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cjejfjdj482858yesterday at 5:38 PM1 replyview on HN

While similar to Denmark and Sweden it retained its own currency, and was also not part of Schengen, It was part of the Single Market.


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ViewTrick1002yesterday at 7:15 PM

Sweden does not have an opt out for the euro.

Sweden just haven’t completed the stabilization and alignment criteria to formally switch over, arguing that it is voluntary.

We had a referendum on the euro back 2003 with a clear mandate to not adopt it and the politicians don’t want to poke the sleeping tiger that is the euro question.