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• Radio Sweden 2010-02-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 9 February 2010
  It`s Safer Internet Day in Sweden and the rest of the European Union. A job-seeking Muslim man refuses to shake hands with a female CEO—and wins 8,000 dollars in damages. More and more asylum seekers are being sent home, especially to Iraq. And we visit Stockholm Cathedral, the site of this summer`s royal wedding.
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-08 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 8 February 2010
  Two Swedish officers die in Afghanistan. Toxic wastes fall off a cargo ship into Swedish waters. The conservative Moderates try to attract women voters ahead of this September’s elections. Then we meet some of the winners of the top awards at the Gothenburg Film Festival.
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 5 February 2010
  A constant issue of debate here, the job security law, is under discussion again. The Swedish pavilion for the upcoming World Expo in Shanghai is unveiled. Then, more attractions closer to home: We’re off to the Gothenburg Film Festival and the new ride high above Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-04 (MP3, 23 mb)
  
  Thursday 4 February 2010
  Swedish Television reports that the Soviet Union dumped nuclear waste off the Swedish east coast in the early 90-ies. The Swedish government knew, but did nothing about it. Big international interest in drilling for uranium in Sweden - but locally, it is politically sensitive. There will be stricter alcohol laws for pilots and airline crew. And 100 years since the first Swedish feature film Music: Markus Krunegård: "Hela livet var ett disco" Predenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-04 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 4 February 2010
  Revelations of intelligence reports that the Soviet Union dumped chemical and nuclear waste off the Swedish coast. The Swedish government reportedly knew, but did nothing about it. Big international interest in drilling for uranium in Sweden - but locally, it is politically sensitive. Stricter alcohol laws proposed for pilots and airline crews. 100 years since the first Swedish feature film.
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-03 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 3 February 2010
  Sweden`s transport system struggles to cope with the latest heavy snowfall. The Country`s new anti-internet grooming law is called toothless School bullying is on the increase and children don`t trust their teachers to help And Arlanda, Sweden`s major airport celebrates half a century of business
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 2 February 2010
  A public health report sparks criticism for stating that “Jews eat a lot of fruit and tend to be wealthy” /// The Swedish Medical Association condemns the charge of manslaughter against a paediatrician /// We joined the celebrations of Sweden’s annual film awards
• Radio Sweden 2010-02-01 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 1 February 2010
  Swedish politician Margot Wallström speaks about her new top job at the United Nations fighting violence against women and children. /// The arrest of a police commissioner for serious sex crimes sends shock waves through the country. /// Many Swedish youngsters do not seem to have a problem with exposing and selling their bodies on the Internet. /// English stand-up comedy is celebrating successes in Stockholm’s Old Town.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-30 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Saturday 30 January 2010
  The big news this week: A review of this weeks top stories: Dutch luxury car maker Spyker will buy Saab. Champagne corks were popping in Saabs hometown of Trollhättan, but there were also plenty of sceptics. Spyker CEO Victor Muller, hailed as a saviour in Trollhättan, responding to his critics. With over seven months to go to the Swedish elections, the two possible future prime ministers went head to head in debates on TV and the radio. The Award Ceremony of the Swedish equivalent of the Oscars - the Gold Bug. Music: José Gonzalez and the Books "Cello song" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 29 January 2010
  Will Stockholm have to hike congestion charges to put more motorists off driving in the capital? Did Sweden do enough in Copenhagen? Following defence cutbacks, can Sweden afford to stay neutral? A new Abba exhibition in London is making pop-fans dreams come true.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-28 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 28 January 2010
  Spyker`s CEO Victor Muller responds to the sceptics who say that his company is to small to save Saab. The government proposes tougher punishment on particularly violent crime. And Swedes continue to analyze what is the best way to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. Norway, once seen as this country`s poor young sibling, is overtaking Sweden economically. Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 27 January 2010
  Rejoicing in western Sweden, as GM accepts Spyker’s bid to buy Saab. Social networks, in the real world, not online, can help fight diabetes. The Karolinska Institute, the sister institution to where that research came from, is celebrating its 200th birthday.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-26 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 26 January 2010
  In today`s program: a new study on the difficulties for immigrants and refugees finding employment in this Nordic nation, a delay in delivering helicopters to Swedish forces in Afghanistan and Sweden’s equivalent of the Oscars - the Swedish Gold Bugs - for the best films and film makers of the last year.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-25 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 25 January 2010
  Swedish couples are not getting married as much anymore - and divorce rates are up for the fourth year in a row. Two possible prime ministers met in the first party leader debate ahead of the election in September. After the failure in Copenhagen - Sweden still wants Europe to lower green house gas emissions by 30 per cent. 100 years of Swedish film. Music: Daniel Gilbert "Bones" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-22 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 22 January 2010
  Does Sweden need embassies in other EU countries? The Swedish Government says maybe not, and is to shut 5. Just how good a writer was Stieg Larsson, and did he even write his best selling trilogy himself? And find out about another journalist who made a big bang in Swedish society.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-21 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 21 January 2010
  In today’s program, the Swedish Church calls for the cancellation of debts for earthquake-stricken Haiti, defense experts discuss real or imaginary threats of terrorist violence in Sweden from militant islamic groups, Swedes celebrate the 800th anniversary of a medieval Swedish leader who founded Stockholm but never became king, and a new CD with a top Swedish female vocalist and some of this nation’s finest jazz musicians.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-20 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 20 January 2010
  The election starts here as Sweden`s political party leaders take part in their first election year parliamentary debate. As donations pour in for Haiti there`s renewed debate over fees given to charity board members Sweden urges Europe to follow its lead in levying a supertax on banks to retrieve taxpayers money And time magazine called it the "decade from hell" ...we take another look back at the noughties
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-19 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 19 January 2010
  In Today’s program, the Brussels hearing of Sweden’s European commissioner designate - whose field would be to tackle crime, narcotics, trafficking and refugee policies for the European Union, the annual debate on Swedish defense, and experts explain how they want Stockholm to honor its title of the first European environmental capital.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-18 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Monday 18 January 2010
  The first specialists sent by the Swedish government concentrate on building up the infrastructure. Sweden is doing away with it`s conscript army, but the decision is still controversial. A dramatic day at Stockholm`s Arlanda Airport this weekend, as a plane engine caught fire and swerved off the runway. In Örnsköldsvik, the ice hockey team MODO is getting help from above to improve their place in the league. Music: Hästpojken "Jag förväntar mig ingenting" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-15 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 15 January 2010
  Will Sweden`s tight restrictions on the selling of alcohol be loosened up? The health care system needs a new approach to cancer prevention, oncologists claim. Stockholm celebrates the honour of being the first “European Green Capital”. We find out if English humour really is a blockbuster in Stockholm’s clubs.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-14 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 14 January 2010
  Two IT experts and 850,000 US dollars - but could Sweden do more to help the international relief effort in Haiti? With one war crimes suspect arrested in Sweden, critics say Swedish legislation is not able to deal with such crimes. Has Sweden ordered too many millions of doses of Swine Flu vaccin? Reports that EU aid to help bring applicant member Turkey closer to the union is not working. Music: Agnes "I need you now" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 13 January 2010
  After the devastating earthquake in Haiti – what can Sweden do to help the people there? /// Record low temperatures have contributed to record high electricity prices. But was that price explosion inevitable? /// We meet youngsters in Stockholm’s immigrant suburbs to find out in what way they are affected by so-called honour culture. /// And we meet other youngsters who had the opportunity to closely witness Sweden’s EU presidency.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-12 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 12 January 2010
  Workers at Saab`s car factory in Trollhättan down tools over the actions of what they call "Gangster Motors" Why a law introduced to encourage stay at home mums and dads is said to be harming immigrant children. Fat cat bank bosses are accused of milking the sytem once again And find out about the journalist who made a big bang in Swedish society...
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-11 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 11 January 2010
  Eu`s financial support to applicant member Turkey is riddled with fraud and distrimination, according to Swedish Radio News. Competition on the Swedish railways will be stepped up. Arlanda Airport celebrates it`s 50th anniversary. 12 wolves in a zoo in southern Sweden culled after some of them managed to escape the enclosure. Music: Niklas von Arnold Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-08 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 8 January 2010
  The boss of Formula One makes a last ditch manoeuvre to rescue Saab, while Dutch sportscarmaker Spyker says they`re still in the race.. We view the devastating impact of Storm Gudrun which raged five years ago today And time magazine called it the "decade from hell" We take a look at the noughties
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-07 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 7 January 2010
  After the veto of a bill to compensate Britain and the Netherlands, questions about Sweden’s planned loans to Iceland. Less money to Sweden’s pensioners. New research reveals many needless deaths here due to the side effects of medicines. Then we visit the Heart of Hockey in Sweden, Modo.
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-05 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 5 January 2010
  With Swedish troops and charities based in the country, we take a look at the current situation in Afghanistan and for its president Hamid Karzai. Sweden is gripped by Arctic temperatures, as the mercury falls below minus 40 degrees Celsius. The third book in the Millennium trilogy has hit the bookshelves around the world in English - what would crime writer Stieg Larsson have made of his success?
• Radio Sweden 2010-01-04 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 4 January 2010
  More new cars are being registered in Sweden, but what does that say about the state of the auto industry? A controversy has broken out over the way Sweden’s first wolf cull in 45 years was organized. British and Swedish Neo-Nazis are behind the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign, media reports claim. And why would an American or an Australian settle in Sweden?
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-29 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 29 December 2009
  There's freedom of choice for patients as the government's health care reforms sweep the country Why the use of English could be breaking the law Christine Demsteader continues her journey through Sweden, today she's in the South-West City of Gothenburg where she examines the british influence on the Port city dating back centuries... And a record crowd for Sweden's first elite outdoor ice hockey match in nearly half a century.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-28 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 28 December 2009
  After the terrorist attempt in the US – what’s the situation like at Swedish airports? Looking back at the economic year 2009 – will 2010 see a strong recovery? Ban on spike tires, permission to hunt wolves and more alcohol in bars – we tell you which new laws apply as of January 1st. We travel up north to find out why sports are a vital issue of Swedish identity.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 23 December 2009
  Volvo goes East, Chinese Geely are to buy Sweden`s most famous car brand, Will the Dutch buy Sweden`s second biggest car make Saab? Sweden`s Environment minister blames the USA and China for the outcome of last week`s climate change conference in Copenhagen. And then we meet some entrepreneurs going green with moose droppings and car batteries.
