Bilingual schools under fire from Sweden's education minister
Sweden in Focus4 Loka 2025

Bilingual schools under fire from Sweden's education minister

In this week's episode we talk about bilingual English-Swedish schools in Sweden and why they’re under fire from the authorities.

We also discuss the pros and cons of rail travel in Sweden after the launch this week of a multi-billion kronor plan to improve Sweden’s railway network.

For Membership+ subscribers we examine the government’s controversial plan to revoke permanent residency from more than 100,000 people.

Finally we find out how people in Sweden spend their time online after the publication this week of the annual Svenskarna och internet report.

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and James Savage.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

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