In this week’s episode deputy editor Becky Waterton chats with Tom Simpson, a New Zealander who missed the kind of savoury pies that were commonplace in his homeland so much that he set up his own bakery and set to work creating NZ pies, which can now be found in supermarkets all over Sweden.

So what's in his pies, and what advice he would give to anyone considering setting up their own business in Sweden?

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In this week's episode we talk about a new map that shows just how successfully we immigrants are managing to take control of Sweden.

We also put faces to the names of some of Sweden’s most popular brands.

For Membership+ subscribers we uncork the results of a reader survey about the Swedish sense of humour.

We also get into why it will no longer be possible to drop in for a visit to your local Migration Agency contact centre.

Finally, we examine why language tests for citizenship applicants might not see the light of day for another three years.

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Richard Orange and Becky Waterton.

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

• Sweden Democrats MEP publishes controversial 'immigration map'
• OPINION: Our immigrant takeover of Sweden is progressing nicely

• Gorbys, Kalles and Billys: The faces behind Sweden’s favourite brand names

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Can our panelists pass the vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local's Richard Orange and James Savage.

Can you tell your lenses from your lentils? Have you heard the term på måfå? And what's a show trial in Swedish?

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• SWEDISH TEST: Can you pass the vocab part of Sweden's version of the SAT?
• What you need to know about applying to university in Sweden
• The seven stages of learning Swedish every foreigner goes through

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In this week's episode we talk about how many people get divorced in Sweden and what the experience has been like for readers of The Local.

We also look at international flights: why are there more flights than before out of Stockholm and why is it so expensive to fly from Gothenburg? Also, who are all those people in the photos in the arrivals hall at Arlanda Airport?

For Membership+ subscribers, we examine what detainees are saying about conditions inside Sweden’s immigrant detention centres.

And with the Centre Party electing a new leader, is anyone in Swedish politics ready to present an optimistic view of Sweden’s future?

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Richard Orange and James Savage.

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

• 'Not seen as a taboo or failure': What it's like getting divorced in Sweden

• International flights at Arlanda above pre-pandemic levels
• Flights from Gothenburg almost twice the price of Stockholm or Copenhagen

• 'Worse than prison': Brexit Brit locked up in Swedish detention centre then deported

• Who is the Swedish Centre Party's new leader and why does it matter?
• GUIDE: Everything you need to know about Sweden's political parties

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It's quiz time again in this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers.

Can our panelists pass the vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local's Becky Waterton and James Savage.

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In this week's episode we talk about why Sweden is paying Somalia to accept citizens deported from Sweden and whether the political scandal is helping or hurting the government.

We also explain why a lot of Swedes will be eating goose blood soup to celebrate St Martin’s Day.

For Membership+ subscribers we discuss why a growing number of Swedish towns are refusing to help the government with its plan to encourage more people who came to Sweden as refugees to leave the country.

Finally, we’ lift the lid on some of the biggest taboos in Swedish politics.

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and James Savage.

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

• 'Pure bribery': Sweden paid Somalia millions to accept deportees

• Why the duck do some Swedes feast on goose blood in November?
• Gang deportations and goose blood: What changes in Sweden in November

• Growing number of Swedish councils push back on voluntary return migration

• OPINION: Sweden needs politicians who stand up for sin

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This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ poses some seriously tricky Swedish language questions.

It’s time again to learn some Swedish as our panelists try their hand at the tricky vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam.

Host Paul O’Mahony in Stockholm is joined this week by The Local's Becky Waterton and James Savage.

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In this week's episode we talk about Sweden’s new men’s football manager Graham Potter and we ask how good his Swedish is.

We dig into a survey of readers of The Local asking how people found their jobs in what has become a very difficult country to find work.

For Membership+ subscribers we’ll look ahead to what to expect from next week’s autumn school break and the Halloween and All Saints holidays.

And finally we examine the latest citizenship news after the Migration Agency announced that it will grant citizenship to far fewer people this year than last.

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and Richard Orange.

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

• Just how good is Sweden football manager Graham Potter's Swedish?

• 'It was completely online': How foreigners in Sweden got their jobs

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