• radio Sweden 2009-12-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 23 December 2009
  A look back at the cultural talking points of the year and we ask the question "how will people remember the noughties? It`s fingers on the trigger for the first wolf hunt in over a quarter of a century And on her journey round Sweden, Christine Demsteader is today in the Southern city of Malmö presented by Dave Russell
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-22 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 22 December 2009
  Moving state agencies to compensate towns hit by military cutbacks, was it all worth it? Coming to Sweden for a Christmas break and planning to drive? Get some handy hints from Swedish Radio`s Traffic Desk. And then we travel up to the north of the country to see how the Sami are keeping their traditional culture alive.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-21 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 21 December 2009
  The Saab drama continues with new bids being made – but how realistic are they? /// What will happen to the Saab brand if the company is shut down? /// A frustrated Swedish Prime Minister tells the media why the strongly criticised Copenhagen Accord was the best deal possible. /// And we travel up north to ask why the entire city of Kiruna has to move.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-18 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 18 December 2009
  We have a report from the Copenhagen Climate Conference as the Swedish EU presidency reaches its climax. Sweden’s most notorious serial killer is granted a retrial for one of his convictions. Will this be a Second hand Christmas? Then we meet famed Russian-American dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, here in Stockholm for a series of special performances.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-17 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 17 December 2009
  In the crisis ridden talks in Copenhagen Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt sees hope in an agreement between the EU and the African Union. The Swedish Motor Vehicle Inspection Company is about to loose its monopoly. Some 2-400 young women from poor countries end up in prostitution in the Stockholm area every year. We speak to police and social workers about trafficking.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-16 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 16 December 2009
  And then there was one…a tiny Dutch maker of exclusive cars that has never made a profit is the only potential buyer for Saab Automobile left standing. We meet a Swedish professor named as one of the world’s 100 most influential thinkers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame expands its horizons to include the Swedish super pop group ABBA.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-15 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 15 December 2009
  Sweden`s new education law is up for revision and it`s back to the text books for teachers Swedes dreams of a white christmas could become reality He only hung up his boots in October, but Hwenrik Larsson`s back in Football, and this time he`s calling the shots And could your denim be dangerous? We take a look at toxic jeans.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-14 (MP3, 17 mb)
  
  Monday 14 December 2009
  Chinese BAIC buys the equipment used to make older Saab models. What does it mean for the future of Saab? Pharmaceutical companies accused of price fixing to evade the Swedish state`s price control on medicine. We meet one of those who worked behind the scenes of the Nobel Week to make it all run smoothly. Music: Melody club & Anna Järvinen "I don`t Believe in Angels" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-11 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 11 December 2009
  As the Swedish EU presidency winds down, important decisions in Brussels that affect the Copenhagen conference, and approval of the Stockholm program. Swedish Moslem agents for peace are also in Brussels. The positive side of segregation. Then we look forward to the festival of lights, Lucia.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-10 (MP3, 45 mb)
  
  Thursday 10 December 2009
  Our focus today, no prizes for guessing with it being the tenth of December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel`s death, our focus today will be on Nobel day as the Nobel Prizes for chemistry, literature, medicine, physics and economics are presented in Stockholm. This year the biggest show in town has been in Norway and Oslo where US President Barack Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize With wordwide attention in Oslo, we`ll be asking whether this year`s Nobel day in Stockholm has lost its sparkle Also, as the laureates and assorted guests tuck into their royal dinner, we talk to the florist behind this year`s Nobel banquet flowers And away from the Nobels, there`s also another chance to hear all about Stockholm Syndrome
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 9 December 2009
  More Swedish towns are hit by factory closures, this time Gävle and Borås will see 1000 jobs disappear as Ericsson plants shut up shop, The government backs down over tougher sick leave rules, 8 out of 10 say they are positive, but only half have signed up, Sweden`s on the search for more organ donors. and then a melting ice sculpture of a polar bear symbolises the melting Arctic at the Copenhagen Climate Change summit.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-08 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 8 December 2009
  Time’s soon up for Saab – but the town of Trollhättan is still hopeful. /// Many youngsters depend on them – but health authorities want to ban energy drinks. /// She quit politics to save her own life – hear the story of former political shooting star Kristina Axén Olin.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-07 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 7 December 2009
  The opening of the UN climate meeting in Copenhagen - what can we hope for, Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren? Greenpeace and other demonstrators receiving the delegates arriving in Copenhagen. 15.000 Swedes will be without sick pay after New Year due to new Government rules. Instead they are expected to work. International custody battles and father's rights in Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-04 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 4 December 2009
  Finance Minister Anders Borg explains how the EU wants to prevent future banking crises. /// The laureates of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” praise Sweden for its efforts to curb greenhouse gases. /// But a Swedish scientist, one of the most influential in the world, demands that Sweden do more. /// And at conference in Stockholm European and US mayors discuss what people can do at local level to fight climate change.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-03 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 3 December 2009
  The clock`s ticking; thousands of car workers in Sweden have a nervy wait as Saab is given 30 days to find a buyer or it`s the end of the road. We speak to an auto critic in Detroit who gives us the inside track on GM and its mindset over Saab Also away from Saab, Sweden allows its first wolf hunt in almost half a century... We`ve a reminder of our christmas goodies coming up online over the festive season. And in culture something hot and latin to warm up those dark Winter evenings
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 2 December 2009
  Can Copenhagen Deliver? Thousands of people will descend on Copenhagen, the Danish capital, in less than a week`s time for the UN conference on climate change. Can a deal be clinched in Copenhagen or is an agreement beyond reach? We will give you the background to the developments leading up to the mega encounter and examine the prospects for an agreement.
• Radio Sweden 2009-12-01 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 1 December 2009
  Why Russia refused to import meat from nine producers in Sweden. The winner of one of Sweden`s biggest sports achievement awards for 2009 is announced Find out again why Stockholm was called the Casablanca of the North And discover how we`re celebrating the Christmas holiday season online
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 30 November 2009
  How the Swedish political debate is influenced by the Swiss referendum on minarets. A proposed anti-gay law in Uganda could mean an end to Swedish aid to that country. The Swedish refugee asylum system - how does it work? Interviews with a refugee, a decision maker and a policeman. Music: Lennart Jähkel Jet Set Sweden: Meterologens hämnd Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-27 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 27 November 2009
  It`s just over a week left until the big climate meeting in Copenhagen and the Americans seem to be on board. Why smokers might be even more stressed ahead of having an operation. The third film in the Millennium trilogy opens at the box office in Stockholm tonight - what would crime writer Stieg Larsson have made of his success? November is coming to an end, and the days are still getting shorter - but soon the Swedes feel free to start lighting up their homes with Christmas decorations. Music: Rolf Carlsson "Den första snön" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-26 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 26 November 2009
  A new British report claims that many children may have caught the Swine Flu, but not had any symptoms, what`s the situation here? Talks are planned to clean up the Swedish pig industry, And could your denim be dangerous? We take a look at toxic jeans.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-25 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 25 November 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-24 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 24 November 2009
  Sweden`s Pig farming industry is rocked by footage of animal abuse at a number of farms. From the streets of New York to Stocking, Getting the homeless into housing Sweden`s church leaders and human rights activists condemn Sweden`s Refugee law. A British World War 1 submarine is discovered in the Baltic.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 23 November 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-20 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 20 November 2009
  European leaders choose the EU`s new President and Foreign Minister, but the Swedish papers aren`t impressed. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was in charge of the negotiations, and he gets the thumbs up from Brussels. And, find out why the Swedes love doing their dirty washing in public.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-18 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 18 November 2009
  As the Russian-European Union summit is being held here in Stockholm, we look at how Sweden’s defence policies are changing. We also look forward to Thursday’s crucial meeting to pick the new top officials of the EU. Today is a special day across Europe to spread awareness of the dangers of abusing antibiotics. Then it’s time again for the Stockholm Film Festival.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 17 November 2009
  Sweden hosts an EU-Russia Summit which aims for a fresh start There`s anger amongst some in the USA over Annika Östberg`s release date Find out why Stockholm was called..the Casablanca of the North And why Swedes could be in for a miserable christmas
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-16 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 16 November 2009
  One local community`s refusal to receive unaccompanied refugee youth has led to a discussion on responsibility and moral duty in the Swedish asylum system. A Swedish Human Rights Prize to a Sahrawi activist has led to a diplomatic spat between Sweden and Morocco. Human sculls looted from graves in Hawaii by Swedish scientists over 150 years ago are now being returned home again. Hot sizzling tango is brought to Stockholm at this the most miserable time of the year here. Music: Laleh - Nation Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 13 November 2009
  Swedish power generator Vattenfall is once again in hot water, and minister Maud Olofsson isn`t happy, but should she have acted earlier?. Scientists in Lund make what they call a huge breakthrough in stem cell research. We take the pulse of the Swedish EU presidency with just over 6 weeks to go until Spain takes over.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-11 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 11 November 2009
  Controversy erupts over media reported plans by Sweden`s biggest energy company Vattenfall to sell off its entire Swedish electricity network to fund investment in nuclear power in Britain. Sweden`s prime minister names decision day for the top jobs in the EU The growing group sex scandal that forced a politician to resign.. And it`s 30 years since Sweden banned the smacking of children but has it worked.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-10 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 10 November 2009
  Optimism at long last in the gloomy Swedish economy, privatization of most of Sweden’s pharmacies, a look at the coming UN summit on global warming in Copenhagen and a newly-recorded musical salute to life itself.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 9 November 2009
  Swedish comments on the 20th year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United Nations once again blasting Sweden for its treatment of refugees, women, the Roma and the Lapps or Samis, failing Swedish efforts to get solid decisions on combating global warming before the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen and a Swede bringing the steaming, sensual rythems of the Argentine tango to this cool-weather Nordic nation.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-07 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Saturday 7 November 2009
  The final signature on the Lisbon Treaty - a milestone in the history of the EU and a feather in the cap for the Sweden`s EU presidency. Disappointment in the climate negotiations when Reinfeldt visits the White House. The mass vaccination programme against Swine Flu was stepped up this week. The big question for many was: to take the vaccine or not? A court has ruled that the National Health Insurance Agency has been discriminating against pregnant women. The opposition protested, but the Swedish government went ahead and said yes to the Nord stream gas pipeline. Sweden`s New National Football Coach for the men`s team. Music: Kent "Idioter" Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-06 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 6 November 2009
  Record numbers of Swedes are catching Swine Flu, but some are still wary of getting the vaccine. There are calls for more paid leave for expectant mums and the recently bereaved. We meet one of Sweden`s biggest female artists at the moment, Sarah Dawn Finer.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-12 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 5 November 2009
  Coming up in today`s programme..After five swedish troops are wounded in Afghanistan, Foreign minister Carl Bildt says it doesn`t affect Swden`s committment to keeping military forces in Afghanistan.. Today we speak to a member of the Swedish military over there to get the real picture.. Clip. This year`s prediction is in, on the top present Swedes will be buying their loved ones this christmas, and it`s going to hurt! Clip. I`ll be bringing you a Swedish Institution that is loved and hated in equal measure..the apartment building laundry room.. And From Russia with love - Sweden`s Wolf population gets a welcome boost
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-05 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Thursday 5 November 2009
  Green light to the Nordstream gas pipeline in Swedish waters The Sweden men`s Football Team has finally got a new coach - but he starts by working part-time. The low cost airlines call them "taxes and fees" - but whose taxes and fees are they? Custody battles with an international dimension. Presenter Ulla Engberg Music: Darin Viva la Vida
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-04 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 4 November 2009
  The Swedish EU Presidency now that the Lisbon Treaty has been approved. Concern over the uneven roll-out of the swine flu vaccination program for school children here. The courts rule that pregnant women have a right to sick pay. Then we visit the Uppsala short film festival.
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-03 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 3 November 2009
  Sweden`s prime minister meets Barack Obama at the white house for climate talks Sweden goes Nuclear with new stringent safety measures.. Youngsters may be surfing cyberspace from the age of 4 but Sweden still has a tenth of its population without internet access. And over 200 women from across Europe share their experiences at a breast cancer awareness conference ..
