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Patient Cop. One likes the movie for refusing to be yet another example of the paranoia and the senselessness of the times in which we live. It is as patient as Martin Beck (well played by Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt) in linking the final mass violence to the brutal, suspensefully executed murder with which the film begins. It is full of lightly sketched details that give Beck, his team of detectives, the whole cop milieu weight and depth almost subliminally, in the manner of a good novel. More than that the picture is familiar and knowing about its setting, Stockholm. Finally...
...place in line for the throne, Prince Bertil decided not to marry Lilian. But that was not the end of the affair-the couple set up housekeeping on the French Riviera and later at more palatial quarters in Sweden. Eventually, the old King died, and his grandson, Carl Gustaf, and not Prince Bertil, assumed the throne. The new King decided that his still unmarried uncle had put duty before matrimony long enough. Last week, blessed with his nephew's consent, Prince Bertil, now 64, and Lilian Craig, 61, announced a new phase to their 33-year romance-marriage...
...government has severely curtailed the discretion of Sweden's capitalists in using their wealth and managing their businesses. Observes Stockholm University Jurist Gustaf Lindencrona: "As long as you use your money to raise productivity, the government won't do anything against it. But if people want to consume their money, the government will keep them from doing it." The aim has been to foster what the Social Democrats call "social" rather than "antisocial" uses of ownership. This will be furthered by legislation that takes effect next year, encouraging all management decisions to be subject to collective bargaining with...
...have received (including a modern sculpture from President Ford and a rocking chair for two from Finland's President). They must also face the task of providing an heir to the throne; under the constitution, female succession is banned and, except for a 63-year-old uncle, Carl Gustaf is the last male of the royal line...
Married. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, 30, and German-born Silvia Sommerlath, 32; both for the first time; in Stockholm (see THE WORLD...