Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by Pernilla Johansson from the Language Council of Sweden as well as The Local's James Savage and Emma Löfgren.
Sweden is pushing ahead with plans to require applicants for permanent residency and citizenship to pass language and knowledge tests. But what does the country's Language Council make of the idea?
And do our panelists know their Astrid Lindgren from their Selma Lagerlöf?
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