• Radio Sweden 2009-11-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 2 November 2009
  To vaccinate or not to vaccinate - that is the question as schools start inoculating children against Swine Flu Settlement offered in dispute over crime writer Stieg Larsson inheritance. Effort to unite Swedish extremists from left and right in anti-Semitic party. The love-hate relationship between Finland and Sweden is explored in a new humorous novel Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-30 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Friday 30 October 2009
  Information from the Swedish Scoial Democratic Party conference, Sweden`s roll as Eruopean Union president at the summit in Brussels, EU trade policy with Africa, an international peace march reaching Stockholm, more swine flue infections hre, the coming Swedish soccer football championships and new Swedish trombone music.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 29 October 2009
  Sweden`s biggest political party, the Social Democrats, gear up ahead of next year`s General Election. It`s official, Chinese carmaker Geely wants to buy Volvo Cars, what`s the reaction here? And a British World War 1 submarine is discovered in the Baltic.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-28 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 28 October 2009
  The Swedish Foreign Minister sees continued military presence in Afghanistan, the center-right coaltion government here is split over the question of farmers selling their own wines and beers, a gaint Swedish study is sizing up the sexual attitudes of young people, pod cars may be the answer to future traffic pollution and a musical tribute to a late Swedish pioneer of the vibraphone swing.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-27 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 27 October 2009
  Ahead of the EU meeting in Brussels – what are the stakes for Tony Blair, Carl Bildt and others to get one of the EU’s next top jobs? /// From the Arctic to the Continent – what role will the Nordic Council play in the future? /// We’ll hear contemporary Sami music linking old traditions with modernity.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-26 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 26 October 2009
  Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou was discovered to be connected to the KGB during the Cold War. The European Development Days were held in Stockholm this weekend. In the second part of Radio Sweden’s series on adoption we hear from the adoptees themselves. We speak to the director of Sweden`s official international short film festival, which has just ended in Uppsala, north of Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 23 October 2009
  Live from Gothenburg, it`s "Inside Sweden": Today we`ll be delving into Gothenburg`s reputation as the epicentre of Sweden`s industrial heartland. We`ll investigate the spate of arson incidents and attacks on emergency crews. On a lighter note we`ll find out why Gothenburg has been called the comedy capital of Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-22 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 22 October 2009
  Bosnian war criminal Biljana Plavsic to be released from Swedish prison. No extra troops for Afghanistan says the Government. Swedish Church says yes to gay weddings in church. The European Investment Bank loan approval is the first step in a long process to save Saab. A progress report from the road to the big climate meeting in Copenhagen in December. Music: Neverstore: "Shallow Beautiful People" Presenter Ulla Engberg
• Radio sweden 2009-10-21 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 21 October 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-20 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 20 October 2009
  The fall out from an anti-islam article in Sweden`s top selling tabloid by the leader of the far right Sweden Democrats. Legendary Swedish Footballer Henke Larsson calls it a day And we delve into the growth of Swedish wine.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-19 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 19 October 2009
  Good results from the tests of a new Swedish HIV-vaccine. Opposition leader Mona Sahlin says she will never govern with the help of anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats. Sweden - the country with most adoptees per capita in the world. Music: Lars Winnerbäck - Jag får liksom ingen ordning. Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-16 (MP3, 17 mb)
  
  Friday 16 October 2009
  Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is criticised by women’s organization for ignoring discrimination against women around the world. A new study sheds some light on the problem apathetic refugee children Radio Sweden catches up with singer September for a heart to heart.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-15 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 15 October 2009
  Sweden are knocked out of the World Cup, where does the national football squad go from here? Sweden`s foreign ministry complains to the Pakistani authorities as former Swedish prisoners speak of mistreatment. Parliament votes through changes to the controversial FRA wire tapping law, but did MP`s even know what they were voting on? And then if you believe the Finns, Swedish men are a load of old pansies, a new book looks at prejudices and misconceptions between the two countries.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-12 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 13 October 2009
  Nobel week finally ends with the announcement of the Economics Prize and for the first time, one of the laureates is a woman. /// The four Swedes that have been held in custody in Pakistan have returned to Stockholm. /// Coach Lars Lagerbäck retires after the Swedish squad missed qualification for the football world cup next year. /// Corporal punishment still occurs 30 years after Sweden officially banned the smacking of children.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 9 October 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-08 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 8 October 2009
  Herta Müller - winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature More time to catch Olof Palme`s killer? Swedish woman and child to be released from Pakistani jail. Swedish TV is Too American, says EU Commission Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-07 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 7 October 2009
  The third of this year`s Nobel prizes is announced, this time in Chemistry An interview with the prize committee and one of the 3 winners coming up Also staying with science we investigate the inner city transport of the future...pod cars And we bring you the story of a Doctor who still faces a possible manslaughter charge despite being cleared yesterday by a national medical board following the death of a premature baby girl last september.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-06 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 6 October 2009
  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 is split three ways. /// The three opposition parties in parliament present their shadow budgets. /// How willing are Swedes to donate their organs?
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-05 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Monday 5 October 2009
  It`s Nobel week, as this year`s laureates are announced in Stockholm. Today, it`s the turn of the Medicine prize winners, find out who they are, and why they won the biggest prize in the world of science. Find out what it feels like to get that call from Stockholm. Now the Irish have voted yes to the Lisbon Treaty, who will Sweden`s new European Commissioner be? And then meet the people behind the Slovenian play "fragile" dealing with what it feels like to be in exile, on tour around Sweden now.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 2 October 2009
  Lessons have been learned from the latest financial crisis, say finance ministers at an EU meeting in Gothenburg. As the venue for the 2016 Summer Olympics is decided, we ask, could Sweden ever host the games again? And then it`s back to the EU, as we follow this country`s attempts to transfer its tradition of openness and transparency to the bureaucrats in Brussels.
• Radio Sweden 2009-10-01 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Thursday 1 October 2009
  European Union ministerial meetings continue in this Nordic nation - this time tackling finances and the global economic crunch, the Swedish government wants to boost biogas as an environmentally-friendly fuel for industry and automobiles, Stockholm police reward civilians for taking action to save lives and stop crimes, and new Swedish music blending the old fashioned and the avant garde,
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 30 September 2009
  With Ireland voting in a new referendum, and a setback in the Czech Republic, the Swedish EU presidency faces continued uncertainty over the Lisbon Treaty. It’s now OK for a guy to be called Maria, or for a woman to be Sven. But is prayer OK as development aid? On the last day of the month she takes her name from, we meet Swedish singer September.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-29 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 29 September 2009
  In Gothenburg, the EU’s defence ministers discuss the future of the so called European Battlegroups. /// Sweden’s health care system is becoming worse, a new European study shows. /// We look into the question how organized crime threatens legal institutions and the media. /// Late Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman’s property came under the hammer at an international auction in Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-28 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 28 September 2009
  Swedish reaction to the German Election result 15 years since the Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Too much American material on Swedish TV, says EU Commission Music: Anna Ternheim Make it On My Own Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-25 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Friday 25 September 2009
  Rotten Swedish meat sold to Poland. HIV and Aids on the Gothenburg Book Festival What can Sweden learn from Canada when it comes to integration? Will two concerts in New York bring Kristina from Duvemåla to Broadway? Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-24 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 24 September 2009
  Criticism of the Swedish police for mistakes as a stolen helicopter was used to rob a cash depot. The Pakistani authorities finally allow Swedish Embassy representatives to talk to imprisoned Swedish citizens accused of terrorist links. We’ll also be visiting the world of culture, first off to the Gothenburg Book Fair, which has just opened, and then to the annual jazz festival in the Åland Islands.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 23 September 2009
  A daring raid on a cash depot by armed robbers using a helicopter There`s huge international interest as Ingmar Bergman`s possessions go under the hammer. 8 years to the day of the imprisonment of Eritrean-Swedish journalist dawit Isaak there`s still no sign of a breakthrough. Though dead and buried more than two centuries ago find out why Madame Donner is still influencing women today.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-22 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 22 September 2009
  Copenhagen in mind - Sweden urges the United States to play an active role in preventing climate change. /// Lost in ignorance - Only one out of five Swedish kids knows of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children. /// Editors-in-chief? - Wikipedia articles have been falsified from computers in the Swedish parliament. /// Eternal ink in Stockholm - Some of the world’s best tattoo artists gathered in the Swedish capital.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-21 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 21 September 2009
  Sweden`s Finance Minister unveils his pre-election budget, but will it be a vote winner? We report on how one in three youngsters in Sweden experience violence within a year. And enjoy the Japanese dance known as butoh And the Swedish wife of the hit songwriter Paul Anka does it her way as she causes quite a stir here by laying into Swedish men for their nappy changing ways.
• Radio Sweden 09-09-18 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 18 September 2009
  EU leaders have agreed they want binding rules for bank bonuses The World Bank wants richer nations like Sweden to do more to curb climate change in the world`s opoorer countries. On Sunday the Swedes will get a change to choose how the church is run. A progress report on the construction of the City Line Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-17 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 17 September 2009
  We take a look at what makes young Swedish moslems embrace a radical form of Islam Multi resistant bacteria is once again in the headlines as an expert meeting takes place in Stockholm. And if you have caught the gambling fever - help is just a phone call away, as a National Gambling Hotline recently went live.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-16 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 16 September 2009
  The government is divided over how to spend aid money. Sweden`s leaders strike an optimistic note, as parliament opens. It`s magic Ikea-style as we talk to Sweden`s world beating stage magician
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-15 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 15 September 2009
  In today`s program, Swedish reaction to the Norwegian parliamentary elections, European Union agricultural experts continue with their visit to Sweden, further interrogation in Pakistan of Swedes suspected of having links to a terrorist network, Swedish police policy dealing with violent Swedish suburban youth protests and some new and very playful Swedish jazz.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-14 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 14 September 2009
  About 20,000 young Swedes have sold sex, most of it on internet. Agriculture and climate is on the agenda when the Eu`s agricultural ministers meet in Växsjö. "A high degree of denying facts" says Sweden`s Foreign aid minister, but Robert Mugabe is happy. Norwegians go to the polls today - will the election result there affect the Swedish votes in a year`s time?
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-11 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 11 September 2009
  Special "pilots" will help immigrants faster into the Swedish society and onto the labour market A new EU proposal aims at getting more countries to join the battle against climate change A letter written by the then Swedish Premiere Olof Palme in the seventies has been uncovered We go to Åland for a jazz festival Presenter Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-10 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 10 September 2009
  The Pirate Bay deal may fall through, as the prospective buyer has just been kicked off the stock exchange. Sweden’s Prime Minister is off to South Africa as the Swedish European Union presidency continues. There’s Chinese interest in Saab and Volvo, but not everyone thinks it’s a good fit. A new exhibition here on historical perspectives and the killing fields of Cambodia.
• Radio Sweden 2009 -09-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 9 September 2009
  Serious concern over the sale or lack of sales of Sweden’s a new jet fighter, the World Baseball Cup takes place here in Sweden this week, Swedish swimmers are reluctant to plunge into polluted pool waters, efforts to attract highly skilled labor to the sparsely populated regions of the north, the music of a Norwegian pop star singing together with Swedish folk musicians.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-08 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 8 September 2009
  More money to local councils as the Government starts leaking its budget plans. Which Swedish town will be European City of Culture in 2014? Swedish writers and pirates clash over Google`s online library, and then, marked for life, or body art? We check out a major tattoo exhibition.
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-07 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 7 September 2009
  Will raising the price of milk save the Swedish milk farmers? A new poll shows the Social Democrats are not doing well in Sweden's big cities. The European Court of Human Rights - a 50 year old with quite a few challenges on its table. The moose hunting season starts today.
• Inside Sweden 2009-09-04 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Friday 4 September 2009
  Extra money for tens of thousands of Swedes who loose their incapacity benefit after New Year. Criticism of the government`s plan for compulsory lessons in democracy and equality for immigrants. Swedish EU presidency waiting for the Irish referendum Expats in Sweden: Aussie Rule fooball and a "Swenglish" comedian Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-03 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 3 September 2009
  Sweden biggest ever road project gets the green light. She brought the life-saving ECMO treatment into the public eye, we hear from the father of the pregnant Scottish Swine Flu survivor treated in Stockholm. The Swedish Government wants help to solve social issues in this country. When did the wolf become man`s best friend?
