Board Gender Quotas in Sweden

The Swedish debate on board diversity took an unexpected turn last month when Moderate Party Secretary-General Sofia Arkelsten wrote an editorial in the national business daily Dagens Industri announcing that the party may support board gender quotas. While the party has been traditionally skeptical of government intervention in the private sector, Arkelsten’s comments are symptomatic of the party’s recent drift toward the center of the political spectrum.

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