Sweden in Focus

Permanent residency under review and will cost of living in Sweden soon drop?

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Episode notes

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s Becky Waterton and Richard Orange, and we also have an interview with Northern Lights tour operator Chad Blakley.

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Here are links to some of the stories we discuss:

Eurovision

• How to get tickets for Eurovision in Malmö
• How much can I charge if I rent out my home on Airbnb in Sweden?

Permanent residency 

• EXPLAINED: What do we know about Sweden’s plans to withdraw permanent residency?

Flat hierarchies 

• OPINION: Why Sweden’s flat hierarchy can make people seem boring

Life expectancy 

• IN DATA: Why do people in Stockholm live the longest lives in Scandinavia?

Northern Lights

• ‘I found the American dream in Swedish Lapland’
• How to take the best pictures of the Northern Lights

Politics

• Left Party and Sweden Democrat congresses
• How to take the best pictures of the Northern Lights

Cost of Living

• Sweden’s central bank leaves interest rate unchanged
• Swedish food prices 26 percent higher than two years ago – which items are worst affected?
• How much will life in Sweden cost you in 2024?