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13:36 Aug 23, 2018 

thanks. There was a moment I wondered about this too and if the writer had made a mistake.

13:33 Aug 23, 2018 

diligently, of course! It has no other meaning.

13:15 Aug 23, 2018 

Hi Paul

I've noticed your translation of "sorgfälligt" as "sadly" and not "studiously/diligently". I hesitated on this too, the difference between "sorgfälligt" and "sorgfullt".
I wonder if others could comment on this in the article?

13:08 Aug 23, 2018 

Yep, when you explain about the first feminist government at that time, it all makes complete sense. I might say "from the Swedish perspective of the day" but that is secondary.
It's a bit like that in France too now, where I live. You have an accident with a woman driver, you say "you can't bloody drive luv -in French course - tu ne sais pas conduire, ma pauvre" and you are accused of being a male chauvinist pig even though you were talking about ONE lousy woman driver :)

13:03 Aug 23, 2018 

I disagree on "standards", as it actually is something which the population is divided on. Standards make it sound like it's a generally accepted viewpoint, which it is not. Frame of reference is more neutral

13:00 Aug 23, 2018 

Whilst I agree with "frame of reference", I think "by Swedish standards" would also work well in the sentence. For instance, " A macho club, which the Dagens Industri chronicler Mosse Wallén sadly presented to his readers as male chauvinistic by Swedish standards.

12:46 Aug 23, 2018 

In 1998 this "macho men's club" in Finland had to be described as a club for male chauvinist pigs, when a Swedish frame of reference was applied to it.