On the rise

摘要

On the face of things, Scandinavians enjoy the paradox of being sturdy monarchists and relentless egalitarians all at once. Judging by the whoops and cheers in Oslo's streets last weekend, when Norway's crown prince married a commoner with a four-year-old child born out of wedlock with a convicted drug offender, many still feel that way. But republican sentiment in Norway and Sweden is far from dead. In the past week, two of Scandinavia's biggest newspapers have called for their countries' monarchies to go. Only Denmark's popular royals have been largely unscathed.