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Arne Bergvik

Arne Bergvik

Energy strategist at Sigholm and podcast host, formerly chief analyst at Jämtkraft, commenting on Nordic and European electricity markets.

Jun 5, 2026

11:55
But why? What's happening on the energy side? Is there a turn of energy nationalism or do you think this is going to be fairly short-lived?
12:05
I would say that it is more in the light of the election coming up in Sweden on the 13th of September.
12:11
You might know ruling bloc sits at 43.2% of the support at the moment with opposition at 53.9%.
12:20
So there is a tendency or a need to show that we are on the side of consumers here, that we are putting Sweden first or doing some type of intervention and then showing us being very strong.
12:35
I think that could be playing into it.
12:37
And also, we have now a history of a few years of very low prices.
12:44
that has been shielding the Nordics, but Northern Sweden in particular, but all of Sweden in general, from the higher prices in Europe, especially 2022 when the prices were really high due to the crisis in Russia.

7 MINS LATER

19:28
So it goes

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