In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists Emma Löfgren, James Savage, and Becky Waterton.

This week we discuss:

Sweden’s stalled Nato application

• Russian ‘spy whale’ turns up in Swedish waters
• US urges Turkey and Hungary to ratify Sweden’s Nato membership
• Nato chief ‘confident’ Sweden will become full member of military alliance

National Day

• The lowdown on Sweden’s National Day
• LISTEN: Last year’s National Day/school graduation podcast

School graduation

• Why are Swedish teens in white hats singing and drinking on trucks?
• Swedish word of the day: utspring

Midwife shortage

• What’s the state of Sweden’s maternity wards this summer?

Permanent residency tests

• What do we know about Sweden’s planned tests for permanent residency?

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