fightingirish595
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Sweden runs a mining enterprise, a pharmaceutical retailer, a broadcast company. In all of those countries, utilities, alcohol retailers, gambling, infrastructure contractors, railways, and airlines are fully or mostly nationalized. The major mobile phone provider in Sweden and Finland is owned in part by both countries. All of the countries have a national bank. Norway has its sovereign wealth fund from oil and nationally owns huge portions of private companies across the world but especially in Norway itself so the country has a presence on many boards of directors. Finland and Sweden both have smaller direct holdings through their national banks.
More nationalization is in line with socialism is it not? Either way they still have free markets just like we do. although there a bit more nationalization there than I was aware of.