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Is democracy really under threat in Sweden?

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

In this week’s episode we discuss:

Eurovision fever

‘Almost goddess status’: Sweden’s Loreen tipped to win Eurovision

Rail strike

Swedish rail strike postponed but Stockholm trains still affected

Jimmie Åkesson

Sweden’s government has its ‘here’s Jimmie!’ moment

Sweden Democrats leader says ‘fundamentalist Muslims’ cannot be Swedes

Scandinavian languages

Why don’t Scandinavians try harder to understand each other?

How to turn the one Scandinavian…

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