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Party king: Frederik 10th, King of all Danes since 14 January 2024, in 2016 during the Olympic Games in Rio. (Photo: Imago)

Nordic Noir (2): horse-trading and the art of looking the other way

The five Nordic countries are often portrayed as democratic role models. But it is not only the ongoing criminal case against former IBU president Anders Besseberg that justifies scrutinising the double standards of other sports leaders and sports federations from Scandinavia.

, and Lars Jørgensen

4 February 2024

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Nordic Noir (1): Besseberg, the IBU, Infront, Russia and the Olympic way of corruption

Anders Besseberg, former president of the International Biathlon Union, risks ten years in prison for corruption in a true Nordic Noir crime case that has exposed one of the largest sports scandals in the Nordic democracies in 25 years. Further investigations in other countries are still ongoing.

, and Lars Jørgensen , and Jens Weinreich

15 January 2024

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