INTERVIEW: ‘Lots of kids growing up in Sweden are not allowed to feel Swedish’

How does someone who grew up in a Stockholm suburb become the leader of a traditionally agrarian party? Why is the party opposed to new work permit rules? And what's it like being Sweden's first culturally Muslim party leader? This and more in our interview with Centre Party leader Muharrem Demirok.

Published: 11 March 2024 10:16 CET

Centre Party leader Muharrem Demirok. Photo: Centre Party

In this bonus episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s publisher James Savage for a wide-ranging interview with the leader of the Centre Party, Muharrem Demirok.

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