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 2 September 2009
  Nine countries share the Baltic Sea – but when will they start sharing responsibility? /// Sweden’s minister of defence visits London to talk about increased European military cooperation /// Ahead of the re-opening of the European Parliament we tell you how Europe’s largest democratic body actually works /// Good news for Stieg Larsson’s fans: It’s the premiere of the second film of the Millennium-Trilogy
• Radio Sweden 2009-09-01 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 1 September 2009
  Coming up over the next half hour, Sweden`s hit by its first death from Swine Flu The fall out from the verdict in the case of an art student who faked a suicide attempt as part of her final exams And the vanishing millions from Sweden`s development aid to the third world.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-31 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 31 August 2009
  Is failed integration causing the violent disturbances among youth in Gothenburg and Uppsala? The Moderates toe the party line at their party conference, mostly... It`s so sensitive, Italian Public Service Television has banned trailers promoting it. Meet the man behind the documentary Videocracy. And then, this year`s Polar Music Prize is awarded to British singer Peter Gabriel, and the Venezuelan conductor, composer, and economist José Antonio Abreu.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-28 (MP3, 17 mb)
  
  Friday 28 August 2009
  Sweden`s economy is given a rosy outlook.. We`ve the latest on a series of suspect fires in Gothenburg A tale of 3 cities as we visit Lund, Trollhättan and Halmstad
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-27 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 27 August 2009
  Amnesty criticises Sweden for handing over Afghan prisoner Stockholm Water Week - a must for anyone working with water issues. Thai Berry-pickers, hoping to earn a bundle, stranded destitute in Sweden. A delay in production makes it look unlikely for most Swedes to be vaccinated before the outbreak of Swine Flu hits Sweden,
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-26 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 26 August 2009
  Who is best qualified to allocate research grants, scientists or politicians? Should members of religious minorities be sent back to Iraq? How do you attract highly qualified foreign labor to the frozen north? As Sweden’s first, and perhaps last, astronaut is still waiting to go back into space, a fellow Scandinavian is just starting his training.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-25 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 25 August 2009
  Three young children fall out of a school window, to the tarmac ten metres down below. The Government will give extra money to the health care authorities for the swine flu vaccine. Following the row between Sweden and Israel over a newspaper article, we ask: is Sweden an anti semitic country? And Swedish dialects, about to melt into Standard Swedish
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-24 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 24 August 2009
  The row between Sweden and Israel over an article published in one of Sweden's biggest dailies continues.. The Internet file-sharing site the Pirate Bay will be sold on Thursday - but the buyer has run into trouble. Now the chairman of the board resigns. Space-mania is expected to hit Sweden again, as the country's first and only astronaut is about to make another journey into space. Do you know just how eco-friendly and sustainable your clothes are?
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-21 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 21 August 2009
  Opinions clash over preparations for the coming nation-wide swine flu vaccinations in Sweden. Swedish food shops miss the bigger sales they could make under Ramadan. Swedish women golfers in top competition in the United States and a visit to Sweden’s southern city of Malmö getting ready for a cultural festival.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-20 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 20 August 2009
  This is Radio Sweden Thursday, 30 minutes of news and views from Sweden, in English, brought to you by Radio Sweden. From broadcasting house here in Stockholm, I`m Rebecca Martin…. And this is what is coming up in the next half hour: The Governing Parties` open attitude with regards to the autumn budget negotiations is surprising the experts 200 years have passed since the last military battle was fought on Swedish soil And - Radio Sweden discovers the ins and outs of hot air ballooning over Stockholm. Also - an interview with Hans Blix - who just got the Swede of the Year award.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-18 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 19 August 2009
  We meet a Swedish Italian Filmaker who`s critical portrait of Silvio Berlusconi`s media empire is causing quite a stir.. A record many Swedes leave the unions And find out more about the school that`s banned its teachers from touching hands with its pupils over fears of spreading swine flu.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-18 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 18 August 2009
  Tiny Koenigsegg are to buy SAAB, despite questions over financing Did she put him up to it? A high profile teen murder trial starts this week. And help is now just a phone call away, as a National Gambling Hotline goes live.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 17 August 2009
  Swedbank, Sweden`s fourth largest bank hit hard by the economic turbulance in the Baltics raises 2.1 billion dollars in extra capital Sweden to phase out national conscription by July next year The annual World water week in Stockholm is underway but has it run its course? Fancy a walk on Stockholm`s roofs, a Viking tour, or a Swedish safari? A new wave of Swedish entrepreneurs is making it all happen And there`s music too from Mando Diao, first though we start at the Radio Sweden newsdesk for a round-up of the day`s top stories
• Radio Sweden Friday 0814 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 14 August 2009
  Swedish readiness to deal with Swine Flu gets a check-up Sweden`s refugee laws are driving some to desperation We take you to the West coast and look at the effects of immigration, then and now Music: Magnus Uggla, "för Kung och Fosterlandet" Producer: Loukas Christodoulou
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-13 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 13 August 2009
  The new Pirate Party is setting its sights on gains in local elections After being boarded in Swedish waters by masked men, a cargo ship is now missing Sweden`s capital city is in the middle of a major culture festival Music: "Punkdrömmar", (Ingenting)
• Radio Sweden 2009- 08-12 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 12 August 2009
  Crisis-hit Scandinavian Airlines say that big wage cuts will be needed to compete with low cost airlines Radio Sweden speaks to Swedish lawyers at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Also - more on the second royal engagement. We catch up with a royal reporter who was present at Tuesday’s press conference.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-11 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Tuesday 11 August 2009
  Another Royal Wedding on the horizon The youngest of the Royals Princess Madeleine announces her engagement Also, Sweden calls in Iran`s ambassador to protest against the mass trials of election protestors. Are Greenpeace right to drop rocks off Sweden to halt trawling or are they causing more harm than good. And Sweden`s expulsion of Christian Iraqis comes under fire from foreign human rights experts.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-10 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Monday 10 August 2009
  Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt outlines his perspective on the current national economy. A new strategy from the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency, SIDA, will focus on resources for women. Radio Sweden discovers the ins and outs of hot air ballooning over Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-07 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 7 August 2009
  The debate over "apathetic children syndrome" which affects more asylum seeking kids in Sweden than anywhere else has been reignited Farmers here could get the go ahead to sell whatever alcohol they produce, will this end the state`s monopoly on selling alcohol? Why berry picking should carry a health warning Christine Demsteader continues her tour of Sweden, this time visiting a small northern village which has struck gold
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-06 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 6 August 2009
  In today’s program, Swedish diplomacy is praised for helping release 2 American journalists from a North Korean prison - but slapped for its presence in Teheran, an optimistic comment from the Swedish finance minister indicating the light in the gloomy economic tunnel, a salute to a popular sing-along on a Stockholm island hilltop stage and a Swedish magician winning championshisp here at home and in the Nordic region - and ranking high in world competition.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-05 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Wednesday 5 August 2009
  The pressure became too huge – now the governor of Gotland resigns. Hear all the background of the political affair that shakes Sweden this summer. /// Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin speakes at the congress of the Palestinian Fatah movement and breaks with the rather pro-Israeli policy of her predecessor. /// Secret police lists have leaked out to criminal sources – including innocent people’s names. We ask the police how something like this could happen. /// Dutch immigrants settling in Sweden. They tell us why living in sparsely populated Sweden is better than in the crowed Netherlands.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-04 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 4 August 2009
  How does one measure a good citizen? We hear politicians for and against citizenship tests. /// How to stop violence in the Middle East? We speak to Swedish activists in East Jerusalem. /// How to reach a new climate deal? We ask what Sweden can do during its EU presidency. /// How did the huge strike of 1909 change Sweden? We look back at an important piece if Swedish history.
• Radio Sweden 2009-08-03 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 3 August 2009
  We hear from a Swedish journalist about his interview with a leader of the Taliban, As Stockholm Gay pride ends for another year we hear from the Danish capital for their World Out Games. We visit an area of Sweden which has been colonised by the Dutch And we look back on a successful World Swimming Championships for Sweden
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-31 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 31 July 2009
  As more shots are fired at Swedish troops in Afghanistan, some are now asking should they even be there? Pride is reaching its climax in Stockholm, meet the woman who 30 years ago took homosexuality off the books as a mental illness. We meet entrepreneurs going green with moose droppings and car batteries. and we`ve reached the last letter in the Swedish alphabet, Ö.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-30 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Thursday 30 July 2009
  Young Swedish-Somali men in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby are openly being recruited by the militia Al Shabab to go to war in Somalia. The world`s leading experts on the Internet gather in Stockholm this week. On the agenda: tightening the security of what some call the net`s telephone catalogue. Risk capital for development - Swedfund goes where ordinary businesses would not dare to go. In our journey through the Swedish alphabet we have reached: Ä Closing music: Laleh with Big City Love Presenter: Ulla Engberg
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 29 July 2009
  Should local councils be especially nice towards the bosses of big companies, one local politician thinks so, as a scandal hits the Baltic island of Gotland. Sweden has exported Abba, Volvo, Ikea and H & M to the world, could Swedish healthcare be next? Fancy a walk on Stockholm`s roofs, a Viking tour, or a Swedish safari? A new wave of Swedish entrepreneurs is making it all happen And then it`s time to hear about one of those funny Swedish letters with dots and stuff. Å.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-28 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 28 July 2009
  Swedish Weapons in guerrilla hands - who is responsible? The Stockholm Pride Festival opened Monday - and this year’s theme is HETERO. Swedish trade unions in a co-operation to help their international counterparts. We continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet. Today - the letter Z.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 27 July 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-24 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 24 July 2009
  Iceland applies for EU membership, but could it all depend on a fishing deal? Controversy over the government`s plans to close Swedish diplomatic missions abroad, including in the United States. We travel up to the north of the country to see how the Sami are keeping their traditional culture alive and then we take another look at a letter in the Swedish alphabet.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-23 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 23 July 2009
  Fears over the effects of a Swine Flu outbreak drives Swedes to get pneumonia vaccine - but is it necessary? A look back at this year's Stockholm Jazz festival, which ended on Sunday. In our journey through the Swedish alphabet, we have reached the letter W.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-22 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 22 July 2009
  Swine flu is coming, but who is going to pay for the vaccinations? The police have been taking photos of kids to use in photo line-ups, without the consent of their parents. We meet two families who made the leap from the crowded Netherlands to the open spaces of northern Sweden. Today’s program is brought to you by the letter V.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-21 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 21 July 2009
  Ministers are preparing for the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen The Dutch are coming - to Dalarna, in the north west of Sweden, that is. Obesity is a growing problem in Sweden. We continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet. Today - the letter U.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-20 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 20 July 2009
  Mental care clinics in Sweden sharply reduce their services over the summer season. Sweden has reason to be proud over its role in international development co-operation. The Swedish Open Tennis Tournament was concluded this weekend – winner was Swedish Robin Söderling. We continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet. Today - the letter T.
• Radio Sweden weekend review 0718 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Saturday 18 July 2009
  In Radio Sweden`s weekend review The Stockholm Program is proposed for the EU. There`s a ten year delay for Sweden`s new military helicopters. Lithuania`s president visits, as her country passes a controversial anti-gay law. Questions are raised about Swedish monitoring of child welfare. And we take a look at this week`s share results for some of Sweden`s biggest companies.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 17 July 2009
  How are companies here coping with the recession? The quarterly reports are revealing all. We look back at the biggest strike in Swedish history, one hundred years after it broke out. We visit a town on the move, and then we take another look at a letter in the Swedish alphabet, and this one is VERY Sssswedish.
• Radio Sweden 0716 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 16 July 2009
  Radio Sweden, Thursday. On today`s programme: Sweden`s asylum plans for the EU may have trouble ahead. Is sexuality in Lithuania also an issue for Sweden? We talk to Swedish singer songwriter Marit Bergman. Our journey through the Swedish alphabet has reached R. And we play out with some classical piano music
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-15 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 15 July 2009
  "The Stockholm Programme", is this Sweden`s solution to Europe`s asylum problems? We hear from an organisation preparing for the worst as Swine Flu looks set to sweep across the world Protestant Sweden hosts a Catholic choir festival, and then we take a look at another letter in the Swedish alphabet, or is it French?
