Sweden in Focus8 Nov 2025

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 flights than before out of Stockholm and why is it so expensive to fly from Gothenburg? Also, who are all those people in the photos in the arrivals hall at Arlanda Airport?

For Membership+ subscribers, we examine what detainees are saying about conditions inside Sweden’s immigrant detention centres.

And with the Centre Party electing a new leader, is anyone in Swedish politics ready to present an optimistic view of Sweden’s future?

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

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

Reader insights

'Not seen as a taboo or failure': What it's like getting divorced in Sweden

Travel

Immigration

'Worse than prison': Brexit Brit locked up in Swedish detention centre then deported

Politics

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