Svante Lundgren
@svantelundgren.bsky.social
Forskare och samhällsdebattör, bosatt i Lund. Inlägg på svenska, in English et parfois en français.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Här är en liten hälsning (på armeniska) från futsal-EM i Kaunas. Också undertecknad figurerar i den.
www.facebook.com/reel/1579572...
www.facebook.com/reel/1579572...
1K views · 68 reactions | 🇦🇲 🎥 Մենք ԵՎՐՈ-2026-ում. Օր 8
🏟️ «Ժալգիրիս Արենա»՝ Լիտվայի բասկետբոլի սիրտը 🏀
Այս օրերին մարզական այս կառույցն ընդունում է ֆուտզալի Եվրոպայի առաջնությունն ու պատմական է դար...
🇦🇲 🎥 Մենք ԵՎՐՈ-2026-ում. Օր 8
🏟️ «Ժալգիրիս Արենա»՝ Լիտվայի բասկետբոլի սիրտը 🏀
Այս օրերին մարզական այս կառույցն ընդունում է ֆուտզալի Եվրոպայի առաջնությունն ու պատմական է դարձել հայերի համար 🇦🇲...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Här är en liten hälsning (på armeniska) från futsal-EM i Kaunas. Också undertecknad figurerar i den.
www.facebook.com/reel/1579572...
www.facebook.com/reel/1579572...
Idag för 155 år sedan föddes den legendariska norska armeniermissionären Bodil Biørn.
Här kan du se utdrag ur en film som berättar om henne och några av hennes kolleger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcee...
Här kan du se utdrag ur en film som berättar om henne och några av hennes kolleger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcee...
Story of Bodil Biorn
YouTube video by Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Idag för 155 år sedan föddes den legendariska norska armeniermissionären Bodil Biørn.
Här kan du se utdrag ur en film som berättar om henne och några av hennes kolleger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcee...
Här kan du se utdrag ur en film som berättar om henne och några av hennes kolleger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcee...
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Turkish proverb:
When you put a clown in a palace, the clown doesn’t become a sultan, the palace becomes a circus.
When you put a clown in a palace, the clown doesn’t become a sultan, the palace becomes a circus.
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Turkish proverb:
When you put a clown in a palace, the clown doesn’t become a sultan, the palace becomes a circus.
When you put a clown in a palace, the clown doesn’t become a sultan, the palace becomes a circus.
"Det är mörkt på jorden, just nu. Men att kyrkor och andra religiösa grupper kämpar för att hålla ljuset högt, det lyser upp."
Ytterst läsvärt av @joelhalldorf.bsky.social om religiösa ledare i USA som står upp mot Trumps politik.
vitrok.substack.com/p/nar-ice-dr...
Ytterst läsvärt av @joelhalldorf.bsky.social om religiösa ledare i USA som står upp mot Trumps politik.
vitrok.substack.com/p/nar-ice-dr...
När ICE drar in står kyrkorna i första ledet
Äntligen ser man den amerikanska kristenhetens andra ansikte
vitrok.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
"Det är mörkt på jorden, just nu. Men att kyrkor och andra religiösa grupper kämpar för att hålla ljuset högt, det lyser upp."
Ytterst läsvärt av @joelhalldorf.bsky.social om religiösa ledare i USA som står upp mot Trumps politik.
vitrok.substack.com/p/nar-ice-dr...
Ytterst läsvärt av @joelhalldorf.bsky.social om religiösa ledare i USA som står upp mot Trumps politik.
vitrok.substack.com/p/nar-ice-dr...
Futsal Euro 2026: With a new win Armenia has qualified for the quarter finals.
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Futsal Euro 2026: With a new win Armenia has qualified for the quarter finals.
Vladas Daumantas:
January 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Vladas Daumantas:
Another German politician has been sentenced to jail for corruption originating in Azerbaijan.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/cdu-...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/cdu-...
Urteil mit Signalwirkung in der Aserbaidschan-Affäre um Axel Fischer
Der Ex-CDU-Abgeordnete Axel Fischer wurde in der Aserbaidschan-Affäre zu einem Jahr und zwei Monaten Haft auf Bewährung verurteilt.
www.zdfheute.de
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Another German politician has been sentenced to jail for corruption originating in Azerbaijan.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/cdu-...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/cdu-...
Det här fick jag syn på idag i Kaunas.
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Det här fick jag syn på idag i Kaunas.
Futsal Euro 2026 in Kaunas has just kicked off. Armenia against Ukraine.
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Futsal Euro 2026 in Kaunas has just kicked off. Armenia against Ukraine.
"Den svensk som står, någonstans i Sverige, och fryser vid busstationen i fem minuter eller tycker att elementet borde vara lite kokhetare nu när det är två minusgrader – skänk en tanke åt Ukraina. Och kanske en liten slant."
www.expressen.se/ledare/lidan...
www.expressen.se/ledare/lidan...
LEDARE: Lidandet i Ukraina dränks av Trumps galenskap
Fyra år efter invasionen har terrorn mot Ukraina blivit ett bakgrundsbrus. Men Ryssland fortsätter att sadistiskt slå mot el, värme och vatten.
www.expressen.se
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"Den svensk som står, någonstans i Sverige, och fryser vid busstationen i fem minuter eller tycker att elementet borde vara lite kokhetare nu när det är två minusgrader – skänk en tanke åt Ukraina. Och kanske en liten slant."
www.expressen.se/ledare/lidan...
www.expressen.se/ledare/lidan...
"OC Media spoke to around a dozen individuals who appeared in the documentary or who were involved as subcontracted producers. Of these, none said they were aware that the film was being produced for Azerbaijani state media."
Making documentaries the Azerbaijani way.
oc-media.org/did-an-azerb...
