Sweden was once held up as an example of a quintessential corporatist state. As such, the political landscape was dominated by the division between labor and capital and a consensus-driven political discourse. Since the 80s, this picture has changed. There has been a virtual pluralistic explosion and the political sphere is being increasingly filled with previously voiceless interest groups and the market for lobbying is growing ever bigger. Consequently, from being rather non-existent, the revolving door has opened up and there is nowadays a steady stream of elected officials and political aides traveling in and out of the government. At the same time, the Swedish political scene has seen the two biggest moving ever closer to each other. The question this paper asks is this: does also the revolving door manifest such a breakdown of the previous rock-solid division between capital and labor?