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-14 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 14 July 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 13 July 2009
  A hold up in production could mean no new military helicopters for Sweden. We take a look at the trials and tribulations of Nordic bee keeping. Ethics and business - can they go together? And our journey through the Swedish alphabet has reached P, for potatis.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-10 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Friday 10 July 2009
  Today is the day that thousands of young Swedes find out if they have got in to university. But with more young people than usual choosing to study-the strained student housing situation in the Sweden’s larger cities is reaching breaking point. Swedish explorer Ola Skinnarmo`s expedition through the Northern Passage reached Svalbard this week. Radio Sweden`s Ulla Engberg was at the launch of the mission in Stockholm. We take a look at traditional Swedish Summer Camps for Children and how they are adapting to the modern society. We continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet. Today George Wood will shed some light on the letter O.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 9 July 2009
  Sweden`s at the G8 meeting, and climate change is on the agenda. Controversy over file-sharing in Swedish Radio`s usually less controversial Summer program. The Swedish EU presidency through British eyes. And our journey through the ABC of Sweden reaches N for nu .
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-08 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 8 July 2009
  When the Swedish Defence Material Administration FMV decided to buy 113 armoured vehicles from a Finnish company instead of a Swedish one, a wave of criticism was unleashed: is it just patriotism or is there more to it? A rash all over your body and aching joints - it could be the Ockelbo disease, a mosquito carried virus, easily caught by humans. We have a confession from Swedish pop artist Marit Bergman. And in our journey through the Swedish alphabet we`ve reached the letter M.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-07 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 7 July 2009
  0 years on since smacking was banned in Sweden, should it now be banned in the rest of Europe too? One influential organisation says yes. Why is the European Parliament putting the brakes on the reappointment of European Commission president Barroso? We meet Abba legend Benny Andersson talking about one of his latest projects. And we take a look at another letter in the Swedish alphabet.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-06 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 6 July 2009
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-03 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Friday 3 July 2009
  Swedish Health Minister Göran Hägglund on how it feels to be responsible for the health of 500 million Europeans Radio Sweden Catch up with Fredrik Colting, author of the controversial sequel to Salinger`s "Catcher in the Rye" The Stockholm Programme - a new legal collaboration which will improve both crime fighting and asylum issues within all EU states Our journey through the Swedsih Alphabet continues. Today - the letter J.
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-02 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 2 July 2009
  She wants to become the first woman to lead the Swedish government – hear about Mona Sahlin’s plans for Sweden’s future Six Months filled with daunting challenges – but Swedes also take the time to celebrate their EU presidency Sweden may pride itself on its environmental awareness - but what is the picture like when it comes to corporate Sweden? And we continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet – today we bring you the letter “I”
• Radio Sweden 2009-07-01 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 1 July 2009
  All eyes are on the north today as Sweden shoulders the EU presidency. Centre party head Maud Olofsson, Minister for Energy and Enterprise, talks to Radio Sweden on what is ahead for Sweden and Europe. We look at a number of new laws introduced in Sweden today. Our journey through the Swedish Alphabet reach the letter "H".
• Radio Sweden 2009-06-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 30 June 2009
  Lower wages and less social security – the Liberal Party’s plans on how to fight youth unemployment /// Focussing on the Baltic Sea – one of Sweden’s less known priorities during its EU presidency /// Kristina in New York – ABBA’s Benny Andersson stages a new musical success in the United States /// And we continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet – today we bring you the letter “G"
• Radio Sweden Podcast 2009-06-29 (MP3, 13 mb)
  
  Monday 29 June 2009
  We`re on the Swedish Baltic island of Gotland where the countries parliamentary parties get one day each to profile their policies. We kick-off the week with Lars Ohly, Leader of the Left Party. On Wednesday, Sweden takes over the rotating presidency of the EU, where Turkish and crotian membership is on the agenda. We continue our journey through the Swedish alphabet.. And We meet a Swedish based Canadian Music teacher who`s just released his debut album.
• Radio Sweden Podcast 2009-06-26 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 26 June 2009
  Has a large government campaign to fight organised crime been a failure? Hear how 50 years ago today Ingo`s bingo shocked the world We continue our journey through the Swedish Alphabet We get to know Swedish food culture and ask the blunt question: is there a Swedish food culture at all?
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  Thursday 25 June 2009
  The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is contributing more than 25 million US dollars to ensure cleaner water, an improved sewage system and better energy efficiency in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The Tällberg Forum - a major international gathering --is taking place in Sweden this week. Radio Sweden wanted to find out what has brought 400 notables from around the world to come together in the North. And - many of us take it for granted, but could future water shortage lead to major conflicts? Or - could it rather serve as a unifying factor?
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  Wednesday 24 June 2009
  In a week`s time he`ll be co-ordinating the European Union`s foreign policy, we speak to Sweden`s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. There`s criticism of the Swedish government`s advice to young girls with immigrant backgrounds on how to stay safe while visiting relatives abroad We visit a Titanic exhibition here carrying with it the stories of the many Swedes on board. There`s all that and and another look at the Swedish alphabet... And a singer many Swedes either love or hate.
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  Tuesday 23 June 2009
  Coming up over the next half hour, electronic tags for young offenders, they`ll cut prisoner numbers but will they cut crime? Why August is a bad month to have a baby. What people abroad answered when asked what comes to mind when you think of Sweden And from A to B we continue our alphabet guide to all things Swedish with the letter B.
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  Monday 22 June 2009
  hat are the Swedish Iranians finding out from their families in a country closed to the outside world by its government? Following the Midsummer weekend EU summit, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is one step closer to removing a potential headache ahead of Sweden taking over the EU presidency in just over a week. With a year to go till the Royal Wedding in Sweden, we take a look at the job of a wedding planner. Ever more in demand, but what do they do exactly? And now that the summer has started properly, weatherwise and otherwise, we start our journey through Swedish culture and history with the help of the alphabet. And I bet you can`t guess what A stands for.
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  Thursday 18 June 2009
  The fate of Sweden’s EU chairmanship is being decided upon on today’s EU summit in Brussels.
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  Wednesday 17 June 2009
  With Sweden about to take over the presidency of the European Union, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt says it’s clear there are forces that want change in Iran, but warns of the risk for a new wave of repression there. The deal is made, there’s finally a new owner for GM’s Swedish-based unit Saab automobile. As global warming continues, the Red Cross warns of a trend towards weather-related disasters around the world. There are conflicting interests, here and in other parts of the Nordic region, over the natural resources of the Arctic island of Greenland.
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  Tuesday 16 June 2009
  Tiny Swedish carmaker Koeniggsegg is to buy Saab. Zimbabwe`s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai visits Sweden with a call to engage with the troubled country. 3 abandoned brothers from war-torn Congo Kinshasa who fled to Sweden two years ago are fighting to stay. And we visit a Swedish ostrich farm to hear how easy it is to raise these African birds in this cold weather climate.
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  Monday 15 June 2009
  Sweden`s Education Minister presents his new Schools Law Find out why many Swedes are miserable right now, i`ll give you a clue, it has something to do with the weather.. With Sweden`s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Iceland discussing possible icelandic membership of the EU which look back on the financial crisis which brought the country to its knees.. And we preview the European under 21 football championship , which kicks off in Sweden this week
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  Friday 12 June 2009
  In this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: The concerns that sent the Pirate Party to the European Parliament will also make for some extra work during the upcoming Swedish presidency of the European Union. As the swine flu is officially declared a pandemic, the Swedish authorities are also worried about the bugs you can pick up within the healthcare system. Then we’re off to Stockholm’s Mediterranean Museum to see what may be one of the world`s greatest exhibitions about ancient Cyprus.
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  Thursday 11 June 2009
  A government minister resign`s from the Cabinet. We speak to a Swedish protester arrested on the base of a NATO exercise There`s ambitious plans to clean up the Baltic Sea And a new titanic exhibition opens here carrying with it the stories of the many Swedes on board
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  Wednesday 10 June 2009
  Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt indirectly kicks off Sweden’s EU presidency with a keynote speech in Brussels.
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  Tuesday 9 June 2009
  Ultra-right parties did well in the EU election – but not in Sweden. An expert explains why. Swedes are impatiently awaiting their tax refunds. But how does the economic crisis affect their consumption? And we look at old posters to find out what they tell us about history.
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  Monday 8 June 2009
  Sweden`s Pirate Party sails on to Brussels and the European Parliament. We`ll hear from their newly elected MEP Christian Engström.. Also celebrating , the Greens and the Liberals who both made gains but the biggest losers were the Euro sceptic June list who lost all their parliamentary seats. We`ll have a full run down on how people voted as well as expert reaction. It`s not just politics, there`s food and sport as well. We`ll look back on a weekend which saw Sweden`s National football side lose a vital world cup qualifier at home to Denmark and Super Swede`s Robin Söderling`s French Open Tennis adventure came to an end at the final hurdle.... And join us for a taste of Stockholm in Restaurant day..
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  Friday 5 June 2009
  With the elections here to the European Parliament Sunday, we`ll meet candidates from each of the major Swedish parties. And a tale of two parliamentary seats , why most MEPS wish they could avoid the Strasbourg Commute. We preview Sweden`s Vital World Cup football qualifier against deadly rivals Denmark- And we visit a popular Swedish Summer Radio Institution
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  Thursday 4 June 2009
  Why a crisis in Latvia is hitting Sweden`s banks hard in the pocket. After a 30 year search, Sweden finds a site to dump its Nuclear waste, but at what cost to future generations? We meet our final candidate fighting for a seat in the EU parliament, Hanna Löwqvist, of the euro sceptic left party And the EU commission pledge sto splash the cash to create jobs in Europe
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  Wednesday 3 June 2009
  We continue our coverage of the candidates hoping to be elected to the European Parliament. In today`s programme Marita Ulvskog. Staying with the elections we`re in Strasbourg to look at the role of the European Parliament and examine its powers And the dream continues for Super Swede Robin Söderling...
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  Tuesday 2 June 2009
  General Motors is officially bankrupt now – what are the implications for ailing Swedish brand Saab? Sweden’s government presents a report on how to bring development assistance and sustainable environment policy into balance. Sweden’s biggest governing party, the conservative Moderates, tell us what kind of Europe they want to fight for in Brussels.
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  Monday 1 June 2009
  Sex education should become obligatory in schools, say two Liberal ministers – but many religious citizens are against it. The Prime Minister and the opposition leader clash over domestic issues – during a TV-debate about the EU. A seminar in Stockholm talks about how millions of people can pull themselves out of poverty. And we pay a tribute to Robin Söderling, the Swede who knocked tennis god Rafael Nadal out of the Fench Open.
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  Friday 29 May 2009
  The university city of Lund is likely to become a significant centre of European science. Young immigrants are being recruited for fighting in the civil war in Somalia. Film, Photo and Theatre are in the spotlight of the ongoing Ingmar Bergman Festival. And we talk to the Swede on the street and find out if anyone cares about the EU elections.
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  Thursday 28 May 2009
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  Wednesday 27 May 2009
  Hospitals are struggling with a severe shortage of blood. The EU is accused of pandering overfishing in West African waters. The Liberal Party repeats its mantra of the necessity of joining the euro zone. And we discover boat life in the Stockholm archipelago.
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  Tuesday 26 May 2009
  The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society calls North Korea’s latest sabre rattling a huge backlash for international peace efforts. The Centre Party maintains the EU has a lack of democracy. He receives so much money, he gives most of it away – a Swedish parliamentarian harshly criticises the EU expenses system.
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  Monday 25 May 2009
  Police and the Swedish Migration board at loggerheads over whether staff played a role in a number of escapes from a refugee detention centre. The full story of a shoot out outside a cash depot between police and a gang of armed robbers. Also continuing our EU election campaign coverage we meet the leading candidate for the Christian Democrats And we hear from the winners of this year`s Astrid Lindgren award.
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  Friday 22 May 2009
  As Obama talks Guantanamo, what are the chances that some of the prisoners could end up in Sweden? Are female Swedish Motorcross drivers the victims of discrimination? And so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. We meet 2 Swedish MEPs on their way out of the parliament. What advice would they give to the newcomers campaigning in the run up to the European elections in 2 weeks time?
