IFN in the Press

IFN researchers are regularly interviewed by the media. International press clippings are found here, whereas Swedish and Scandinavian press clippings are found on our Swedish website.

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27 March 2026

Should Sweden finally adopt the euro?

The case against membership of the single currency looks much less clear-cut than it did in the 1990s, writes Lars Calmfors in Financial Times.

Financial Times

27 March 2026

It may be time for Sweden to join the euro

Sweden chose to stay outside the monetary union in 1999 and rejected the euro in a 2003 referendum. This column summarises a recent report which reassesses the pros and cons of Swedish euro membership, writes Lars Calmfors in VoxEU.

VoxEU




3 July 2023

Euro discussion returns due to weak Swedish krona

Swedish krona or Euro? Lars Calmfors, researcher at IFN, who investigated whether Sweden should join the single European currency on behalf of the government in the 1990s, in interviewed in Sveriges Radio, and says that he is in favour for economic reasons. 

 

Sveriges Radio

29 March 2023

That’s how long inflation can eat your salary increase

Negotiations on a new wage agreement between Swedish trade unions and employers within the  industry department are in full swing. The agreed wage increases will set the level for the rest of the labor market in Sweden. Lars Calmfors, researcher at IFN, told SVT that wage increases probably will be far from inflation.

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