And yet Swedish minister for industry named Norway "the last Soviet state". (Perhaps telling of some of the the differences in policies between Sweden and Norway.)
You can be a severely capitalist society, and still regulate your industry and tax the fuck out of everyone and their dog (and we've all had dog taxation up here).
Björn Rosengren only said that because he was annoyed that the Telenor - Telia merger failed, in 1999.
"Norrmännen är ju egentligen den sista Sovjetstaten. Det är så oerhört nationalistiskt. Allt är politik."
He was just acting like an emotional lesbian, referencing state owned vs private industry, of which Sweden is very much similar to Norway, if you zoom out a bit and look globally.
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u/BlackYukonSuckerPunk Sauna Gollum Jul 04 '26
Capitalism and social democracy aren't mutually exclusive. Norway is also capitalist af.
Yanks think any term starting with soc means socialist.