Making documentaries the Azerbaijani way.
oc-media.org/did-an-azerb...
Did an Azerbaijani state-funded documentary dupe experts into taking part?
A documentary on Ruben Vardanyan by Azerbaijan’s AnewZ included prominent experts and Armenians, but why did they agree to take part?
oc-media.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"OC Media spoke to around a dozen individuals who appeared in the documentary or who were involved as subcontracted producers. Of these, none said they were aware that the film was being produced for Azerbaijani state media."
Making documentaries the Azerbaijani way.
oc-media.org/did-an-azerb...
Making documentaries the Azerbaijani way.
oc-media.org/did-an-azerb...
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BOATS LANDING 🇬🇱
– 1884: Finnish-Swedish explorer Nordenskiöld maps the most remote parts of Danish Greenland + astounding scientific work for the time.
– 1885: Donald Trump's ancestor, 16-year-old Friedrich Drumpf, on the run from conscription back home in Bavaria, lands in the United States.
– 1884: Finnish-Swedish explorer Nordenskiöld maps the most remote parts of Danish Greenland + astounding scientific work for the time.
– 1885: Donald Trump's ancestor, 16-year-old Friedrich Drumpf, on the run from conscription back home in Bavaria, lands in the United States.
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
BOATS LANDING 🇬🇱
– 1884: Finnish-Swedish explorer Nordenskiöld maps the most remote parts of Danish Greenland + astounding scientific work for the time.
– 1885: Donald Trump's ancestor, 16-year-old Friedrich Drumpf, on the run from conscription back home in Bavaria, lands in the United States.
– 1884: Finnish-Swedish explorer Nordenskiöld maps the most remote parts of Danish Greenland + astounding scientific work for the time.
– 1885: Donald Trump's ancestor, 16-year-old Friedrich Drumpf, on the run from conscription back home in Bavaria, lands in the United States.
Very good news that this man is free after five years in jail in Azerbaijan. He should never have been imprisoned in the first place.
And at least 20 Armenian hostages are still illegally held in the country. Shamefully without international condemnation.
And at least 20 Armenian hostages are still illegally held in the country. Shamefully without international condemnation.
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Very good news that this man is free after five years in jail in Azerbaijan. He should never have been imprisoned in the first place.
And at least 20 Armenian hostages are still illegally held in the country. Shamefully without international condemnation.
And at least 20 Armenian hostages are still illegally held in the country. Shamefully without international condemnation.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
Here is my review of a book on what the American press wrote about the Assyrian genocide.
www.assyriapost.com/the-assyrian...
www.assyriapost.com/the-assyrian...
The Assyrian genocide as reported in the American press
Historical American news reports about the Assyrian genocide of 1915 have been collected and published in a single volume by Armenian researcher Ara Ketibian.
www.assyriapost.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Here is my review of a book on what the American press wrote about the Assyrian genocide.
www.assyriapost.com/the-assyrian...
www.assyriapost.com/the-assyrian...
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate today.
Քրիստոս Ծնաւ եւ Յայտնեցաւ, Օրհնեալ է Յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի
Քրիստոս Ծնաւ եւ Յայտնեցաւ, Օրհնեալ է Յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate today.
Քրիստոս Ծնաւ եւ Յայտնեցաւ, Օրհնեալ է Յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի
Քրիստոս Ծնաւ եւ Յայտնեցաւ, Օրհնեալ է Յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի
"Solklart brott mot folkrätten." Nu bör väl världssamfundet reagera och till exempel stänga av alla amerikanska idrottare från vinter-OS.
Eller är det bara vissa länders folkrättsbrott som får konsekvenser?
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Eller är det bara vissa länders folkrättsbrott som får konsekvenser?
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Professorn om USA:s attack mot Venezuela: ”Solklart brott mot folkrätten”
USA:s attack mot Venezuela och bortförandet av landets president är ett ”solklart brott mot folkrätten”, säger Pål Wrange, professor i folkrätt vid Stockholms universitet. – Det strider mot FN-stadgan...
www.svt.se
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"Solklart brott mot folkrätten." Nu bör väl världssamfundet reagera och till exempel stänga av alla amerikanska idrottare från vinter-OS.
Eller är det bara vissa länders folkrättsbrott som får konsekvenser?
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Eller är det bara vissa länders folkrättsbrott som får konsekvenser?
www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Mannen som anser sig förtjäna alla fredspris i världen har under de senaste sex månaderna bombat fyra länder: Iran, Syrien, Nigeria och Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Mannen som anser sig förtjäna alla fredspris i världen har under de senaste sex månaderna bombat fyra länder: Iran, Syrien, Nigeria och Venezuela.
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What should the peace talks with russia actually be negotiating about? I'll start: the size of the DMZ inside russia.
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What should the peace talks with russia actually be negotiating about? I'll start: the size of the DMZ inside russia.
Priest in Taybeh, West Bank: "After the attacks of the settlers, we are remaining here, we are rooted here."
www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
Christmas joy eases fear for future in West Bank Christian village - Vatican News
The only entirely Christian village of the West Bank is getting ready to celebrate the Lord's coming in an atmosphere halfway between the joy of the ...
www.vaticannews.va
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Priest in Taybeh, West Bank: "After the attacks of the settlers, we are remaining here, we are rooted here."
www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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👉CMES Yearbook 2025 is now available to read and download.The Yearbooks summarize the Centre's activities during the year.
👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👉CMES Yearbook 2025 is now available to read and download.The Yearbooks summarize the Centre's activities during the year.
👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
👉 www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes...
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Macron should name a special envoy for Louisiana.
US President Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy for Greenland, underscoring his determination to take control of the vast Arctic island from Denmark. ft.trib.al/4ioDzx3
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Macron should name a special envoy for Louisiana.