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 

• Sweden Democrats spread white power propaganda
• How the Sweden Democrats’ ‘troll factory’ tries to shape the immigration debate 
• Uncovering a Sweden Democrat troll factory: ‘I had to get inside to get the truth’

Taylor Swift 

• Do Taylor Swift’s ancestors really come from a small parish in rural Sweden? 

Public service broadcasting

• EXPLAINED: How radically does a new report aim to change Sweden’s public broadcasters? 

Family 

• ‘Will they pass as British?’: The challenges of raising bilingual kids in Sweden 

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