Browsing through the online pages of my favourite Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet I came across an article (citing this article that appeared in Forbes a few days ago) calling Spotify founder/entrepreneur Daniel Ek the most important man in music at the moment. I went on to read the much more extensive Forbes article with great […]
Svenskt Näringsliv föreslår i en ny rapport (SvD, DN) att humaniorastudenter ska få sänkt studiestöd. Orsaken är att det är allt för stort söktryck på många utbildningar som inte leder till jobb, samtidigt som det finns ett stort underskott på studenter inom områden där det finns ett stort behov av arbetskraft. Jag själv är verksam […]
Today was a big day at the new metal forming laboratory at Dalarna University (previously mentioned in this post): After several years of talking and planning, our new cold rolling mill finally works. And I’ve spent the day playing with it to learn how it works. I and a few om my colleagues at the university […]
The Swedish parliament election held on Sunday left the country in a sort of limbo. The alliance of the Center party, liberals, Christian Democrats and conservative Moderate Party that ruled the country for the past four years earned 172 out of 349 seats in the parliament. They beat the left wing alliance with the former […]
With Swedish parliament elections coming up in a little more than a week, it is reported that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has, again, ranked Sweden as one of the most competitive nations in the world. According to the new Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011, Sweden is now the second most competitive nation in the world, second […]
How can the oil leak from the well below the collapsed Deepwater Horizon platform be stopped? Despite all efforts BP has so far failed to stop the leak, which may now be up to 100000 barrels per day, a disaster of unpreceded proportions. An attempt to place a steel cone on top of the well failed. […]
The wedding [SvD, SvD, DN] between Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel (Daniel Westling) is completely off topic for this blog. But here are some comments anyway. Like so many other Swedes who live outside of Stockholm, I spent much of Saturday following the wedding and celebrations from the TV in my living room. Although […]
Fears of a reinforced European crisis are still lurking around despite political agreement on a huge financial support programme. First, concerns regarded the “Club Med”, including Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, wittily abbreviated PIGS. Then there was Ireland. Adjustment was needed, and famous economist Paul Krugman came to help. Comparing the economies of a number of […]
Last week saw the inauguration of a new laboratory at my workplace Dalarna University (Högskolan Dalarna). I wouldn’t have had anything to do with the preparations if it wasn’t for an old cast iron sign from the 19th century Falun Mining School (Fahlu Bergsskola). The Falun Mining School was the first modern engineering education in […]
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just released its 2010 Lisbon Review. According to this report, Sweden is the most competitive nation in the EU [SvD]. According to the WEF press release, Sweden is “the most competitive economy as measured by the European Union’s (EU) own competition benchmark, the Lisbon criteria”. As I understand it, […]
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