(Tl:dr I watched a funny political documentary about Sweden's most conservative politician in modern times, Carl Bildt, which I found amusing. I have pointed out the entertaining things below)
So here in Sweden, they apparently started sending a bunch of documentaries of various Swedish prime ministers. And a favorite among the people seem to be one about Thorbjörn Fälldin (an influential center(slightly right leaning)-political leader in the 80s.). His party was formerly known as "the farmers party", and still is today, but the party is center political (having supported both the left "Socialistic" party, as well as the right "Moderate" party.). Many seem to appreciate his charm and simpleness (the simple innocent farmer). An other documentary was about Göran Person, who was party leader in the later 90s, and was in a way a calm nice Socialist but also tough as a bear when it came to the point. But being myself, not an ordinary Swede, I didn't see much of any of those but instead watched a documentary about our most Right-wing politician in modern day, being prime minister in the early 90s, Carl Bildt. The documentary was called "the excellent", and really reflected him. The documentary was "amusing" just pure fun! He's probably the most conservative politician we've had and also maybe the one most friendly to the USA. It was interesting how he really went against the tide, being the first elected conservative politician since the 30s, in Sweden. Really went against the think socialist Sweden. It was also interesting how he grew up (quite military, playing with armies. But as he grew older gotten more into diplomacy). He also is doing the same thing nowadays (diplomacy). Also crazy how the documentary also highlighted the 1950s and further one age. And I never thought of how violent it was! But there were both wars everywhere and also big protests with clashes. All I've thought of the 1950s and forward was the culture (the music and other stuff). But it sure had a nasty side as well.
Some funny moments:
-His entire family was pretty much noble. All the way to the 1500! And in his family tree there were several high ranking members. One was an army major who lost one of his right legs in a battle against Russia, and survived and became 91 years old! And another one actually was a prime minister in the 1880. So kind of funny how the entire family is pretty much noblemen.
-When he did his party campaign in Sweden, he did it by air (airplane). Which may not sound that impressive for you Americans. But doing that in Sweden is like having a campaign by rocket or by like jet pack in the USA. As most politicians in Sweden probably uses buses.
-He was also (like Trump lol) a tough guy for reporters. Not because he was rude, but because he was so sharp and had such pride and confidence. Making the reporter almost feeling below him.
-During the 90s, Sweden and Europe was in a lot turbulence. Financial chaos, and also some problems with Jugoslavia and Russia. And Russia became a bit of a problem for Bildt. And Russia had apparently some submarines in the Baltic Sea, which made Sweden use Helicopters with like sound radars or something to try to spot them. But later it was found out that some of those was actually false alarms/signals (don't know the term). And the funny part is that the false alarms came from minks! And it was pretty entertaining hearing some high military officer talk about it seriously (being ask by a reporter if it was embarrassing).
(Something completely different: The feeling when you finally settle with a great quote on facebook: A face-palm and a smile. The quote is "Act as if your actions matter" by philosopher William James. The reason for the face-palm is that that quote and the reasoning behind it has actually been my favorite philosophical quotes back in the days (lol I just couldn't find that one
.)).
