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SWEDEN IN FOCUS

LISTEN: How important is it to learn Swedish?

In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus: Will Hungary let Sweden join Nato? Sweden's shocking 'snippa' debate; recriminations after Stockholm police chief found dead; interview with Australia's ambassador; why is Sweden still importing Russian gas? And does it really matter if you learn Swedish when everyone speaks English?

LISTEN: How important is it to learn Swedish?

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists Richard Orange, Emma Löfgren and James Savage

This week we have a brief chat about the Northern Lights, which were visible all over Sweden last weekend.

We then talk about Turkey resuming Nato talks with Sweden and whether Hungary might put a spanner in the works.

We discuss the fallout from the tragic story of the Stockholm chief of police, who was found dead in his home last week.

We look into why Sweden is still importing gas from Russia more than a year after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

In the latest of our series of interviews with ambassadors, we get the lowdown on Australian-Swedish relations from Australia’s Ambassador Bernard Philip. 

Etiquette expert Sofia Larsson explains how she answers readers who complain that there’s too much English spoken in Sweden, and our panelists discuss how important they think it is to learn Swedish. 

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LISTEN: Price wars, nudity, and why has Sweden gone cold on climate change?

In this week's episode: football interview sparks racism row; should Sweden follow Denmark's lead on Brexit Brits?; Nato updates; food price war; how comfortable are Swedes with nudity?; and why Sweden's climate watchdog is deeply critical of government policy.

LISTEN: Price wars, nudity, and why has Sweden gone cold on climate change?

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange

This week we kick off with a few current talking points in Sweden: the weather’s still bitterly cold but at least the Easter break is coming up; why a post-match football interview sparked a racism row; and should Sweden follow Denmark’s lead on Brexit Brits?

As food prices hit record highs we look at why a price war has finally broken out in Sweden’s supermarkets. 

We discuss why Hungary is still keeping Sweden waiting on Nato as Finland forges ahead.

We talk about how comfortable Sweden is with nudity and whether attitudes have changed over time.

And finally we dig into a report this week from Sweden’s climate watchdog predicting that government policies will cause emissions to increase for the first time in two decades.

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