Det här är en svensk tiger
A picture of a tiger with blue and yellow strips winking and doing a Roman/Nazi salute with its right arm with an armband featuring a swastika on it, with the shadow of the tiger projected to the right side of the cover. On the left side of the shadow is the text "ARON FLAM" in a diagonal manner. On the top of the tiger is the text "DET ÄR EN" and under the tiger, there is the text "SVENSK TIGER".
First edition cover
AuthorAron Flam
Audio read byAron Flam
Cover artistTomas Arfert
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Subjects
PublisherSamizdat Publishing
Publication date
August 2019
Media typePrint (paperback), e-book, audiobook
Pages559
ISBN978-9-198-56330-6
OCLC1263660844
Preceded byJag bombade: scener ur ett ståuppliv 

Det här är en svensk tiger (English: This is a Swedish tiger, formerly stylized in all caps[1][2]) is a 2019 book written by Aron Flam. The book is made with sources and claims made in a podcast series with the same name; which was a part of Flam's main podcast Dekonstruktiv kritik.

The book's subject is Sweden, the Swedish government's role before, during, and after World War II and Swedish trade with Nazi Germany as well as the denial of this involvement by the Swedish authorities.

Flam was accused of copyright infringement on the basis that the title of the book was paraphrasing En svensk tiger (which the copyright of which is owned by Beredskapsmuseet). Around 2,000 copies of the third edition were seized by the Swedish police.

Podcast series

On 9 February 2018,[3] Flam uploaded the first episode of the series which was originally called En svensk tiger, as a part of his podcast Dekonstruktiv kritik. After episode three, the podcast changed its name to Det här är en svensk tiger after pressure by Beredskapsmuseet. In total, nineteen episodes were published, the last of which was published on 10 May 2019.[4]

Book

Flam reworked the content in the podcast series to a book that was published in August 2019 via his own publisher Samizdat Publishing.

The cover

The cover of the book was designed by Tomas Arfert.[5]

During the spring and summer of 2020, the book received attention due to the cover of the book which is a parody/satire of Bertil Almqvist's drawing En svensk tiger for the SIS (Statens Informationsstyrelse, English: The State's Information Board) during World War II. Almqvist's drawing represents a blue and yellow tiger. Beredskapsmuseet claimed that Flam's version was plagiarism.

Flam's version depicts the same blue and yellow tiger, winking and raising its right paw with an armband on its left foreleg featuring a swastika.

In June 2020, Flam was prosecuted for copyright infringement regarding the cover. On 11 June 2020, the police seized 2,282 copies (1.5 tons) of the book's third edition directly from the warehouse of Samizdat Publishing AB in Bromma.

Beredskapsmuseet claimed damages of originally (SEK) 250,000, which was later increased to SEK 1.5 million, as well as a fine for repeated use of the banned version of the cover.[6][7][8]

The Court for Intellectual Property and the Market at Stockholm District Court, ruled on 5 August 2020 that the book seizure was still in action. However, The Court of Appeal for Intellectual Property and the Market lifted the seizure on 13 August 2020.[9]

The verdict came on 9 October 2020, where Flam was acquitted by a unanimous court with reference to the parody exception[10] Flam commented on the verdict together with Johan Westerholm and Liselott Agerlid in an episode of his podcast.[11]

Reception

The historian Mikael Nilsson claims that Flam's book contains lies, misuse of facts and plagiarism.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "6:e upplagan av DET HÄR ÄR EN SVENSK TIGER! av Aron Flam". aronflam.com (in Swedish). Aron Flam. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "THIS IS A SWEDISH TIGER". aronflam.com (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "En Svensk Tiger Del 1 DEKONSTRUKTIV KRITIK Aron Flam" (podcast). soundcloud.com (in Swedish). 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hårklyverier, hyckleri, lögn & tricks! - "DET HÄR ÄR EN SVENSK TIGER!" 6.8" (podcast). soundcloud.com (in Swedish). 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Pertow, Rojin (30 June 2020). "Den svenska tigern måste få heila om den vill". etc.se (in Swedish). ETC. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Göran Adamson om masochism & nationalism". aronflam.com (in Swedish). Aron Flam. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Aron Flam gjorde parodi på En svensk tiger – riskerar halv miljon i böter". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "DET HÄR ÄR EN SVENSK TIGER Vs EN SVENSK TIGER". aronflam.com (in Swedish). Aron Flam. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Beslaget av Aron Flams böcker hävs". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Frikännande dom för påstått upphovsrättsintrång i EN SVENSK TIGER". domstol.se (in Swedish). Stockholm District Court. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "FREE AT LAST" (podcast). soundcloud.com (in Swedish). Aron Flam. 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  12. ↑ Klenell, Johannes (24 June 2021). "Han har faktagranskat Aron Flams bok – i tre månader". arbetet.se (in Swedish). Arbetet. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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