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  Wednesday 20 May 2009
  The parliament kicks off the EU-election with a huge debate of the party leaders. Sweden discusses whether halal and kosher slaughter should be legalized for its Muslim and Jewish minorities. We get to know Swedish food culture and ask the blunt question: is there a Swedish food culture at all?
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  Tuesday 19 May 2009
  Evidence of Torture endured by Swedish-Eritrean Journalist Dawit Isaak Stockholm`s cockroach invasion. Sweden pressures its EU partners not to cut development aid We`ll also visit the national art museum to meet some romantic pre-Raphaelites from Britain.
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  Monday 18 May 2009
  Taxes dominate the first party leader debate ahead of the EU election. We kick off the EU election campaign with an in-depth look at the Green Party. And: Do Swedish authorities mistreat Iraqi refugees during deportation?
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  Friday 15 May 2009
  While much of the country is getting ready for the European Elections next month, Sweden`s Sami population are voting this Sunday for the Sami Parliament. Innovating and environmentally friendly, find out about the Swedish plans for Expo 2010 in Shanghai, Many of take it for granted, but could future water shortages lead to major conflicts?
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  Thursday 14 May 2009
  Health care divided along class lines. As Swedish warships prepare to set sail for an EU anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, we ask is there any more they could be doing. Sweden`s struggling auto industry is urged to specialize and even not build complete cars And we`ll hear how Swedes love the clock and punctuality like almost nobody else.
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  Wednesday 13 May 2009
  A Swede has been convicted of terrorism in New York, among the charges plans to organize a training camp in Oregon. Then music, music, music...We relive the progressive music movement of the seventies through an exhibition of art at a museum dedicated to folklore. We meet a Swedish jazz artist. Sweden has never failed to make it to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest. After Tuesday’s semi-final, this year is no exception.
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  Tuesday 12 May 2009
  Air cargo companies that deliver humanitarian aid also provide the same conflict zones with weapons, a Swedish report shows. British musician Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu win the Polar Music Prize 2009. A small Swedish town stands up against xenophobia.
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  Monday 11 May 2009
  Kickoff for the Swedish EU election campaigns: We tell you what some of the parties stand for. A new Swedish study refutes an old myth: Suicides are actually more common during the summer. Struggling with the financial crisis: Icelandic banks have a lot to learn from Sweden.
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  Friday 8 May 2009
  With the election to the European Parliament just under a month away, we’ll be asking Swedes how much they know about the EU and the elections. Then we’ll be visiting one of the parliament’s homes, in Strasbourg, to meet the Swede charged with raising awareness about the EU among the public. After that, we’re off to the theater to meet the ”Diva”.
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  Thursday 7 May 2009
  The European Union focuses on ties with its Eastern neighbors and rejects a controversial proposal on telecommunications, Sweden gets its first case of the swine flu virus infection - but no real alarm, some Swedes are longing for wealth and success like that mythological American dream and we’ll listen to some lively jazz from enthusiastic Swedish musicians.
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  Wednesday 6 May 2009
  Calls for a political peace pact ahead of Sweden’s EU Presidency. Why Sweden’s Labour Laws are out of date for one of Sweden’s coalition parties. Swedes love sausages but be prepared for the British invasion. We go to a release party of a different kind.
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  Tuesday 5 May 2009
  After a week of panic about the swine flu – are Swedish authorities now giving the all-clear? The state is selling two thirds of its pharmacies - will customers have access to the pharmaceuticals they need? Sweden hasn’t been to war for 200 years – but has the country really been neutral ever since?
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  Monday 4 May 2009
  Swedish newspaper editors hand over almost 210 thousand signatures demanding the release of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak from an Eritrean jail. Danish Carlsberg, also Sweden`s biggest brewer, gets into hot water over its conduct in the developing world. Springtime means wedding time for many, we check out the nuptial trends for 2009.
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  Thursday 30 April 2009
  Continued Swedish concern over the globally spreading swine flu infections, Walpurgis Eve celebrations here, Swedes marking those red-flag waving May Day solidarity rallies on this international labor day and Swedes loving the clock and punctuality like almost nobody else.
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  Tuesday 28 April 2009
  As concern about Swine flu grows, we talk to the Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. Stockholm’s defence think tank says there’s a worrying trend of arms imports into the Middle East. The Swedish authorities have approved the construction of what’s been described as the biggest ever Swedish research facility, a next generation radiation accelerator. Once again it’s time for Swedish children to flood the streets selling little plastic flowers.
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  Monday 27 April 2009
  As the world moves to contain the Swine Flu outbreak, we look at preventative steps taken by Sweden. Covert CIA activities involving Sweden, the military says it`ll investigate Wild boar cause thousands of accidents every year but now help is at hand. Going boldly where no one has gone before.we`ll find out how Sweden is observing the International Year of Astronomy.
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  Friday 24 April 2009
  A new chapter in Swedish-Iraqi relations – Sweden re-opens its embassy in Baghdad. Making nuclear plants safer – hear about a Swedish MEP’s fight on the European stage. And why do students of the University college of Arts, Crafts and Design need to hire lawyers in future?
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  Thursday 23 April 2009
  The high profile Pirate Bay trial may have to be reheard. The judge has been accused of a conflict of interest. Sweden ends up speaking for the European Union at the UN conference on racism in Geneva. The Swedish police warn that pretend refugees may be spying on dissidents from their home countries here. Global issues such as the environment, international trade, security and culture have all been discussed at this week’s European Youth Parliament session in Stockholm.
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  Wednesday 22 April 2009
  Is Sweden’s upcoming EU-presidency the last hope for Turkey’s membership ambitions? Fair trials for file sharers – hear why Sweden imposed its will on the European stage. And provocative Spanish art in the centre of Stockholm.
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  Tuesday 21 April 2009
  Could the global recession lead to more racism across Europe? We speak to Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg. From Abba, Volvo and blondes to murder, detectives and blood, has the recent wave of succesful Swedish crime novels changed prejudices about Sweden? And how serious is the threat of changing climate to our cultural heritage?
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  Friday 17 April 2009
  Coming up over the next half hour, the guilty verdict in the Pirate Bay trial over copyright infringement. We`ve a round-up of the day`s news Also, Holidaying Swedes off to the coast this summer can expect more than just sunburn. On a visit to Stockholm an organisation protecting Muslims around the world is impressed with how traditions are respected in Sweden And we visit the Ingmar Bergman tribute festival
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  Thursday 16 April 2009
  How has the Swedish media treated the return of convict Annika Östberg? Is it copyright infringement or a collection of links? The verdict in the Pirate Bay trial comes Friday. With turnout figures in the upcoming European election predicted to be low, how are Swedish schools teaching the next generation about the European Union?
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  Wednesday 15 April 2009
  Sweden’s Finance Minister unveils his Spring Budget. Is it a recipe for success or disaster? We ask the experts. School suspensions; A welcome clampdown on classroom troublemakers or a step too far? Spotify, the Swedish success story that’s making waves in the UK
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  Tuesday 14 April 2009
  Honour related violence - A shocking new report shows 4,000 teenagers in the nation’s capital affected.Find out why it’s standing room only in Stockholm during a certain weekend in June next year. And we ask, is The American Dream alive and well in Sweden?
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  Thursday 9 April 2009
  The Swedish Foreign Ministry reportedly wants to close down embassies and consulates around the world. Shutting down missions in Europe might be especially embarrassing as this country is preparing to take over the EU presidency. Then we look back on Sweden during the Cold War. Not as neutral as one might think. There’s a new online video dictionary to help translate between all the different kinds of sign language. It must be Spring, the Killer slugs are about to make their appearance.
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  Wednesday 8 April 2009
  After serving almost three decades behind bars in California, convicted murderer Annika Östberg is now in a Swedish prison. Sweden leads the world in patent applications. Perhaps not so unexpected from the country of Alfred Nobel. Today is the Roma national day. But how can you do that if you don’t have an actual country?
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  Tuesday 7 April 2009
  Annika Östberg, sentenced to life in California for aiding a double murder, will be serving the rest of her sentence in Sweden A Swedish study looks at the way female human rights activists are targeted by repressive regimes. And we take a look at the question: just why is it so hard for immigrants to become accepted as truly `swedish` Music - Imperiet, `Var E Vargen` Producer: Loukas Christodoulou
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  Monday 6 April 2009
  The criticism-hit head of Sweden`s main trade union federation faces a crisis meeting today to decide her fate A new study shows that Sweden could be throwing away mountains of perfectly good food And Sweden`s football championship kicked off on Sunday Producer: Loukas Christodoulou
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  Friday 3 April 2009
  Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: Continued concern here over pieces of glass found in supermarket chicken around the country. How did the Israeli attacks on Gaza damage Sweden’s development aid projects in the area? Then we visit an unusual art gallery in one of the Stockholm suburbs with a large immigrant population.
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  Thursday 2 April 2009
  A Swedish demonstrator faces police clubs at the G20 summit in London.’Threats against Swedish politicians and the police here at home. A top American election campaign expert giving Swedes some tips on how to win the vote. Gay marriages finally come to Sweden.
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  Wednesday 1 April 2009
  Sweden`s economy in its worse shape since 1939 The EU`s anti-piracy Ipred law comes into force We meet an award-winning writer and hear about her latest published work Who said Swedes don`t have a sense of humour, we take a loom at some of the April fool`s jokes carried in the mass media today...
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  Tuesday 31 March 2009
  Today, reports on how much Swedish youngsters feel respected by adults, alarm reports of pieces of glass in fresh and frozen chicken, a visit to the city of Södertälje just outside of the Swedish capital - attracting attention with some big export companies, refugees from war-torn Iraq and some recent cases of arson -- and some smooth Swedish jazz describing our shortcomings.
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  Monday 30 March 2009
  How serious is the threat of climate change to our cultural heritage As the campaign intensifies to free from prison a Swedish-Eritrean Journalist, we examine the ties between Sweden and the Horn of Africa We bring you all the sporting action from the weekend including success in Russia and a full round-up of the day`s news
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  Friday 27 March 2009
  There`s criticism of the government`s decision to introduce full scale competition on Sweden`s railways, And Sweden`s not part of the G20, but this country will certainly be affected by next week`s meeting in London of the world`s strongest economies.
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  Thursday 26 March 2009
  This year`s Stockholm Water Prize goes to a man whose sanitation work has benefited millions of the poor in his native India We hear a new take on Sweden`s supposed passive role during the Cold war years There`s a reminder of our coming frequency changes and we`ve a slice of electronica from Fever ray..First though we cross over to our newsdesk for all of today`s top stories and join Kris Boswell..
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  Wednesday 25 March 2009
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  Tuesday 24 March 2009
  Getting ready for the unknown, Sweden`s gearing up for its upcoming presidency of the EU. Forget toxic debts and bank bonuses, could the recession lead to the deaths of children around the world? And for all our short wave listeners, all you need to know about our upcoming frequency changes.
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  Monday 23 March 2009
  Could the recession mean the end of bonuses for business fat cats? A central Swedish city is bucking trends and hiring, not firing! It`s almost time for the clocks to go forward, which means frequency change time for international broadcasters like ourselves.
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  Friday 20 March 2009
  We meet some Iraqi writers now based in Sweden, and find out how their lives have changed and how relocating has influenced their work. And we report from Stockholm`s City hall where politicians and dignitaries gathered to discuss the joint future of Sweden and Finland, two countries with a shared past. And you can hear a summary of the day`s news and weather
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  Thursday 19 March 2009
  Revelations that refugees’ chances of staying in Sweden strongly depend on where their applications are considered. According to the National Public Health Institute, smoking is on the decline here. We’ll be meeting a veteran Swedish jazz singer.
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  Wednesday 18 March 2009
  Reports of abuses at a supplier in Turkey for the Swedish furniture giant Ikea. Recent polls have indicated a swing by Swedes in favour of nuclear energy. But a new survey reveals they much prefer renewable alternatives. Sweden’s not part of the G20, but this country will certainly be affected by next month’s meeting in London of the world’s strongest economies.
