Sweden in Focus
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Who's really Swedish if the Sweden Democrats get to decide?
Who's really Swedish if the Sweden Democrats get to decide?
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Sweden in Focus is The Local’s weekly podcast where we discuss the big news and talking points in Sweden as well as explore and explain the issues that impact life in the country. We also answer your essential questions and look ahead at what’s coming up.
In each episode presenter James Savage chats about the most important news and must-know information with The Local Sweden’s Emma Löfgren, Richard Orange and Mandy Pipher. They are frequently joined by other expert commentators.
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- Who's really Swedish if the Sweden Democrats get to decide? · 46 min · Episodio 383Jimmie Åkesson and Richard Jomshof are old university friends and both were part of the "Gang of Four" who remoulded a party with Nazi roots into an electable entity. Part of…
- Sweden says strict immigration outweighs baby's right to be with his dad · 34 min · Episodio 382This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Simon Montgomery, a British-American father facing expulsion from Sweden despite wanting to stay to take care…
- Why don't pregnancy or parenthood matter for Sweden's Migration Agency? · 43 min · Episodio 381This week: Why are the Social Democrats acting like bit players? Why have a mother-to-be and an active father been told to leave Sweden? Are immigration laws scaring off foreign…
- What would make the Centre Party rejoin the right in Sweden? · 17 min · Episodio 380This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal Fores think tank. Not yet a member of The Local? Join now…
- Why did Swedish media miss so much of the immigration clampdown? · 40 min · Episodio 379This week: Halloween in Sweden, Swedish media coverage of the Tidö government’s migration crackdown, our favourite Swedish children’s books, efforts to form Sweden’s next…
- Ex-Northvolt worker ordered to leave Sweden while 21 weeks pregnant · 33 min · Episodio 378This week’s Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Brenda and Marcus Ramström, a couple in western Sweden who speak to The Local days before she is forced to return to…
- What next for Sweden as Magdalena Andersson loses first PM vote? · 37 min · Episodio 377This week: First month post-election ends with no government, breakthrough on ending teen deportations, a plan to help citizenship applicants hit retroactively by the new law…
- 'Life's uncertain for immigrants in Sweden but it's important not to despair' · 16 min · Episodio 376This week’s Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with AI consultant Anna Bärlund, who won an appeal last week against her Swedish citizenship rejection. Not yet a member…
- What do foreigners in Sweden miss from home? · 37 min · Episodio 375This week: Tortuous efforts to form a government, plans to stop teen deportations, how new rules on family reunification could make life harder for university researchers, and…
- 'Deportations made foreign writers ask: Do I belong in Sweden?' · 39 min · Episodio 374Not yet a member of The Local? Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners. Gift Blessing is only 24 years old, but has already achieved an enormous amount. He is a…
- Who’ll yield first in Sweden’s political chicken race? · 45 min · Episodio 373Magdalena Andersson was acclaimed as the winner of Sweden’s election. Four parties – adding up to a majority – said they wanted her to be prime minister, and she was charged by…
- ‘Disturbing’ waiting times irrelevant in key Swedish citizenship ruling · 23 min · Episodio 372Not yet a member of The Local? Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners. Sweden's government tightened rules for citizenship earlier this year without transitional…
- How bad is Sweden's Left Party voting scandal? · 36 min · Episodio 371In this week's podcast: Electoral fraud allegations, complex coalition building, Candy Crush maker faces strike action, and how do Swedes say 'Digestive biscuit'? Negotiations…
- 'The Migration Agency told me I'd likely be denied re-entry into Sweden' · 12 min · Episodio 370In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local's Mandy Pipher tells us about the bureaucratic nightmare surrounding her recent trip to Canada. Living in Sweden on a residence…
- Did immigrants really swing Sweden's election? · 42 min · Episodio 369This week: Final election results, far right blames immigrants for loss, and what the election outcome means for foreigners in Sweden. 200,000 foreigners who have become Swedish…
