''Tiden'' (Swedish: ''The Times'') is a quarterly theoretical political journal published in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1908. It is organ of the

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. Its original subtitle was ''Tidskrift för socialistisk kritik och politik'' (Swedish: ''Journal of Socialist Criticism and Politics''). It is later changed to ''Socialdemokratisk idé- och debattidskrift'' (Swedish: ''Magazine of the Social Democratic Views and Debate'').

History and profile

''Tiden'' was established by the Swedish social democrat politician

Hjalmar Branting Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting cam ...

in 1908. It is an official publication of the Social Democratic Party which was started to provide a platform for political and cultural discussions among the party members. ''Tiden'' was a monthly publication from 1908 to 1917. In the period between 1918 and 1929 it came out eight times per year. Then it was published ten times per year from 1930 to 1992. From 1999 its frequency was switched to bimonthly. It is published by Tankesmedjan Tiden, a leftist

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founded in 2006, on a quarterly basis. The magazine is headquartered in Stockholm.

Editors and contributors

Many leading politicians from the Social Democratic Party edited ''Tiden'', including its founder Hjalmar Branting. The others included

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and Gösta Edgren. Sture Henriksson edited the magazine between 1956 and 1957. Since March 2018 its editor-in-chief has been Payam Moula. The contributors of ''Tiden'' have been mostly members of the party, including Olof Palme. One of them was Birgitta Dahl who published articles in the magazine on

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Carl Lindhagen Carl Albert Lindhagen (17 December 1860 – 11 March 1946) was a Swedish lawyer, politician, and pacifist. Carl Lindhagen was the chief magistrate (''borgmästare'') of Stockholm 1903–1930 (i.e. a legal position, not mayor). Life Lindhagen ...

, mayor of Stockholm, argued in his article published in the magazine in 1910 that social democracy should integrate

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and avoid

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. However, ''Tiden'' has also had international contributors such as German political scientist Fritz Croner who used the term planned economy for the first time in ''Tiden'' during

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referring to German economic planning. A well-known Swedish economist

Gunnar Myrdal Karl Gunnar Myrdal ( ; ; 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money a ...

also contributed to ''Tiden'' publishing articles on the planning of economy in Sweden.

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