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  Tuesday 17 March 2009
  Today, sharp protests over slaughter house cruelty in Sweden - with pigs boiled alive, a new report on environment-related illneses here in Sweden, asearch for the phantom of the opera in downtown Stockholm, and some new Swedish jazz .. with a saxophonist longing for home.
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  Monday 16 March 2009
  Kicking the habit, how Smoking is being stubbed out in Sweden When you picture Sweden what do you see? We separate myth from reality. We all want to see the back of Winter but in today`s edition of Radio Sweden we visit the arctic region. That`s all on the way as well as music from this year`s Swedish entry for the Eurovision song contest which is a little operatic...
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  Friday 13 March 2009
  Representatives from an anti-immigration political party in Norway have been visiting a Swedish district with a large immigrant population. Is there something to be learned there? We’ll also find out about a new report that, as the economic crisis continues, looks ahead at labor market trends.
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  Thursday 12 March 2009
  As another mostly gloomy report is presented about the Swedish economy, important top level talks between employers and the unions about the future of the labour market have broken down. We cross borders at one of Sweden`s leading documentary film festivals. Hear another of the favourites in this weekend`s Melodifestival.
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  Wednesday 11 March 2009
  It looks like Sweden’s vehicle manufacturers will be getting one billion euros in support from the European Investment Bank. Today is the European Day for the Victims of Terrorism. We’ll be meeting one of the world’s foremost experts on terrorist threats. We also talk to the head of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, as it prepares to celebrate its centenary.
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  Tuesday 10 March 2009
  Bad news for diesel drivers as the Swedish government presents new plans to fight climate change, Sweden may cut off development assistance if NGO`s don`t cut waste, And we talk to the fairies at an Art Gallery in a Stockholm suburb.
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  Monday 9 March 2009
  In today’s program: a Swedish threat to cut development assistance to criticized United Nations agencies, a medical dispute over what care should be given to the dying - with a Swedish doctor blamed for the death of a tiny baby, a new, fatally dangerous drug killing working class kids in the Swedish west coast city of Gothenburg, and new Swedish jazz - taking a "deep breath."
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  Friday 6 March 2009
  As the world prepares for International women`s day this weekend we hear how repressive regimes do their utmost to silence women activists. And disappearing dialects, we take at the Swedish language And a round-up of the day`s news.
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  Thursday 5 March 2009
  With the elections of the EU parliament rapidly approaching, we’ll be talking with the Vice President of the European Commission Margot Wallström. There’s outcry after revelations that the bosses of state pension funds that lost money last year received huge bonuses. We visit a dance company featuring deaf performers, in what was an underground nuclear reactor in the heart of Stockholm.
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  Wednesday 4 March 2009
  We speak to the Financial Times award winning journalist Gillian Tett who predicted the current credit crisis two years ago. Also we delve behind bars at Sweden`s prison service And we shed some light on Sweden`s ozone layer
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  Tuesday 3 March 2009
  A labour union makes a ground breaking deal with employers to cut workers pay, in exchange for them keeping their jobs, In this global world, how successful is Sweden at standing out and making a name for itself, thanks to what is known as ”Nation Branding”? And could the country that produced Saab, Volvo and Scania vehicles soon be without a car industry?
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  Friday 27 February 2009
  We hear from Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas following his meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister in Stockholm. How Sweden`s model of combined day care/pre-school which allows both parents to carry on with their jobs may be adopted by Germany. And a full round up of the day`s news
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  Wednesday 25 February 2009
  yes, yes, yes the answer Sweden`s Crown Princess Victoria gave to boyfriend Daniel Westling`s marriage proposal as the happy couple made their engagement public during a press conference at the Royal palace on Tuesday...We`ll bring you all the reaction to the announcement as Sweden`s gripped by Wedding fever And also in the programme, from that feel good factor and the Monarchy to Monetary policy and the feel bad factor, we take a closer look at Sweden`s economic policy as it fights recession.
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  Tuesday 24 February 2009
  A royal wedding is coming: Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria announces her long-awaited engagement. Sweden’s state-owned power company is buying its Dutch competitor Nuon. Then, what do ordinary Swedes think about the economic crisis? Our reporter went out and asked them.
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  Monday 23 February 2009
  We look at concern over refugee children separated from their parents without valid passports. A success stories of Iranian immigrants in Sweden. A Stockholm exhibition on the freedom of speech.Good results at the biathlon world championship and Stockholm offers to let fans see a tennis match with Israel to be played without spectators.
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  Friday 20 February 2009
  In this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: The auto-maker Saab is filing for reorganization, after its American owner General Motors announced earlier this week it won’t be putting any more money into the Swedish-based unit. This year is Nature Year in Sweden, marking the centenary of Europe’s first national park. Then we visit the Gothenburg Film Festival, where one of the themes this year was cinema from EU candidate country Turkey.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-19 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 19 February 2009
  In today’s program - the continuing turbulent discussions about the fate of the American-owned Swedish automobile maker Saab - and the thousands of workers employed here, more calls on the Swedish government to bolster the battle against Green House pollution, a 20th birthday salute to a round Stockholm building - the biggest of its kind in the world, and newly-recorded Swedish opera.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-18 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 18 February 2009
  The Swedish government expresses extreme disappointment in General Motors’ plans for SAAB. As the Pirate Bay trial continues, we meet some of those involved in both sides of the case. We’ll also look at the new official study on culture in Sweden, with controversial recommendations for government policies in the area.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 17 February 2009
  Tough new immigration rules under discussion. A Swedish-American Institution celebrates 80 years And we look for a ghost or two in a famous old opera house
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-16 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 16 February 2009
  One of the highest profile court cases in the age of the Internet begins, as the founders of the Swedish Pirate Bay site face trial.. A town in Sweden is bouncing back against the recession, and meet the British Eurovision fans that go to a pub in London, to watch the Swedish Song Contest.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-13 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 13 February 2009
  Banks have been collapsing around the world over the past year, leading to the much feared Credit Crunch. The Swedish banks published their annual figures this week, are they too on the edge of a precipice? And we meet Loney Dear, a former cyclist, now a new star on Sweden`s Indie music scene.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-11 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Wednesday 11 February 2009
  news of a record low interest rate for SwedenThe Swedish government sells off troubled investment bank Carnegie, promising that it’s a good deal for the stateHow a Swedish labour dispute influenced striking workers in the UKAnd we shed more light on last week’s historic government agreement on energy policy.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-10 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 10 February 2009
  The Save The Children Fund warns of growing child poverty in Sweden, Should Sweden be neutral, EXCEPT if a Nordic neighbour is attacked? And why isn`t Sweden making the most of its highly educated immigrants?
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 9 February 2009
  Another Racist scandal involving Sweden`s police force. Find out why a land dispute in Turkey has mobilised a whole community in Sweden. We visit the African film festival in Stockholm
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-06 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 6 February 2009
  We’ll also hear abut a global environment report on how we can save the planet - if we act quickly, visit the downtown Stockholm arts center to see how babies are getting a chance to crawl around in the world of art and salute Sweden’s reindeer-raising Samis celebrating this their national day.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 5 February 2009
  The Center Party sets aside three decades of opposition to nuclear power, opening the door to an extension of atomic energy in Sweden. Revelations the police used extremely racist language during violent clashes with young people. As the government plans to expand the Swedish forces in Afghanistan, we look at how traditions of neutrality and international peacekeeping are conflicting.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-04 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 4 February 2009
  Concern over the fate of a Swedish journalist imprisoned without charge in Eritrea. Agreement and disagreement among Swedes over wind power here. Stockholm’s Mediterranean Museum reopens what may be one of the world’s greatest exhibitions about ancient Cyprus.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-03 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 3 February 2009
  Scandinavian Airline SAS announces a massive restructuring plan after enduring one of the worst year’s in its history.The Swedish government offers up a new rescue package for the banking sector And we’ll be visiting the Stockholm art event of the season, dubbed the Spring Art Salon.
• Radio Sweden 2009-02-02 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Monday 2 February 2009
  Sweden pay`s tribute to one of its greatest sporting heroes. Also , the difficulties of growing up in Sweden, we speak to the National Children`s rights society. And we bring you all the news and interviews from the Gothenburg Film Festival.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 30 January 2009
  10 years after Europe started preparing for it, and in the middle of a bad time for the Swedish Krona, some are now asking: Does Sweden need the Euro? And we meet a man helping thousands of traumatised women in Africa, this year`s winner of the Olof Palme Prize, Doctor Denis Mukwege.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-20 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Thursday 29 January 2009
  Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu hits out at Sweden over a deal to sell its main strike warplane to South Africa ten years ago. We take a look at Sweden`s interventionist role in the world`s conflict zones. And neither free nor annonymous. Why Sweden`s health care centre`s tests for HIV come under fire.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-28 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 28 January 2009
  The government proposes a new plan to merge Sweden’s counties into a system of regions. Should an art project include expensive treatments for the hard-pressed healthcare system? What is expected to be one of Sweden’s biggest films of the year has just been released. Unusually, it’s completely in English.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-27 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Tuesday 27 January 2009
  Ten years on from the launch of the Euro, should Sweden now adopt the currency?We visit ”holocaust by bullets” one of the events and exhibitions marking Holocaust memorial day.We catch up with some of the entries competing for the Gothenburg festival’s short film prize
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-26 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 26 January 2009
  In today’s program – Swedish police boasting of strong measures to tackle hate crimes proves to be wishful thinking, what Sweden and the Red Cross want to be done after the war in Gaza, a Swedish Indie pop musician, and a salute to a veteran Swedish jazz singer with an international reputation today celebrating her 85th!
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-23 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 23 January 2009
  o sexism please, we`re Swedish? Complaints about sexist adverts are rising. And we find out about a whole new generation of culture vultures... babies!
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-22 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 22 January 2009
  Sweden`s government officially presents its package to fight the recession Sweden and Finland continue to mark the 200th anniversary of their divorce, Going boldly where no one has gone before….we`ll find out how Sweden is observing the International Year of Astronomy.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-21 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 21 January 2009
  Sweden reacts to yesterday`s historic events in Washington DC, Gay Marriage gets one step closer in Sweden as bills are presented to parliament, and just how true are the clichés about Swedes and sex?
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-20 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 20 January 2009
  What`s it like being an Aristocrat in one of Europe`s most famously socialist countries With History being made over in Washington, we hear from American - Swedish gospel singer Cyndee Peters And find out who won the Swedish public`s vote for sportsperson of the year.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-19 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 19 January 2009
  In today’s program: a new book looking at Sweden’s much criticized decision to giving up 2 Egyptian refugees to American CIA chasing would-be terrorists, a report on a famous Swedish diplomat who saved thousands from German WWII concentration camps but was murdered in Jerusalem while mediating in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the continuing controversy over downloading music illegally and some new Swedish folk music with a touch of jazz.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-16 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 16 January 2009
  In this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: Two hundred years since Finland was detached from this country and taken over as part of Russia. We visit a conference on American-Swedish cooperation in green technology. It’s Art’s Birthday.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-15 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Thursday 15 January 2009
  Swedish police confirm plans for 9 special taskforces to hit back at organized crime. Strap yourself in for a comfy ride as we visit the world`s first jumbo jet hostel, parked at Sweden`s Arlanda airport. And we hear from a serbian activist in Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-14 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 14 January 2009
  A debate in the Swedish parliament by party leaders on the Gaza conflict and the rising number of jobless here in Sweden. We’ll also hear what the Israeli ambassador to Stockholm says about the Gaza crisis. Then, file-sharing in Sweden and the debate over downloading music and films.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 13 January 2009
  The fate of the not quite so Swedish car makers Volvo and Saab. We cover the annual Swedish film awards the Gold Bugs. Then just how true are the clichés about Swedes and sex?
