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Eric Adamson

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Foreign Policy Analyst & Comms Manager at Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) | Nordic Ukraine Forum & Swedish Atlantic Council. Memes my own. 🇸🇪🇺🇸

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Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 5h

The 🇸🇪 Armed Forces are following a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea.

The submarine is "visible above the water, so we are getting lots of questions and want to be transparent," says an Armed Forces spokesperson.

The submarine is in international waters and has not violated Swedish territory.

Försvarsmakten följer rysk ubåt i Östersjön: ”Syns tydligt över ytan”

En rysk ubåt gick under gårdagen in i Östersjön via Stora Bält, enligt ett pressmeddelande från Försvarsmakten.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t put a T-Rex in cuffs. Their arms are too small.

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Amanda Wollstad @awollstad.bsky.social · 5d

Skriver om att vi måste våga förbereda oss på det värsta, i dagens Svensk Tidskrift.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 11d

New 🇸🇪 royal family pics just dropped.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 15d

🇸🇪 NATO's newest and most enthusiastic member:

NATO Concert with the Army Orchestra at Stockhom's Radio Music Hall pays "tribute both to NATO's 75th anniversary and Sweden's membership in NATO with a concert filled with masterpieces from NATO countries." Includes 🇫🇮 patriotic song Muistoja Pohjolast

NATO concert with the Army Orchestra - Berwaldhallen

www.berwaldhallen.se

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

Not until runebergstårta is a fundamental right.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

Press Byrån?

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

“It goes against the Swedish model where a shared work environment and social rights are fundamental.”

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

I’m almost certain this union will advocate for better work-place-cinnamon bun standards

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

Some alert @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 19d

Sweden is the most perfect country on this planet and nothing will convince me otherwise

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

A Swedish union for moving National Cinnamon Bun Day to a workday (yes, it’s real).

”Swedish workers risk losing millions of cinnamon buns when Cinnamon Bun Day lands on a Saturday. We’re the union that wants to change that…For everyone’s right to a cinnamon bun at work.”

It’s real: www.förak.se

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 19d

A Swedish union for moving National Cinnamon Bun Day to a workday (yes, it’s real).

”Swedish workers risk losing millions of cinnamon buns when Cinnamon Bun Day lands on a Saturday. We’re the union that wants to change that…For everyone’s right to a cinnamon bun at work.”

It’s real: www.förak.se

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 22d

Very annoyed with this ”but Turkey shot down a Russian jet”.

Turkey doesn’t have a border with Russia. If Finland did the same (when it’s ”only” an incursion), what would stop Russia from starting to shoot down Finnish (or other NATO) jets when they’re flying close to the Russian border ?

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 26d

Concern intensifies

a fighter jet is flying over a field with a sunset in the background

ALT: a fighter jet is flying over a field with a sunset in the background

media.tenor.com

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58 North @58deg.bsky.social · 29d

FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency) has released an open source appreciation of allies arctic warfare capabilities.
Nothing super surprising other than that the UK is judged to have only one capable battalion, but it's no secret that the UK's capabilities are very thin.

foi.se/rapporter/ra...

Markstridsförmåga på Nordkalotten - Operationsområde, förmågekrav och möjliga förbandsbidrag

Rapporten redovisar resultat från en studie vars syfte har varit att beskriva de militära krav som ställs på operationer på Nordkalotten samt att förteckna de västliga förband som möter dessa krav. För att kunna bedöma i vilken utsträckning ett förband har förmåga att operera på Nordkalotten har tre kriterier formulerats, vilka sedan har tillämpats på en uppsättning västliga förband. Studien har genomförts som en litteraturstudie av öppna källor, främst nyhetsmaterial från de senaste fem årens militära övningar i området. I slutsatserna presenteras de förband som bedöms ha denna förmåga. Dessa är i huvudsak koncentrerade till Norge, Finland och USA.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 15

Who is who?

Russia’s Ambassador to Sweden or Dune’s Baron Harkonnen?

@dagensnyheter.bsky.social asking the real questions.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 13

”And that’s the news. Over to the weather.”

kluddniklas @kluddniklas.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · Sep 13

From Catherine II to Putin: How a Swedish flag became symbol of resistance in occupied Ukraine

A Swedish flag gifted by King Carl XVI Gustaf to a Ukrainian village in 2008 survived 8.5 months hidden from Russian occupation forces
euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/13/f...

From Catherine II to Putin: How a Swedish flag became symbol of resistance in occupied Ukraine

A Swedish flag gifted by King Carl XVI Gustaf to a Ukrainian village in 2008 survived 8.5 months hidden from Russian occupation forces

euromaidanpress.com

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 11

Looks like it could be a cut-edit with AI, not necessarily a full AI video. It's a recorded message from earlier in the day (it's light outside in the window behind Trump), and then published later at night.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 10

Swedish Public Broadcaster SVT is planning to feature the russian ambassador on "30 minutes" -- the same day Polish air space is violated.

@nordicukraine.bsky.social statement urging SVT not to air the program. Russia cannot be allowed a platform to spread lies and propaganda.

Nordic Ukraine Forum @nordicukraine.bsky.social · Sep 9

SVT ska inte ge plattform åt den ryska mördarstaten!

Läs vårt uttalande angående ryska ambassadörens medverkan i SVT-programmet "30 minuter": www.facebook.com/share/p/1B89...

@svtnyheter.bsky.social

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 3

So in Sweden there is a raging debate over the new “cultural canon.” What belongs? How were the selections made? Should the list even exist?

Whatever the merits, we can safely say that the Saab 37 Viggen puts the “canon” in “cultural canon,” where it now sits along side Pippi Longstocking.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · Sep 3

Less than 1,5 years as a NATO member and Finland has already built up a new NATO command.

NATO’s Multi-Corps Land Component Command has became operational at Mikkeli in conjunction with the Finnish Army Command on 1 September.

Naton pohjoinen maavoimajohtoporras aloitti toimintansa Mikkelissä

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Sep 3

New 🇸🇪 Armed Forces ad campaign:

"We could talk about our major investments in air defence. Or one of our new cyber units protecting civil society...But right now we are conducting live fire exercises. For freedom's sake."

För frihetens skull – Eldöverfall, Försvarsmakten reklamfilm 2025

YouTube video by Försvarsmakten

www.youtube.com

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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please don't bet your life on a machine translation, but the Norwegian Army just released their new survival manual. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...

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www.forsvaret.no

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · Aug 30

Your long list of how Finland is better suggests that it’s less a reunification than a Swedish accession to Finland.