Carl Marklund

Carl Marklund is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University. His research examines social planning, geopolitics and images of Sweden, e.g. in the Global South. You can read more about Carl by clicking here.

Contributions to nordics.info

16 June 2021 - Carl Marklund

Listen to a podcast on how some of Sweden’s policymaking successes and failures since the Cold War have been perceived in Sweden itself as well as…

09 November 2020 - Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen

Scandinavian “socialism” has been oddly absent from the final stages of the recent US election. It is possible to trace the arguments for and against…

The front of the New York Times with Biden with a face mask on.

15 April 2020 - Andreas Mørkved Hellenes

Since the interwar years, foreign observers have regularly portrayed the Nordic countries as well functioning states, successful in solving crises,…

Södertörn University just outside Stockholm, where the podcasts were recorded at the Institute of Contemporary History

Carl Marklund

Contributions to nordics.info

Uncovering Sweden in an International Context with Carl Marklund

Vanishing Scandinavian "socialism" in the 2020 US election

Podcast: The Nordic Model: Heaven or Hell?