What can we (ordinary users) do to help? I’m in Europe, would it be better if I used the SDFeu server as my home instance?

I managed to register today. Did you recieve the mail eventually?

It’s working now. I guess it was just a matter of time and syncing.

Having the same issue with some remote communities. I’ve been trying to access !chatt@feddit.nu for some time.

The usual answer for Sweden is “The Emigrants” (Utvandrarna) by Vilhelm Moberg. However, and I don’t think this is obvious to foreign readers, the author John Ajvide Lindqvist really writes about Sweden. He’s most famous for the book “Let the right one in” about a vampire kid, but the story is actually about growing up as a young boy in Sweden. The horror aspect is part of the genre, but all his books manage to mix a description of swedish society with a supernatural horror element.