Greta Thunberg and Sweden’s Lost Children

Greta Thunberg arrives at the launch of a civilian flotilla aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Barcelona, Spain, on August 31, 2025. (Lluis Gene/AFP via Getty Images)

My home country is the purest product of Europe’s postwar ideals: rich, safe, secular—and spiritually bankrupt.

By Annika Hernroth-Rothstein

10.07.25 — International

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I am a Swede. Historically, my country has been best known for cheap flat-pack furniture from IKEA, the occasional tennis player and, of course, ABBA. Today, our most famous export is Greta Thunberg, teenage climate activist turned 22-year-old anti-Israel activist.

This week, Thunberg was deported from Israel alongside about 170 other pro-Palestinian act…

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