During the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, a secret propaganda war was fought in Sweden. The US wanted to win over the Swedish left, which in their eyes risked becoming “communist”. In 1952, a cultural committee was formed in Stockholm; a subdivision of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in Paris – all financed by the CIA.
Just over a hundred of Sweden’s leading intellectuals are recruited to the Swedish sub-division. At the same time, open propaganda from the US is ramping up in Sweden and causing newspapers to make strange decisions.
In P3 Documentary we tell the hitherto unknown story of the CIA’s propaganda war in Sweden.
Producers: Henrik Arnstad and Lovisa Lamm Nordenskiöld
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