Stålverk 80
Subtitle: Verkligheten bakom drömmen
Publisher: Norstedts
Published: June 1974
Number of pages: 180
First sentence: "Produktionen vid verket avses uppgå till 4 milj.ton ämnen per år...
Description: The social democratic government of Sweden led by Mr Olof Palme planned to double Swedish steel prodction by letting the government owned steel mill NJA in the north of Sweden expand. The Swedish Riksdag unanimously passed the government bill and the ill planned project got under way in 1974. Sigfrid Leijonhufvud´s book revealed much of what had been going on behind the scene and uncovered quite a bit of what had been kept secret. The book was eyeopener and helped the new government and new president of NJA to close the project in the fall of 1976. Much money had been lost but much more had been saved due to decissions taken a few months after the book had been published.