Bokförlaget DN

During his years as editor at Dagens Nyheter, with a particular responsibility for the opinion pages, Hans Bergström published a special column on Sundays, with perspectives beyond the politics of the day. The book contains a selection of these columns. The title refers to the new biology, with the mapping of the human genome and with a better understanding of the brain as a main new task for research. The biological revolution, and its implications, was a recurrent theme for the Sunday columns.

Olof Santesson is a legendary foreign policy editor at Dagens Nyheter (DN), with its opinion page as his prime forum. Mr. Santesson worked at DN for 42 years, between 1956 and 1998. In an anthology, honoring him upon his retirement, his chief editor at the time, Hans Bergström, wrote this text about the important role played by Olof Santesson also internally at DN. He further reflects upon the special features of foreign policy in a democracy. It tends to be heavily dominated by a network of diplomats and specialists. DN has played an important role in bringing knowledge and debate on foreign policy issues to the wider public.