I don’t have an obligation to make sense to everyone. A sentence worth repeating: I don’t have an obligation to make sense to everyone. Intellectually I have known this for a long time. Of course this is not my obligation, to make sense to everyone. It is also not even humanly possible I think because…
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Dear Sweden, what’s up?
I would like to tell you about X and Z, two highly-skilled IT consultants who are employed by my husband’s company. For many years X and Z have actively contributed to our country’s prosperity: they have paid their taxes and worked hard while at the same time being really nice, decent and honest people (you…
Poolside: my new story
Congratulations Sweden! You just got yourself a brand new female entrepreneur. After having learned a thing or two about the laws, rules and regulations around running your own company I must say: you have made entrepreneurship more like a (barefoot) walk in the jungle instead of the park. But regardless of all that, I am…
The end of the world as we know it?
Om krisen eller kriget kommer (If the crisis or the war comes) is the name of a brochure the swedish government recently sent to 4.8 million households in Sweden. The brochure aims to help people living in Sweden to be better prepared for serious accidents, extreme weather, IT attacks and military conflicts. It raises questions such…
Sweden feels a bit like Westworld
Mom, you’re not supposed to stand there, said my daughter (13YO) upon arriving at the baggage belt at Arlanda airport. We had just landed in Sweden after having lived in Spain for six months and were waiting for our luggage. I have spent quite some time waiting by baggage belts at various airports around the…

