Swedish News:

No Nobel for Åkesson. Anders—common on boards. Best in ethics.  

  • Snubbed yet again, the leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, won’t get an invitation to this year’s Nobel festivities for the fourth year in a row. The Nobel day is on December 10.

  • No Nobel for Åkesson
    Leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, won’t be invited to the Nobel celebration this year. For the fourth year in a row, the leader of the controversial political party has to stay home, according to daily Svenska Dagbladet. ”It was found that the passage in Alfred Nobel’s testament to not focus on what nation a person belongs to, set a tone and made it possible to make a reasonable decision, thus there’s no change in the 2010 decision to not invite Åkesson,” says Annika Pontikis from the Nobel Foundation.

  • The name Anders is the Scandinavian equivalent of the Greek Andreas (which means ”manly”) and the English Andrew. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, and according to Statistics Sweden, it ranks fourth among the male names. It is also the most common name for men born between 1949 and 1962, who are on company boards. Anders' name day in the Scandinavian calendar is November 30. Above: Anders Celsius (1701-1744), the Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician who proposed the Celsius temperature scale in 1742.

  • Anders—common on boards
    You might have read in Nordstjernan that Lars is the most common name for dads (http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/sweden/5949/), but do you know a man named Anders, born between 1949 and 1962? Did he study at Handelshögskolan (Stockholm School of Economics)? Then chances are your friend Anders is also on a company board. Half of all board directors in Sweden are born between those years, and Anders is the most common name; 27 percent of them have studied at Handelshögskolan.

  • Best Swedish company for ethics—the multinational technology company Ericsson.

  • Best in ethics
    Ericsson and H&M are the two Swedish companies that rank highest for ethics issues, according to a Folksam list. The Swedish public companies were ranked based on their environmental work and human rights.