Why The Local is investigating Sweden's immigrant detention centres
In this week's episode we talk about Sweden’s immigrant deportation centres and why reports of miserable conditions there should concern everyone in Sweden.We also discuss the two-decades old murder i...
29 Marras 202532min
Talent deportation: 'It's a lose-lose game for Sweden and Swedish taxpayers'
In this week’s episode we hear a conversation our Nordic editor Richard Orange had recently with Sasan Kazemian, an Iranian doctor who quit his job and left Sweden for Iran in September after he was r...
26 Marras 20254min
Liberals in crisis: Will Sweden soon have one less party in parliament?
In this week's episode we talk about strategies for coping with the long Swedish winter now that temperatures have taken a serious nosedive.In politics, with several parties teetering on the brink of ...
22 Marras 202522min
Meet the New Zealander who missed pies so much in Sweden he started selling his own
In this week’s episode deputy editor Becky Waterton chats with Tom Simpson, a New Zealander who missed the kind of savoury pies that were commonplace in his homeland so much that he set up his own bak...
19 Marras 20253min
Why is the Sweden Democrats' 'immigration map' not getting more pushback?
In this week's episode we talk about a new map that shows just how successfully we immigrants are managing to take control of Sweden.We also put faces to the names of some of Sweden’s most popular bra...
15 Marras 202523min
How good is your Swedish vocabulary? - Quiz 14
Can our panelists pass the vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam?Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local's Richard Orange and James Savage.Can you tell...
12 Marras 20253min
Sweden's divorce rate not Europe's highest – but more likely for foreigners
In this week's episode we talk about how many people get divorced in Sweden and what the experience has been like for readers of The Local.We also look at international flights: why are there more fli...
8 Marras 202514min
How good is your Swedish vocabulary? - Quiz 13
It's quiz time again in this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers.Can our panelists pass the vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam?H...
5 Marras 20253min
