Det sovande folket

Det sovande folket (Swedish: [deː ˈsôːvandɛ ˈfɔ̌lːkɛt], "The Sleeping People") is a book written in 1993 by Fredrik Reinfeldt, later Prime Minister of Sweden, and published by the Moderate Youth League.

The Sleeping People
AuthorFredrik Reinfeldt
Original titleDet sovande folket
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
SubjectPolitics
Published1993
PublisherModerate Youth League
Pages124
ISBN91-86194-10-0

Written when the early 1990s banking crisis was deepest, the book argues for abandoning the general welfare state in Sweden, for sharp tax cuts, and for the rollback of the state's involvement in education, law, culture, and the media:

The Swedes are mentally handicapped and indoctrinated to believe that politicians can create and guarantee welfare.[1][2][3][4]

In the first chapter the author presents a dystopian vision of the future. Later chapters detail the Moderates' plan of action, its implementation in daily life, and its moral basis. The last chapter presents examples from real life.

After Reinfeldt became the leader of the Moderate Party in 2003, and Prime Minister in 2006, the book was often referred to by political opponents.

Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin at the 2009 party congress recommended reading the book, not as a book to be inspired by, but to understand the bourgeois ideology.

In 2013 a theater group adapted Det sovande folket to the stage, which renewed discussion of the book.[1][2][5][6][7][3][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Criticism

In 2014, Folkbladet published an article criticizing Reinfeldt for having denied authorship of the book.[12] The book has been criticized for falsifying Swedish history.[13] The extreme right-wing Nordfront criticized Reinfeldt for his "svenskfientlighet" (swede-phobia) in the book.[14]

See also

References
  1. Nyheter, SVT. "Premiär för Fredrik Reinfeldts dystopi".
  2. "Den zzzovande Fredrik Reinfeldt".
  3. "Reinfeldt, prata med oss om "Det sovande folket"".
  4. Reinfeldt, F.: Det sovande folket, Moderata ungdomsförbundet (ISBN 91-86194-10-0) (p. 52)
  5. "Pjäsen klär av Reinfeldt". dalademokraten.se.
  6. "Ekon från 90-talet - Ledarbloggen". bloggar.aftonbladet.se.
  7. "Sveriges kvalitetssajt för nyheter". SvD.se.
  8. "Sveriges kvalitetssajt för nyheter". SvD.se.
  9. "Vänstervalkampanj på teaterscenen".
  10. Nyheter, SVT. ""Det sovande folket" spelas fram till valdagen".
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Westerlind, Linda (2014). "Reinfeldts dubbelmoral (Reinfeldts double moral)" (Debate). Folkbladet. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. "Boken Reinfeldt vill glömma – nu allmän handling (The book Reinfeldt wants to forget - now a public record)". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish) (debate). SVT (State Television). 19 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  14. "Reinfeldt: Svenskarna äger inte Sverige | Nordfront.se (The Swedes do not own Sweden)". www.nordfront.se. Nordfront (Nordic front). 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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