Petter Danckwardt
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Petter Danckwardt is a PhD candidate in law at Örebro University, Sweden. He is currently a guest researcher at the Swedish Defence University and was previously a Fulbright visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. He holds an LL.M. from Stockholm University, an MPhil and BA in philosophy from Södertörn University.
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Statelessness and the Rewriting of Rights: The Legal Development in Sweden as a Case in Point
April 16, 2025
Petter Danckwardt
Introduction Legal developments in several countries — Sweden among them — point to a growing willingness by governments to tighten the conditions for acquiring citizenship and, more critically, to limit its protections. Ultimately, such measures risk creating or exacerbating statelessness. A recent Swedish government inquiry, proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow for the revocation of…
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Statelessness and the Rewriting of Rights: The Legal Development in Sweden as a Case in Point
April 16, 2025
Petter Danckwardt
Introduction Legal developments in several countries — Sweden among them — point to a growing willingness by governments to tighten the conditions for acquiring citizenship and, more critically, to limit its protections. Ultimately, such measures risk creating or exacerbating statelessness. A recent Swedish government inquiry, proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow for the revocation of…