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Episode 30 - Northern Lights, The Scandinavian Press Freedom Breakthrough

Clear and Present Danger - A history of free speech by Jacob Mchangama

Aug 23, 201953:11Society & Culture

In the 1760s and 1770s, Sweden and Denmark-Norway shortly became the epicenter of press freedom protections in Enlightenment Europe. In 1766, the Swedish Diet passed the Press Freedom Act, making Sweden the first country...

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