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This week: Child residency permit row, Sweden regressing on rule of law, and 50 years since Abba's Waterloo win.

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

As mentioned in the episode we will be recording the podcast in front of a live audience on April 24th at the offices of Stockholm Business Region as part of the Talent Talks event being held there that day.

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

• Boy who went viral raising 5 million for charity gets Swedish residence permit

• How ABBA paved the way for Swedish pop 50 years ago

• ARCHIVE: 'Civil rights groups in Sweden can fight this government's repressive proposals'

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In this week's episode: Snow chaos on Sweden's roads, April Fools' traditions, government divided on new gender law, and will there be a Swedish pope?

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

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

• 'Are they on Easter holiday?': Swedish government under fire after snow chaos
• Snow chaos on Swedish E4 road 'worst since 1995'

• April Fools' is back: here are nine of this year's best jokes in Sweden

• Swedish bishop named as possible next pope

• EXPLAINED: How Sweden’s legal gender bill has split the government

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In this week's episode: Easter opening hours, news quiz, World Happiness Report.

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

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

• Witches and herring: Seven traditions that reveal it's Easter in Sweden
• Seven must-have dishes for a very Swedish Easter celebration

• How happy are people in Sweden compared to the rest of the world?

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