Sweden in Focus

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's Becky Waterton , Richard Orange and James Savage , as well as three people affected by the migration agency's work permit renewal delays .  Tune in for to hear all about: how you can lose your driving li...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Handelsbanken chief economist Johan Löf, as well as The Local's Becky Waterton , Richard Orange and James Savage .  On our radar this week we have: Cinnamon Bun Day , a sweet staple of the Swedish dietary calendar; a rou...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In this week's episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Le Monde's Scandinavia correspondent Anne-Francoise Hivert , as well as The Local's Becky Waterton , Richard Orange and James Savage .  Tune in as we chat about what the rest of world makes of Sweden’s recent election r...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __  In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's Becky Waterton, Richard Orange and James Savage to analyse the election result , discuss likely government constellations , and examine how the Sweden Democrats want to limit the rights of immigrants .&nbsp...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In this special election episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's Becky Waterton, Richard Orange, and James Savage, who puts in a post-meeting late appearance. On a day when it appears that the right bloc could be tasked with forming a government (although this i...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's James Savage , Becky Waterton and Richard Orange, as well as Julia Agha, the CEO of the Arabic-language Swedish news service Alkompis .  Don't miss Richard and Julia's joint article on why nobody is really to...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's James Savage , Becky Waterton and Richard Orange . Here are some of the issues we discuss: Swedish party leader Annie Lööf was target of Gotland knife attack What do we know about reports of troll armies and socia...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Stockholm University sociologist Andrea Voyer, as well as regular panelists Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have a chat with Stockholm University journalism professor Christian Christensen about the toxic nature of this year's election campaign.  H...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with the Sweden Democrats' leader, Jimmie Åkesson. In this edition we discuss:  How to survive a Swedish crayfish party Integration plans: sensible policies or xenophobic d...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. In this edition we discuss:  The Sweden Democrats' 'white book' controversy Will the state jump in to help pay spiralling electricity bills? Why a government agency opposes language tests for citizenship For our main topic this week we look at the...

In the first post-summer break episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local Sweden’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange, as well as the editor of The Local Denmark, Michael Barrett.  In this week’s show we’ll take a quick look at the state of play in the opinion polls to see who is likely to form the next government with the election just over...

In a special episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast from the Almedalen political week on Gotland, host James Savage is joined by The Local’s Richard Orange, Patrik Kronqvist from the Expressen newspaper and Lorentz Tovatt, climate and environment spokesperson for the Green Party. On this week's show we discuss:  The pocket-book election: how will voters react to being told they’re going to ge...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and regular contributor David Crouch.  On this week's show we discuss:  Has there been any progress with Sweden's Nato application? Swedish traditions: Seven things that make Sweden magnificently different Why has...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. Richard and Becky are also joined in Malmö studio by special guest Carlos Velasco, a computer programmer from Honduras who explains how Sweden's shimmering statistics tempted him to move here .  Als...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange, Emma Löfgren and baby Amanda.  This week we turn our attention to a failed attempt by the right-wing opposition parties to oust the justice minister Morgan Johansson , the key role played in his sur...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with the immigration lawyer Pia Lind to discuss the positives and negatives of Sweden's new work permit law, which came into force this week.   In this edition we also...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's Becky Waterton and Richard Orange as well as David Crouch, author of Almost Perfect and a regular contributor to The Local. We also have an interview with Pernilla Petrelius Karlberg, a lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics, about the Swedish m...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with Annika Bergman Rosamund , associate professor in political science and international relations at Lund University, about Sweden's history of neutrality.  In the week t...

SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus __ In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with Tove Hovemyr, a public policy expert at the liberal Fores think thank, about attitudes to immigration over the past three decade and the direction Sweden is likel...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with James Pamment from Lund University about how Sweden tackles Russian propaganda.   In this edition we also discuss:  A word of the day to welcome spring All the latest Nato updates Are housing prices in Swede...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined byThe Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with the Green Party co-leader Märta Stenevi .  In this edition we discuss:  Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch’s controversial comments calling for police to open fire on rioters .  Is a Swedish Nato applicatio...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Swedish journalist Bilan Osman, as well as The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange.  In this edition we discuss:  Will the government manage to pass its hotly contested spring budget? Sweden’s highest circulation newspaper backs Nato membership  Will a new work permit law preven...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Gunilla Herolf, a Nato expert at the Swedish Institute of International Affair, as well as The Local’s James Savage and Richard Orange.  In this edition we look at why Nyamko Sabuni quit as leader of the Liberals and how a change in leadership is likely to affect the outcome of the Swedish election this Sept...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by Swedish teacher and book publisher Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux, as well as The Local's James Savage and Richard Orange.  In this edition we get to grips with why Sweden has so many bomb shelters, where you can find them, and what state they're in. We also look at the results of our poll on how easy or hard it is...

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined Indian dancer and project manager Aradhana Varma and The Local’s Becky Waterton, Richard Orange and James Savage. In this edition our guest Aradhana tells us about her dance group IndiskFika's television adventures as well as what it was like moving from India to Sweden and the cultural differences that took some ge...