What do foreigners in Sweden miss from home?
This week: Tortuous efforts to form a government, plans to stop teen deportations, how new rules on family reunification could make life har...
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20 of 306 episodes'Deportations made foreign writers ask: Do I belong in Sweden?'
Not yet a member of The Local? Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners . Gift Blessing is only 24 years old, but has already...
Who’ll yield first in Sweden’s political chicken race?
Magdalena Andersson was acclaimed as the winner of Sweden’s election. Four parties – adding up to a majority – said they wanted her to be pr...
‘Disturbing’ waiting times irrelevant in key Swedish citizenship ruling
Not yet a member of The Local? Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners . Sweden's government tightened rules for citizenship...
How bad is Sweden's Left Party voting scandal?
In this week's podcast: Electoral fraud allegations, complex coalition building, Candy Crush maker faces strike action, and how do Swedes sa...
'The Migration Agency told me I'd likely be denied re-entry into Sweden'
In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local's Mandy Pipher tells us about the bureaucratic nightmare surrounding her recent trip to Cana...
Did immigrants really swing Sweden's election?
This week: Final election results, far right blames immigrants for loss, and what the election outcome means for foreigners in Sweden. 200,0...
'Sweden's Centre Party is actually in a very weak bargaining position'
All three parties in the governing coalition increased their vote share while the Sweden Democrats lost ground. On the left, meanwhile, the...
Sweden's election is over. Now what?
In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra our panelists try to make sense of a dizzying election night. Sweden’s election threw up some major sur...
Billionaires weigh in as Sweden goes to the polls
This week: Joy for Liberals as support swells, Sweden Democrats and Left Party hit by scandals, immigration in focus in TV debate, billionai...
LISTEN: What are the Sweden Democrats' plans for immigrants in Sweden?
Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats. This we...
LISTEN: What are the Social Democrats' plans for immigrants in Sweden?
This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ida Karkiainen, migration spokesperson for the Social Democrats. Wit...
Sweden's election is turning into a nail-biter
This week: Right closing the gap on Sweden's left-wing opposition, party pledges explained, and could an extremist in Örebro get into the Ri...
Why the Sweden Democrats refuse to rescue their Liberal allies
This week: Sweden in shock after school sword attack, Sweden Democrats say no to tactical voting, Migration Agency weighs in on Brexit depor...
'Want scientists to stay in Sweden? Don't kick them out in the first place'
For a recent article on the real-life effects of Sweden's immigration laws on families in Sweden, The Local's Mandy Pipher spoke with a Swed...
How hard is it to find a job in Sweden with a foreign name?
In this week's episode: Sweden Democrats campaign hard, Brexit deportations, citizenship tests and the "caterpillar from hell". With just ov...
'I'll do everything I can to stay in Sweden because this is our home'
Gustav Magnuson and Luisa Fernandez met in Costa Rica in 2018 when Gustav was there on a cycling trip of Central and South America. The two...
Why Sweden's parties are appealing to voters' wallets
This was the week in which the Swedish election campaign started to take some kind of shape. If the focus in 2022 was all crime and immigrat...
Quislings and crayfish: Sweden gears up for a crazy autumn
Sweden in Focus is back! James Savage, Richard Orange and Mandy Pipher look chew over the latest from Sweden, including: Scandal hits Sweden...
What this US chef loves about Swedish food
What does an American chef notice when he transplants himself to Sweden? John Klopson, known as Lost Chef in Sweden on Instagram and TikTok...