Arbeiderpartiet

In Norway, the governing red-green coalition seems to have survived the election even as the populist Fremskrittspartiet doubled in size and secured a frightening 24 percent of the vote – a situation not all that different from Sweden.

Leaving with the first SJ morning train, I find myself in the middle of a crazy week with two courses and a packed calendar of meetings. At least the trains here are running – which is more than one can say about northern Sweden, where flash floods have derailed trains and effectively cut the country in two. Right now, it is anyone’s guess when services will resume, but it may be several weeks before passenger trains can once again reach Umeå and the High North.