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Most likely not. The Scandinavian countries are capitalist democracies not dictatorships. Of course if it gets out of hand then the state will take action but
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
Most likely not. The Scandinavian countries are capitalist democracies not dictatorships. Of course if it gets out of hand then the state will take action but anything beyond what any owner of a company could do would invite challenges in the courts.
What governments have done here is to deregulate the postal services to a fairly large degree so that there is genuine competition at least for parcels. I can send parcels using three different services here in Norway: Posten (the former royal mail, now a state owned company), Helthjem a company owned by a bi online trading site and media company (a bit like eBay), and the now infamous Swedish-Danish PostNord.
If one of them puts up the prices the others will just get more business.
The liberalisation of postal services is also required by an EU directive.
- yreg 3y ago> The Scandinavian countries are capitalist democracies not dictatorships. Appointing a new CEO of a state-owned company and telling him what to do is hardly a 'dictatorship'. Maybe if it was a public broadcaster and the government made editorial decisions. My country also has a national Post Office which is a joint stock company and the state 'only' owns all of the shares. It is still definitely a public institution.