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Will Swedes mourn their reserved king as Norwegians now mourn King Harald?
Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Columnist Anna Hedenmo contrasts the Swedish royal family's reserve with the Norwegian royal family's humility.
- She asks whether Swedes would mourn their king in the same way Norwegians are now mourning King Harald.
- The column argues that openness and humility can help a monarchy connect with the public.
Swedish royals rarely reveal much of themselves. They seem to believe that showing too much would make the magic disappear.
That reserve prompts a question from Anna Hedenmo: will Swedes mourn their king as Norwegians are now mourning King Harald?
The Norwegian royal family, Hedenmo writes, offers a different lesson. The road to the public's heart can also run through humility, rather than distance and carefully guarded mystique.
Hedenmo is a journalist and independent columnist on the editorial page of Dagens Nyheter.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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