- 'Sweden's Centre Party is actually in a very weak bargaining position' · 18 min · Episodio 368All three parties in the governing coalition increased their vote share while the Sweden Democrats lost ground. On the left, meanwhile, the Social Democrats had a terrible…
- Sweden's election is over. Now what? · 27 min · Episodio 367In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra our panelists try to make sense of a dizzying election night. Sweden’s election threw up some major surprises on Sunday night. The Liberals…
- Billionaires weigh in as Sweden goes to the polls · 44 min · Episodio 366This week: Joy for Liberals as support swells, Sweden Democrats and Left Party hit by scandals, immigration in focus in TV debate, billionaires duel over which side to back, and…
- LISTEN: What are the Sweden Democrats' plans for immigrants in Sweden? · 37 min · Episodio 365Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats. This week we are turning a spotlight on the…
- LISTEN: What are the Social Democrats' plans for immigrants in Sweden? · 35 min · Episodio 364This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ida Karkiainen, migration spokesperson for the Social Democrats. With the Swedish election just days away…
- Sweden's election is turning into a nail-biter · 38 min · Episodio 363This week: Right closing the gap on Sweden's left-wing opposition, party pledges explained, and could an extremist in Örebro get into the Riksdag? Oh, and fermented herring…
- Why the Sweden Democrats refuse to rescue their Liberal allies · 47 min · Episodio 362This week: Sweden in shock after school sword attack, Sweden Democrats say no to tactical voting, Migration Agency weighs in on Brexit deportations, and what do foreign parents…
- 'Want scientists to stay in Sweden? Don't kick them out in the first place' · 37 min · Episodio 361For a recent article on the real-life effects of Sweden's immigration laws on families in Sweden, The Local's Mandy Pipher spoke with a Swedish-American couple who are both…
- How hard is it to find a job in Sweden with a foreign name? · 46 min · Episodio 360In this week's episode: Sweden Democrats campaign hard, Brexit deportations, citizenship tests and the "caterpillar from hell". With just over three weeks to go until Sweden’s…
- 'I'll do everything I can to stay in Sweden because this is our home' · 33 min · Episodio 359Gustav Magnuson and Luisa Fernandez met in Costa Rica in 2018 when Gustav was there on a cycling trip of Central and South America. The two felt such a strong and immediate…
- Why Sweden's parties are appealing to voters' wallets · 42 min · Episodio 358This was the week in which the Swedish election campaign started to take some kind of shape. If the focus in 2022 was all crime and immigration, this time it looks like the…
- Quislings and crayfish: Sweden gears up for a crazy autumn · 56 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 357Sweden in Focus is back! James Savage, Richard Orange and Mandy Pipher look chew over the latest from Sweden, including: • Scandal hits Sweden Democrats and Left Party • Is…
- What this US chef loves about Swedish food · 21 min · Episodio 356What does an American chef notice when he transplants himself to Sweden? John Klopson, known as Lost Chef in Sweden on Instagram and TikTok, talks to James Savage of his love for…
- What was Greta Garbo really like? · 29 min · Episodio 355How did Greta Gustafsson, a shop assistant born into an ordinary working family in Stockholm, transform into Greta Garbo, one of the greatest film stars of all time? And what was…
- Is Sweden flunking at AI? · 36 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 354AI looks set to cause huge disruption to the world of work and to almost all aspects of our lives. Yet while Sweden is home to some leading AI companies, Swedish politicians are…
- Our big poll on Sweden · 40 min · Episodio 353The Local's weekly podcast with news from Sweden. This week, James Savage, Emma Löfgren and Mandy Pipher discuss a new poll of The Local's readers on the highs and lows of living…
- Almedalen bonus: 'Sweden needs more ambition' · 15 min · Episodio 352Sweden's Nordic editor Richard Orange was in Visby this week at the Almedalen political festival. One of the many people he spoke to was Niels Paarup-Petersen, who is the…
- Almedalen special: Is Sweden's government toast? · 43 min · Episodio 351This week host James Savage and regular panelist Richard Orange record the podcast from Almedalen, the annual politics fest in Visby on the Baltic island of Gotland. They are…
