Talk:Carl Bildt

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I believe some text in this article is speculative. The lines "The different measures, including large cut-backs in public spending, did contribute to a rapid increase in economic growth as well as a reduction in the public deficit in 1994 and 1995." would be argued by many.Storebror 11:32, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. The growth part at least. The cut backs initiated by the right wing governement along with the social democrats however undisputedly helped in improving the fiscal position. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.178.88.75 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 30 November 2006.


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[edit] NOrwegian ancestors

Source: Gustaf Elgenstierna's family trees, book I, states clearly that the very family called Bildt in Sweden (to which Carl Bildt is known to belong to), has as its ancestresses: Dorotea Bjelke, daughter of Chancellor Jens Ovesen Bjelke; and Blanceflor Vincentsdottir Lunge, daughter of Chancellor V.V.Lunge and his wife Margret Nilsdottir Gyldenloeve, daughter of High Steward Nils Henriksson. Suedois 11:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV dispute

Hello compatriots, Slarre and Bronks. I heard there was some sort of edit conflict going on here, and was asked to intervene on one of the sides, but hell no. I've removed all contested statements until the issue is settled here.

The conflict appears to originally be about the statement "The Iraq war is something that the Swedish Social Democratic government together with the UN was officially opposed to.". The conflict as I've seen it unfold:

Before I suggest any further changes, may I ask both editors to explain their respective point of views here? Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 01:19, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Good, I don't think that any of those statements really belong to this article. It seems that the initial statement, "The Iraq war is something that Sweden together with the UN was officially opposed to", was added only to give more weight to the criticism. However, to only show the war critics' side would be a clear violation of NPOV, that's why I disputed it. The only thing that needs to be mentioned is that Bildt had a position within the the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and what his opinion was on the conflict, of course supported by relevant sources and/or quotes.
On another note, I think that the section about Lars Danielsson should be removed from this article too. This "affair" did not get half as much attention as any of the other affairs that Bildt has been involved in, so it gives a very unbalanced impression when this takes up more than half of the section on Bildt's period as foreign minister. If that information really belong to Wikipedia at all, it should be added to an indendent article (Lars Danielsson) about the whole affair with more background info etc. /Slarre 01:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Considering that you wrote the long Criticism section in Mona Sahlin [1], I'm surprised that you want to rid this article of criticism. Few people have even heard about Enn Kokk or the other controversies in that article, while almost everyone in Sweden knows about the Danielsson-Bildt affair. Vints 08:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Interesting point, but large parts of the Criticism section in Mona Sahlin has since been removed by... yours truly. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 08:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I do not want to rid this article of criticism, I want the criticism to be balanced and described from a neutral point of view. We are discussing this article now, not Mona Sahlin. /Slarre 22:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't see what the problem is. Carl Bildt is getting heavy critizism (right now) for his lobby work for invading Irak, and that has to be in the article. (I don't care if it was to "liberate Iraq" as Slarre claims and wants to POV enter, or if it was becouse Bildt is an Oil-Busniessman) The fact is still that Bildt wanted the war and that he is being critizised for his involvment in it on two main points: 1. Sweden was offically against the war, 2. and the UN was against the war too. Bronks 10:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Would you like to comment on my arguments above? /Slarre 22:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Apparently not. I'm removing the POV content then. /Slarre 04:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] What happened to the image?

Its gone without a trace. Why? --Dahlis 20:37, 24 June 2007 (UTC)