All about Eves: Why Sweden celebrates holidays a day early
Sweden in Focus18 Apr 2025

All about Eves: Why Sweden celebrates holidays a day early

In this week's episode we talk about why Sweden celebrates on the eve of holidays rather than the day itself, and we look at what you need to know about Sweden’s new spring budget.

For Membership+ subscribers we give you background on the proposed new leader of the Centre Party and what her nomination means for Sweden’s complicated political arithmetic.

And finally we’ll examine efforts underway by a couple of Swedish municipalities to attract American academics who might be eager to leave the United States amid funding cuts and worries about academic freedom.

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

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