September 11, 2026
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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin

In 2022, my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back

Last year, a baby named Emanuel was born in Sweden. Before his first birthday, his parents were told that Emanuel could no longer stay in the country. The department of migration ordered his removal, alone, to Iran – despite the ongoing war.

Emanuel’s parents were legally in the country. They had Swedish residency permits, but the laws that allowed them to stay were tightened after the baby’s birth, and the family got sucked into a Kafkaesque maze of official hurdles, designed to limit migration to Sweden.

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