference (1972) 230
Stonewall 18
stranded assets 257
strikes 31, 38, 58, 62, 65, 72
Sundemo, Magnus 209–10, 211, 216, 217
super-rich, sense of entitlement of 98–9, 100
‘supermodel’ countries 258, 285
sustainability 21, 86, 103, 124, 129–30, 158, 228, 230–5, 253
SUVs 197–201, 202–6, 217, 217–18, 234, 279, 280, 281
Sweden: The Middle Way (Childs) 9
Swedishness, defined 13–14
Systembolaget (‘Systemet’) (‘the System’) 15–17
tall-poppy syndrome 48
tax-and-spend approach 110
taxation 10, 19, 20, 29, 64, 110, 166, 178–9, 184, 187, 230–1, 251, 254
Testament of a Furniture Dealer (Kamprad) 43
Tetra Pak 97
Thatcher, Margaret 67
Thorwaldsson, Karl-Petter 31, 154
Timbro 167
Toblerone 98
toxic waste 225–31
training/retraining 27, 54, 59, 60, 69, 75, 152, 153, 165, 190
transition system (trygghetsfonder) 54–61, 69–70, 71, 190, 254, 257
Trump, Donald 10, 94, 122, 145, 168, 180, 184, 187
The Truth About IKEA (Stenebo) 44
Trygghetsrådet (TRR) 52–4, 68, 69, 70, 71
2008 financial crash 10
unemployment 29–30, 52, 54–5, 58, 60, 64–6, 69, 81–3, 137, 152–5, 162, 179, 182, 190–2, 209, 219, 254–5, 275
unicorns 240
unionisation 25–34, 179, 182, 189–90, 190–1, 209, 210, 211, 219, 221, 254
United Nations (UN) 102, 145, 230
Utopia Music 243
VAB (vård av barn) 111, 112, 119
vaskning 102
Volvo AB 16, 36, 38, 46, 87, 149, 150, 197, 201, 208, 210, 212, 213–21
Vulkan, Patrik 153
wages 4, 27–8, 31, 35, 38, 54, 57–69, 72, 103, 143, 152–5, 179–80, 182, 186, 189–92, 210, 237, 251, 254, 264, 266, 267, 268, 275
Wahlroos, Björn 89
Wallenberg family 39, 88, 93–4, 147, 150, 171–81, 189, 269, 279
Wallenberg, Jacob 93, 94, 171–80, 181, 189
Walter, Prof. Lars 70–1
Weihe, Anders 67
welfare 19, 20, 54, 55, 58, 70, 73–4, 119–21, 132–8, 159, 166, 167, 184, 185, 188–9, 243, 258, 263, 264, 267, 271, 272
Westerberg, Bengt 117–18
white-collar sector 32, 33, 68, 69, 75, 152, 189
Wijkman, Anders 232–3, 235–6, 238–9, 257
Williams, Joe 33
Winbladh, Hjalmar 245
World Economic Forum (WEF) 21
Wrådhe, Hans 239
XC90 197–8, 200, 201, 203–4, 206, 217–18, 281
Y-Combinator 74
Yunis (Yemeni man) 143
Zennström, Niklas 246
zero carbon 231, 236, 238, 257
Zuckerberg, Mark 90