In 2018, the Swedish Academy found itself embroiled in a crisis, a culmination of two centuries of wielding considerable influence. This is a story of conflicting interests, financial malfeasance, and the complex dynamics of power and sex t…

The Swedish government, in the 1950s, secretly pursued a project with the ambition of establishing Sweden as a nuclear power. Driven by a youthful cohort under the age of twenty-five, the undertaking consumed billions of kronor in taxpayer …

He spoke of the Geijer affair, a scandal that implicated politicians and those in positions of power with accusations of procuring sexual services from prostitutes. GW had a personal connection to the scandal; he was the source of the infor…