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SWEDEN IN FOCUS

Skiing tips, politics for immigrants, and plans for stiffer work permit rules

This week: a Swedish word for February illnesses, hitting the ski slopes, devastating Liseberg blaze, changing of the guard in the Green Party, why a Social Democrat MP with Palestinian heritage became an independent, Swedish prisons in crisis mode, and what we know so far about new salary requirements for work permit holders.

Published: 17 February 2024 07:38 CET
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Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s Emma Löfgren and Richard Orange. 

Here are links to some of the stories and topics we discuss:

Vabruari

Skiing

Liseberg fire

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Politics

Prison crisis

Work permits

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Why a British actor has to leave the life he loves in Sweden

British actor Kenny Solomons explains how he built a happy life for himself in Sweden but became so integrated that he completely missed the deadline for Brexit paperwork.

Published: 26 June 2024 09:05 CEST
Why a British actor has to leave the life he loves in Sweden

In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local’s Nordic correspondent Richard Orange chats to Kenny Solomons about his colourful life in Sweden and why he now has to leave after his late application for post-Brexit residency was rejected.

“It’s now 19 months since I sent in my appeal to the Migration Court, and the pressure of not knowing, every day, and the pressure of having to say ‘no’ to career opportunities outside of Europe, and the pressure of not knowing with 100 percent certainty that I can live and work in Sweden in the long run was just affecting my health, and my mental health as well,” he says.

“I hit the wall, was suffering with anxiety, and was incredibly unhappy. So I made the decision.”

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