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SWEDEN IN FOCUS

LISTEN: Why doesn’t Sweden gather data on race and ethnicity – and should it?

In this week’s episode we talk about a huge spy scandal, how close Sweden’s government talks came to collapse, data on race and ethnicity, and we quiz our panelists on their knowledge of Sweden.

Published: 19 November 2022 08:24 CET

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by regular panelists Becky Waterton, Richard Orange and James Savage, as well as guest Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Associate Professor in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at Malmö University.

This week we start with a chat about the World Cup in Qatar which kicks off this weekend.

We discuss a major spy scandal involving two brothers. 

We look at an incredibly detailed newspaper article in Svenska Dagbladet that shines a light on what was happening behind the scenes when Ulf Kristersson was trying to put together his government.

We examine why Sweden doesn’t gather data on race and ethnicity like many other countries and discuss whether it should change its approach. This is the article by David Crouch that we mention: 

Finally, was last week’s quiz success a flash in the pan? We put our panelists through their paces again with three more questions about Swedish culture and society.

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Troll factory scandal grows, Taylor Swift hits Stockholm, and the challenges of raising bilingual kids

This week: Fallout from Sweden Democrat troll factory scandal, how Stockholm has prepared for Taylor Swift, interview with Green Party leader Daniel Helldén. For Membership+ subscribers: Is public service broadcasting under threat in Sweden? And how can you pass on your home culture to bilingual kids?

Published: 18 May 2024 09:21 CEST
Troll factory scandal grows, Taylor Swift hits Stockholm, and the challenges of raising bilingual kids

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s Nordic correspondent, Richard Orange. The episode also features interviews with Dagens Nyheter’s reporter Evelyn Jones, Stockholm Business Region’s communications director Monica Engqvist and Green Party co-leader Daniel Helldén. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Sweden Democrats 

Taylor Swift 

Public service broadcasting

Family 

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