Here you can find the bulk of all the articles and columns I have written since the early 2000’s, mainly in the leading Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. Earlier texts are mostly only in print.
Framstegsbloggen (the Progress Blog)
[In Swedish]
Blog in Dagens Nyheter 2011–2017 highlighting progress and misconceptions about progress. Awarded by Swedish Science Academy IVA in 2015.
Read here: Part one (December 2013–March 2017), Part two (August 2011–November 2013)
Medium
Essays, articles, and scripts on various topics from politics and psychology to the more esoteric realm.
Dagens Nyheter
[In Swedish]
Thousands of articles covering politics, economics, science, culture and general news from my over twenty years at the leading Swedish newspaper.
Follow-up blog on books
[In Swedish]
Further discussions on my books ”Apokalypsens gosiga mörker” (“The Cozy Darkness of the Apocalypse”) and ”Farväl, oskuld” (“Farewell, Innocence”).
Other newspapers
A selection of articles in other news media
My columns and articles at Warp News
[In English]
Overarching theme: The world is better than we are led to believe.
”Succéfilmen ’Don’t Look Up’ har fått allt om bakfoten”
[Fokus, 01-25-2022, in Swedish]
Column criticizing director Adam McKay for getting things backwards.
”Trots rubrikerna – klimatläget ganska hoppfullt”
[Fokus, 11-05-2021, in Swedish]
Analyzing article ahead of COP-26 summit comparing facts with official narrative.
”Nu talar siffrorna för att Afrikas tid är här”
[Svenska Dagbladet, 09-16-2018, in Swedish]
Erik Esbjörnsson and I write about Africa’s window of opportunity.
”State of the World in Two Minutes”
[On Dagens Nyheter’s Youtube channel, 06-08-2016]
Video explainer summing up major global trends.
”Utopierna som försvann i mediebruset”
[Uttryck Magazine, 04-08-2015, in Swedish]
An essay on the utopia-dystopia theme.
Are you ignorant about the world?
[CNN, 03-07-2015]
During a trip in the US with Dr Hans Rosling, Gapminder foundation, I wrote this piece for CNN.
”Ekonomiska krisen inte så farlig för Sverige”
[Dagens Nyheter, 08-09-2009, in Swedish]
Op-ed. Thesis: The 2008 economic crisis will show to be a small dip on the long-term growth curve.