Stockholm Free World Forum

Foreign policy think tank

Stockholm Free World Forum (Swedish: Frivärld) is a foreign policy think tank centered in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 2011 by Mats Johansson. January 2015 - August 2023 Stockholm Free World Forum was headed by Katarina Tracz [sv]. Anna Rennéus Guthrie was appointed new director in August 2023. It has since its inception ranked among the most influential in Sweden, being commonly cited by numeros national and international news papers. Among its associates are Anders Åslund, Patrik Oksanen and Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein. It has also featured articles and books by senior Swedish dignitaries including former foreign minister Ann Linde, current prime minister Ulf Kristersson and current defence minister Pål Jonson among other senior staff.

It is funded by the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation [sv], which also funds the free-market think tank Timbro (of which it has been described as "an offshoot").[1][2]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Allern, Sigurd; Pollack, Ester (2016). "Swedish Advocacy Think Tanks as News Sources and Agenda-setters". Politik. 19 (1).
  2. ^ Lindström, Sverker (August 2012). "Tankesmedjor 2012 - Söker makt över samhällsidéerna" (in Swedish). Arena Idé.

External links

  • Official website
  • Frivärld, "Anna Rennéus Guthrie ny chef för Frivärld" (23/5-23).