LISTEN: Learn Swedish the rude way, and how foreigners are unionizing Sweden’s tech sector

2023-04-22 08:30:46

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SWEDEN IN FOCUS

In this week’s episode we discuss: alleged Russian spy boats, Swedish words that sound rude to foreigners, alternatives to SFI, wildcat rail strike, and how two foreigners are leading the charge to unionize Sweden’s tech giants?

Published: 22 April 2023 08:34 CEST

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists James Savage and Richard Orange, as well as our guest this week, His children, Chairperson of the Union Club at Klarna.

This week Richard tells us about a new TV investigation into alleged large-scale Russian spy activity in the Baltic Sea.

We take a look at the spring budget presented this week by finance minster Elisabeth Svantesson and the political implications for the main parties.

We’ve all tittered at some point at a Swedish word that sounds similar to a word with a different meaning in our own languages. This week we’re especially focused on words that people with native languages other than English have been sharing with us.

Staying with language, we chat about some alternatives to Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) classes.

Two of Sweden’s biggest tech companies, Spotify and Klarna, are in the news right now over attempts by workers to convince management to sign on to collective bargaining agreements. In both cases the people behind the unionization drive are immigrants to Sweden. This week our guest, His childrentells us all about the process at Klarna.

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