Sweden(Absurdistan):

• Christian Democrats want to punish the Swedish clients of the prostitutes even when the clients are not in Sweden (e.g. they’re in neighboring Denmark where prostitution is legal): https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6582313 (December 8, 2016)

• Swedish government can no longer afford the helicopter programme that was spraying insecticide to keep a way a highly aggressive species of mosquito that only lives in Sweden – https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005990723.html (February 5, 2019)

• Over two million foreign-born people in Sweden – more than ever before – https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/drygt-tva-miljoner-utrikes-fodda-i-sverige-fler-an-nagonsin-tidigare (October 15, 2019; archive link: https://archive.is/0v1Dv)

• Sweden’s national anthem stricken from the new syllabus – https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sveriges-nationalsang-stryks-ur-nya-kursplanen/ (November 6, 2019; archive link: http://archive.is/bjA19)

• Swedish mum’s shock as flown to Finland for birth – https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6734053 (July 6, 2017; archive link: http://archive.is/wip/Afb0L)

Finland:

• Controversy over disclosure of Roma homicide statistics – Roma organizations accuse researchers of racism and demand investigation (i.e. someone accidentally told some truth about the gypsy): https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11042210 (YLE – Finnish State Broadcaster, November 1, 2019); archive link: http://archive.is/MnVpn

• Finnish parents lost custody of their underage daughter as they did not allow her to start hormone treatments to “correct” her gender: https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2019/12/09/foraldrarna-tillat-inte-sin-15-ariga-dotter-konskorrigerande-behandling-barnet (YLE – Finnish State Broadcaster, December 10, 2019); archive link: http://archive.is/AFYHG

• “School is a bit wasted” – Teachers believe that the schooling system is failing – https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9079043 (YLE – Finnish State Broadcaster, August 8, 2016); archive link: http://archive.is/Guqgk

• Finland’s paradox of equality: professional excellence, domestic abuse: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/finlands-paradox-of-equality-professional-excellence-domestic-abuse/ (Open Democracy, November 27, 2013); archive link: http://archive.is/tZ7R6

Norway:

• Ex-Imam: The integration of Muslims is a failure – and scientists are closing their eyes to the problems: https://www.rights.no/2019/10/eks-imam-integreringen-av-muslimer-er-en-fiasko-og-forskerne-lukker-oynene-for-problemene/ (Human Rights Service, October 29, 2019); archive link: http://archive.is/m7mHe