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In this week's episode: will immigrants become cultural canon fodder? How Swedish politicians have reacted to Donald Trump’s victory, what's happening with the Tesla strike?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local Sweden editor Emma Löfren and Nordic editor Richard Orange.

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

• Is the ‘arm’s length’ principle for the arts in Sweden at risk of amputation?
• LISTEN: Sweden's cultural canon plan and what it means for foreigners

• Politics in Sweden: How Trump's victory let Sweden's PM show off his gravitas

• Swedish union boss: 'Culture clash' behind strikes against Tesla
• Swedish union slams Tesla for bringing in foreign strike breakers

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In this week's episode: We chat to Americans about the US election result and how it will affect Sweden, Riksbank slashes key interest rate, reactions to the guilty verdict delivered to the far-right leader Rasmus Paludan for hate speech.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local Sweden editor Emma Löfren and publisher James Savage.

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

• Americans in Sweden mourn Democrat defeat at election vigils
• 'I miss being with other Americans who feel the stakes as deeply as I do'
• Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson congratulates Trump on election win

• Sweden's Riksbank slashes rates with first 'double cut' in a decade
• IN FIGURES: How could lower interest rates affect your Swedish mortgage?

• Swedish court jails Danish extremist Rasmus Paludan for hate crimes

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In this week's episode: How gang crime is top of the agenda for Nordic leaders, why a politician wants to make recognizing Israel a condition of citizenship, the controversial past of India’s new ambassador, and which of Swedish universities are really world class.

Host James Savage is joined this week by The Local's Becky Waterton and Richard Orange.

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

Nordic countries vow joint crackdown on gangs and migration

New Swedish citizens should have to recognise Israel, MEP demands

India's new ambassador to Sweden tainted by maid abuse scandal

RANKED: The best universities in Scandinavia for 2025

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