Politics is not about saying the right thing. It is about making people feel

In the name of competition, the EU is proposing profoundly anti-competitive measures

The solution to Europe's problem is not giving more power to the EU. The solution is giving more power to Europeans

Money printing is never harmless. It always distorts the economy long term

As an individual you would never be allowed to do this. The Commission can, because its bonds are guaranteed by the member states

It made no sense for Greenland economically, politically or in terms of identity

Innovation policy is economic policy, and economic policy depends on the tools each country has available

The 28th Regime is like creating a new member state, a landless imaginary state

What we were experiencing was not real demand driven by real needs. It was stimulated demand

The EU was created as a market union, not a federal union

When the economy is doing well, we vote to keep more for ourselves. When it's not, we vote to share more with each other

The way we design taxes and deductions guide decisions, like whether to work, how much to work, or when to return to work

It may actually be smart to provide targeted tax deductions for smaller and technically challenging oil and gas fields

As more countries prioritise themselves, others will follow, and the Arctic is where the Nordics will feel it most

An innovation fund is not intended to fix anything. It is meant to complement existing market dynamics

In Europe and the Nordics we don't have an innovation problem, we have a competition problem

Even if inequality can be logically understood and rationally justified, it doesn't mean you need to accept it

Something considered a universal standard might actually just be the perspective of a select few

Power laws govern venture, and they govern VC fund returns too

A state investor responsible for financial, social and environmental outcomes must link incentives to real impact targets

State instruments are just tools governments have to reach specific goals

Venture investing does not follow a normal distribution, and a state investor is not meant to maximise short-term financial returns

Humans, we are good at creating our own problems. But we are also good at solving them

The fewer rich citizens a country allows itself to have, the less inclusive its institutions and the less prosperous it will be in the long run

The ocean is as important to the climate as the atmosphere. But only now is it beginning to be studied properly

If we truly believe more people should invest in venture, our job is to bring into the conversation those that disagree

Believing in oneself, defending your own ideals and never giving up is how the history of the world is written

In the same way we have developed a Nordic startup ecosystem, we should develop a Nordic Venture Ecosystem that attracts private capital into Nordic opportunities

Markets are superb at selecting, allocating and scaling. But they can't discover markets that don't exist yet, protect viable companies from capital fashions, or decide what public value means. A Norwegian exit shows where the state should come in

For half a century, turning voters into owners kept the West stable. Now we are manufacturing a mass of voters with nothing to own. The real divide of our time is between owners and non-owners

Because the world around us keeps changing, while the human at the center remains driven by the same needs, fears and desires

Proposals for a Nordic Capital Market and Nordic Inc are appealing but they demand a shared legal architecture that does not yet exist.

Be extraordinary and ambitious, but never place yourself above the community.

The Norwegian welfare state no longer depends on Norwegians. It depends on Wall Street.

Through the lens of history, the Ukrainian war can also be seen as a tragic separation of people who once belonged to the same historical family

The entire architecture rests on one remarkably simple condition: that assets keep their value

What we are witnessing is not the construction of a new order. It is the scaffolding erected to stop the old one from collapsing

Some civilizations, when they lose the material capacity that sustained their identity, do not always change their narrative… but rather try to revive the old narrative as if it were still real

As long as you can imagine a different future, no enemy, however powerful, is ever truly invincible

We never really had a chance

The most powerful ideas are often the ones we stop questioning

If that is true, the most dangerous assumption in modern monetary policy might be that central banks need to manage the economy at all

The central conflict of our time is a clash between those who believe a system designed for 1975 still works and those who believe it lies at the root of today’s problems

In this game, loyalty is the only thing that matters

True resolution will never come from forcing behavioral changes through pressure. It will only come when we help build a new narrative, where defensive, hostile behavior is no longer required for survival

Since leaders can no longer promise that Europe will make you richer, they promise that Europe will protect you from dangers instead

A technological revolution always ends up being obvious to everyone, but a good investment almost never is

The market doesn’t want to fund a cash-strapped telecom company. It wants to fund a cosmic destiny

Normality limits, restricts and distorts how we understand ourselves and the world

It's a shame business schools don't teach plumbing

VCs, leave retirees and taxpayers alone and go start religious schools instead.