- Legal fight begins on Swedish citizenship rejections · 32 min · Episodio 350Earlier this year the Fair Transition campaign group tried to convince Swedish decision makers to introduce transitional rules for the citizenship reforms which came into force…
- What kind of bad conduct could get you kicked out of Sweden? · 28 min · Episodio 349This week we talk about the Swedish culture of long summer holidays and how to make the most of them. Also: parliament has passed a law that will make it possible to revoke…
- Sweden's teen deportations – 'I was terrified I wouldn't get a visa' · 5 min · Episodio 348Sweden's teen deportations have affected young people who live in Sweden and whose parents have the right to be in Sweden, but who themselves no longer meet the requirements for…
- Sweden's Prime Minister rocked by corruption claims · 42 min · Episodio 347This week we talk about a security scandal surrounding Prime minister Ulf Kristersson. And with the men's football World Cup kicking off this week, we assess Sweden's chances. We…
- 'Disappointing and sad': Treasured Swedish museums risk closure over rising rents · 5 min · Episodio 346Two popular museums in Stockholm are at risk of closure because the government agency that owns the properties is now requiring the museums, which are also run by a government…
- Why this year's Swedish National Day will be bittersweet · 31 min · Episodio 345This week we look at the government’s solution to teen deportations, and we discuss the new citizenship law coming into force on Saturday, which also happens to be National Day…
- 'Sweden's next migration minister will have a big cleaning job to do' · 5 min · Episodio 344A month ago the parties on the left were poised to win a vote on transitional rules for citizenship in the Riskdag after two independents MPs sided with the opposition. But the…
- What happens if Sweden Democrats get top jobs in next government? · 44 min · Episodio 343This week we are delving into the sort of jobs the Sweden Democrats could get if they join the government after the election. With new rules for work permits coming in next week…
- 'Devastated' – Swedish citizenship hopefuls fear for the future as deadline looms · 26 min · Episodio 342With just two weeks left until Sweden introduces a new citizenship law, how are applicants who are stuck in the queue feeling about their chances of becoming Swedish? And what do…
- How relaxed alcohol laws could spice up Sweden's nightlife · 33 min · Episodio 341This week we ask whether moves to stop teen deportations could help those young people who have already left, as well as discussing all the latest on the citizenship voting…
- 'A mistake to commit to a government with Sweden Democrats' · 4 min · Episodio 340The repercussions of the Sweden Democrats' decision to defy Swedish parliamentary convention to get new citizenship rules passed without transitional rules are continuing to be…
- Why 1,800 lawyers warn rule of law is under threat in Sweden · 41 min · Episodio 339This week we discuss the talk about whether the rule of law is threatened in Sweden, as many lawyers are now arguing. We also ask why things got heated in the Riksdag this week…
- 'All applications in Sweden's citizenship queue will be assessed according to the new rules' · 3 min · Episodio 338Sweden is introducing a stricter new citizenship law from June 6th. But there will be no transitional provisions for the 100,000 people waiting in the citizenship queue. That’s…
- Week of chaos in Swedish politics after citizenship vote scandal · 19 min · Episodio 337This week we discuss the aftershock from last week’s parliamentary vote on stricter citizenship rules. We’ve got an interview with Åsa Holmes from the Migration Agency on how…
- 'Swedes are realising we need people from other countries to do jobs' · 6 min · Episodio 336Public opinion in Sweden is increasingly at odds with the government's restrictive immigration policies, a new survey has found. The study, commissioned by non-profit…
- How Sweden’s dramatic citizenship law deadline day unfolded · 42 min · Episodio 335Get Membership+ to listen to all The Local's podcasts Sign up now and get early, ad-free access to a full-length episode of the Sweden in Focus podcast every weekend, as well as…
- 'Still a mystery' how Sweden's left can end in-fighting to rule together · 5 min · Episodio 334Get Membership+ to listen to all The Local's podcasts Sweden in Focus Extra is a podcast for The Local's Membership+ subscribers. Sign up to Membership+ now and get early…
