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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

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

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

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

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

In this week's episode we talk about why Sweden is paying Somalia to accept citizens deported from Sweden and whether the political scandal is helping or hurting the government.We also explain why a l...

1 Marras 202517min

This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ poses some seriously tricky Swedish language questions. It’s time again to learn some Swedish as our panelists try their hand at the tricky...

29 Loka 20254min

In this week's episode we talk about Sweden’s new men’s football manager Graham Potter and we ask how good his Swedish is.We dig into a survey of readers of The Local asking how people found their job...

25 Loka 202519min