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...Sunbeam Talbots, French Simcas and Citroëns, Italian Lancias and Alfa Romeos-were as ready as they would ever be. At a series of watch-tick signals, 328 grim-faced drivers from 18 nations set out from such widely scattered starting points as Lisbon, Palermo, Oslo, Glasgow, Munich, Stockholm. Their goal, some 3,300 roundabout kilometers (2,000 miles) away: Monte Carlo -and a million francs (about $3,000) first prize...
...Swedish way of life does peculiar things to the human spirit. Stockholm is a city without tragedy; its absence is as striking as excessive silence. One begins to wonder whether the people in this clean, prosperous, well-ordered place ever feel violent emotions or commit violent acts...
...Stockholm, beneath a quiet house, there is a deep, vaulted cellar, where candles substitute warmly for the sunlight. This is a favorite refuge for Swedes, not from bombs, but from the menaces of life in general. Rich, excellent food is served, limited only by the lack of imagination in Swedish cooking; beer flows from great casks, unfortunately diluted by edict of a government which believes that drinking can be curbed by alcohol-content laws...
After a few days in Stockholm I found myself asking people, "Isn't there anything wrong with Sweden? There must be." And there is. One government official said: "In a country that has established an orderly society, there comes a time when one begins to ask oneself 'What next...
...Swedes are asking themselves this question and finding no answer. The result is a deep undercurrent of emotional unrest. It has many symptoms. A few months ago Stockholm was treated to the spectacle of gangs of prostitutes, homosexuals and assorted hoodlums mixing it every Saturday night in Berzelii Park to the delight of onlookers. The divorce rate has jumped from 7.7% in 1939 to 14% in 1950. Sweden has one of the world's highest illegitimacy rates and one of the highest alcoholism rates...