Faces lengthen
FEW things irk Swedes more than adverse comparisons with their Nordic neighbours. Yet, while the economies of Denmark, Norway and Finland seem by comparison to purr with vigour, Sweden's—still the region's biggest and generally its motor—putters along like some ancient Volvo.
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