Yes, we still control big personal choices (like who to marry). But the biggest ones are already decided for us and we should start thinking about them more

So what's wrong with living in the past? It just happened to be the place we saw optimism last

Our magic formula is failing, much like a miracle diet.

Understanding how the systems affecting you are designed and, above all, who is designing them is more important than you think.

Leaders, your job isn't to give fancy speeches. Your job is to sit at the table with anyone it takes to bring stability back to this continent.

The only exception to this advice is if you are a purely opportunistic founder.

Let’s encourage more women to "lick the hammer." Imagine how much brilliant, repressed talent we would unlock if we stopped fearing the wrecking ball

The Nordic concept wouldn't be what it is today if the people of the North hadn't defined themselves through their relationship with the rest of Europe.

The current approach is a paralyzing strategy. When you design your future exclusively to "not lose," your only possible destination is mediocrity.

Investinor does not deserve to be dismantled. It deserves to be freed from its contradictory mandate.

Starmer has avoided being hated, but by trying to please everyone and deciding on nothing, he has ended up as a leader that no one takes seriously anymore.

Investinor is not the problem. It is the tool that allows us to see the problem clearly.

It is the official death certificate of Thatcherism

The way Brussels manages this imbalance will determine whether the Union remains a project or if, instead, it once again pushes a stable partner toward the exit

It is time to rethink the strategies and the set of beliefs the Nordic countries are operating under

The new Europe can only exist when we are able to understand the USA and the impact we have had on other communities around the world

We need to say the obvious out loud: without its power of nuclear deterrence, NATO is nothing.

Europe is reindustrializing and trust me, it is going to be very ugly

Democracy isn't about who contributed the most to the GDP. It’s about the fact that we all have the same right to imagine and demand the future of the place where we live

Time has come for the Marie Kondos of Europe to take over and tidy up this mess

The sad reality is that Norway’s wealth and high standard of living have been made possible by the poverty, misery and conflict in other parts of the world

My question for you and for Europe is: Are we willing to pay the price in blood for Europe to be a "superpower"?

If it is your first day at the Financial Times Fight Club, you have to fight

How can a country trust the honesty of someone who destroyed his own family to win a political game?

Rubio is the true architect of the new global order, Trump is just the pretty face

Stop waiting for things to fix themselves or for your social media rants to change anything. Real change requires coordination and anyone who wants to change the world needs this playbook

Speaking is truly dangerous and maybe that’s why it’s so exciting

I am calling for a rebellion of the imagination!

Candace Owens enjoys all the power of the 21st century while selling the chains of the 12th century to other women

This isn’t science fiction, it’s already here.

The short answer is: No.

What happens when the money that built the market is forced to leave?

Having everything is worthless if you don't know what it is for

I beg you Europe, forgive the EU Inc lobby group, for they don’t know what they are doing

The system wants you lonely, quiet and defeated. Don't let them have it.

It’s exactly what happened with Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. You can put the Puerto Rican flag at the center of the biggest show in the US but that doesn’t turn the island into a State of the Union

They suffer the special child syndrome: the world owes them attention, the government owes them money and the citizens owe them a "thank you" for existing

Europe is by definition diversity and conflict. Trying to make this continent a legislative oasis is to go against its DNA

And they are forcing us to ask the question that technocracy wanted to avoid: What do we Europeans truly value?

The system is as ridiculous as it is effective

Let’s stop trying to save the soul of humanity and start fixing the real problems we have at home

This obsession with "correctness" is a historical trap, seen most famously in the 16th-century showdown between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I

The era of the "Good Girl" leader is over, and frankly, it was never real power anyway

Most people see in Delcy a villain or a monster. But I cannot help but see something else.

If you review recent history critically, you will see that it is almost never about democracy, but about controlling the global toll.

The ECB has only two options. The first path is cowardice. The second path is raising interest rates.

If you believe that the power vacuum is going to be filled by a group of democracy-loving youths, get ready for a reality check.

True power is not about reaching the top. It is about reaching it while remaining yourself.