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How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe

How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe.
As Klarna’s billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state.

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https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/how-sweden-became-silicon-valley-europe-2021-08-11/

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