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...remote, snow-swept expanses of northern Sweden are an unlikely place to begin a story about cutting-edge genetic science. The kingdom's northernmost county, Norrbotten, is nearly free of human life; an average of just six people live in each square mile. And yet this tiny population can reveal a lot about how genes work in our everyday lives...
Palme won the support of Swedish voters by exploiting growing fears of unemployment. Even though the official jobless rate stands at only 3.7%, Palme contended that it was "moving toward 4% or 5%, a tiny rate in many countries, but one that Swedes won't stand for." In Norrbotten, the region with the highest official unemployment rate in the country (8.5%), the Social Democrats won nearly two-thirds of the vote. Palme also castigated the center-liberal government's program of welfare cuts designed to slow down growing deficits, which contribute to giving Swedes the world...