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-12 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 12 January 2009
  The prospect of a new model of car for Volvo workers in Gothenburg. We hear from the leader of Sweden`s main opposition party on a weekend of demonstrations against Israel. And a new exhibition in Stockholm uncovers the dark side of globalization, the international trafficking in human beings for the sex trade.
• Radio Sweden 2008-01-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 9 January 2009
  Is Sweden next in line for the superbugs? And a new Swedish book tells all about the fight for human rights in Serbia. All that and more in today`s programme from Radio Sweden!
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-08 (MP3, 16 mb)
  
  Thursday 8 January 2009
  Sweden`s Foreign Minister calls for a solution to the Gaza conflict as the first Swedes are allowed to leave the area, Could the credit crunch mean a boost for domestic tourism in Sweden? And find out who had reason to celebrate at last night`s Grammis Swedish Music Awards gala.(Due to copyright reasons we are unable to play the full-length version of this report, go to www.radiosweden.org for the full length version)
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-07 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Wednesday 7 January 2009
  A thaw in the deep freeze brings misery to drivers in western swedenWe hear from two researchers calling for a change in the way Sweden assists developing countries.And find out which branch of the entertainment industry is booming in Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 5 January 2009
  Can the violence in Gaza be stopped? Sweden`s Foreign Minister is in the Middle East for talks. Fireworks continue to cause injuries here, and we visit the home, the studio and the art gallery of one of Sweden`s best known sculptors, Carl Milles.
• Radio Sweden 2009-01-02 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 2 January 2009
  Coming up today, Burkini and blåstråle, we take a look at some of the new words added to the Swedish language in 2008 And We hear from a group of humanists discussing ways to combat religious intolerance at home and abroad
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-30 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 30 December 2008
  With large scale violence returning to the Gaza strip we look back on the life of a Royal Swede assassinated in Jerusalem 60 years ago while working as a UN mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bill Schiller has a round-up of the days top news stories and Bill also previews an international festival dedicated to Sweden`s greatest Film and theatre director and there`s music from Mando Diao.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 29 December 2008
  Swedish reactions to Isreali strikes against targets in the Gaza strip A look back at the career of Brazilian superstar Pelé and Swedish support satellites could help to keep huge communications orbiters on course
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 23 December 2008
  We’ll check out Christmas choirs in this choir-loving country. We’ll also visit a Christmas market and meet some of the performers at a highly unusual Christmas cabaret at a 19th century theater here in Stockholm. Then we’ll hear more Swedish jultide music with a humorous beat.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-22 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 22 December 2008
  We’ll meet an Irish singer living in Sweden providing a heavy dose of politics and international solidarity in his performances in this country and elsewhere. Then we’ll hear how the usual Christmas holidays with pay enjoyed by most of the working population here is only a dream for those migrant workers without the right papers.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-19 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 19 December 2008
  We visit a Christmas market and a yuletide cabaret with a difference! We meet the winner of the Karolinska Institute’s Medical prize. There’s a full round up of the news and some christmas music as well.Happy Christmas!
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-18 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 18 December 2008
  In today’s program, suspicions that Nobel prize committee members have accepted bribes from China, a survey sounds the alarm over the poor health of school-age children in Sweden and alarm reports claiming that pigs in Sweden are suffering because of unfit conditions and Swedish-Romanian cultural co-operation in the creation of newly composed music.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 17 December 2008
  In today’s program: a date has been set for the proposal on that long-delayed Sweden’s same-sex marriage law, Swedish jule tide traditions, newly-recorded alternative Christmas music and Romanian-Swedish cultural co-operation in the world of literature and music.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-16 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 16 December 2008
  Reports about an earthquake, new criticism against immigration authority, and new hope for prostate cancer patients
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-15 (MP3, 0 mb)
  
  Monday 15 December 2008
  The EU`s newly approved Climate package is called waterered down and way-off the mark Sweden`s golfing great Annika Sörenstam exits centre stage And we hear a little history about Sweden`s Labour movement.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-12 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 12 December 2008
  Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: We’ll be finding out about the thriving Swedish computer game industry. Then, Saturday is Lucia, which means tonight is party night around Sweden. We’ll be exploring why an Italian saint is so big in the Protestant sub-Arctic, and about the new alternatives for the traditional blue-eyed blond female Lucia who appears in schools and workplaces everywhere around this country.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-11 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 11 December 2008
  More debate over the best way for immigrants to get integrated into Swedish society, Kids patrolling the public transport system to combat violence and vandalism gets the big thumbs up in a new report, and we visit the home, the studio and the art gallery of one of Sweden`s best known sculpturers, Carl Milles.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-10 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 10 December 2008
  Today is Nobel day, and we’ll be covering the ceremonies here in Stockholm, and in the Norwegian capital Oslo, where the peace prize is awarded. We’ll meet some of the laureates, find out why they’ve been honored, and take you to the prize ceremonies.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-09 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 9 December 2008
  s Sweden prepares for the big Nobel festivities Wednesday, the alternative Nobel Prizes are handed out, And the Swedish government gets ready to give record companies and film studios more rights to stop illegal file sharing on the net.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-08 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 8 December 2008
  We report on the new coalition put together by Sweden’s three major opposition parties to contest the next election, an alliance that already has a sizeable lead in the polls. After years of declining stocks, there’s some apparent good news for the Swedish fishing community. Christmas is coming. The Swedish Post Office has geared up for the season, while the Postal Museum is sharing the Joy of Packages.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-05 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Friday 5 December 2008
  In the spirit of Christmas, How the Art World stepped in to help the homeless. And Sweden gives a boost to Romanian culture.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-04 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 4 December 2008
  A record cut in interest rates from the Swedish central bank. A new report accuses the police of caring more about quotas than about actually catching drunken drivers. Then we meet the disabled athlete who swept the field in Paraolympic gold and now has won the award for athlete of the year here in Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-03 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 3 December 2008
  Following Ford`s move to sell off Volvo cars, the Swedish auto industry has been dealt another blow as US car giant General Motors considers selling off its Swedish subsidiary Saab. But an auto industry expert sees the news as a golden opportunity for the Iconic Swedish brands.. Bringing the printed page to life we follow in the footsteps of a late Swedish crime novelist whose detective novels have gripped not just Scandinavia but the whole of Europe And wondered how we`re celebrating Christmas on Radio Sweden?
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 2 December 2008
  We visit a local council where established parties are cooperating with the xenophobic Sweden Democrats. Religious leaders from around the world present a climate manifesto, And we present some of the artists in next year`s biggest Swedish music event.
• Radio Sweden 2008-12-01 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 1 December 2008
  Radio Sweden today looka at media concentration on the politicians here in these times of global financial crises, concern in a far southern Swedishs town over the influence of a right-wing, anti-immigrant party, religious leaders worried over global warming hoping to influence coming top-level discussions on the environment, which Christmas presents are popular this year and a connection some Swedish pop music has to the battle against HIVand the fears of discrimination on this World AIDS Day.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-28 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 28 November 2008
  Death threats and artistic integrity at the Stockholm Film festival. We’ve a round-up of the week’s news including more job losses in the construction industry. Then we talk to the main party in the coalition government about its proposal that newly arrived immigrants sign a contract that they agree to abide by Swedish values and laws.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 27 November 2008
  High grades for home language instruction, but the education minister is not convinced. The Swedish Baltic empire may be long gone, but the Swedes certainly still care about security in the region. Estonia’s defence minister has been here for talks. Sweden’s trade unions are working to help labor organizations in other countries, as well as helping paperless migrant workers who come to Sweden has refugees.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-26 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 26 November 2008
  Are Swedish hospitals in need of a major scrub up? Sweden has fewer drug users than many other Western countries, but a growing number of drug related deaths are worrying the authorities. And he is dominating the bestseller lists all around the world, several years after his death. Just what is it about Stieg Larsson’s books that is enthralling readers around the world?
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-25 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 25 November 2008
  Kids patrolling the public transport system to combat violence and vandalism gets the big thumbs up in a new report, and rather than wind and water power, is the future of the world`s energy usage actually a step back time to the days of coal?
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-24 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 24 November 2008
  Today we’ll be talking about this first snow storm of the season hitting the eastern coast - especially just north of the capital - and the efforts to keep those buses and trains still running despite the winter weather, an angry debate over the high salary of the postal services boss - who now offers to work for free, a strange character who lives in the Swedish forest - eager to teach youngsters all about nature and a musical Swedish tribute to the late Swedish saxophonist Arne Domnérus.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-21 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 21 November 2008
  Sweden has ratified the Lisbon EU Treaty, but the vote was not uncontroversial. We’ll be hearing how the authorities are trying to deal with the problems of child sex tourism. Then, with Christmas on the way, we visit the headquarters of the Swedish Post Office, to find out how they cope with the season, including letters to Santa, and what are all those red mailboxes that are about to appear on the streets?
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-20 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 20 November 2008
  The Swedish Parliament votes on the Lisbon treaty Will the financial crisis affect what Father Christmas delivers to Swedish homes? And it’s 150 years since the birth of one of Sweden’s most popular writers, whose personal life is now discussed almost as much as her books.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-19 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 19 November 2008
  From strip joints to camouflaged, illegal brothels... The Nordic sex worker – a voluntary choice of the profession or victims of drug addication or social chaos? Will Norway be the first Nordic neighbor to adopt Sweden’s controversial law banning the customers of prostitutes? These are some of the questions we cover in this half-hour look at prostitution in the Nordic zone.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-18 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 18 November 2008
  Abused children or fakers? Just why were dozens of refugee kids hit by the so-called "apathetic children syndrome". What can you do to save the planet from climate change? And we meet the Brazillian footballing legend that first made his mark here in the World Cup in Sweden 50 years ago.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-17 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 17 November 2008
  Sweden agrees to ban Cluster Bombs, Could the rocky economic waters in the Baltic States capsize Swedish banks? And we`ll be visiting Stockholm`s Ethnographic Museum, which has completely revamped its exhibition about native Americans.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-14 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 14 November 2008
  A Doctor from Gothenburg tells us about his medical treatment of hidden refugeesWe delve behind the scenes into the world of Swedish Fashion which is making a name for itself on the international stage.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 13 November 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-12 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 12 November 2008
  As the world economic crisis grows, the Swedish government suddenly announces what is essentially a cut back in unemployment benefits. Swedish support for critics of what has been called the last dictatorship in Europe. Then we meet non-governmental organisations trying to reach the public at Stockholm’s central station.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-11 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 11 November 2008
  The Swedish state is forced to save Sweden`s biggest investment bank, Swedish kids with diabetes aren`t getting the help they need, and meet one of this country`s fastest growing organisations, the Humanists.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-10 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Monday 10 November 2008
  Today, a report claiming that Swedes committing sexual crimes against children abroad have a good chance of escaping any punishment, a check on the lack of human rights progress around the globe, the Swedish archbishop hoping for an Inter Faith approach to climate change and the hot saxophone of a Swedish composer taking us to ”New Places.”
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-07 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 7 November 2008
  Is Big Brother watching you? While the bugging law caused major political discussions, cameras on the Swedish streets seem less controversial. We take a look. And moving to Stockholm can be a nightmare, especially if you don`t have the cash to buy a flat or house, find out all about the housing situation in Sweden`s capital.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-06 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 6 November 2008
  Sweden is to allow gay marriage by next summer. Are our growing consumption habits leading to an ecosystem meltdown? And we visit one of Stockholm`s most prestigious art galleries.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 5 November 2008
  Today - reaction in Sweden to the American presidential elections, collisions of opinions regarding urban development here in the Swedish capital and Swedish big band music about ”human ingredients.”
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-04 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 4 November 2008
  The world`s focus is on today`s Election in the US, but how much do Swedes care about what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic? And we find out about a mystical forest creature that Swedish kids love.
• Radio Sweden 2008-11-03 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 3 November 2008
  Swedish Queen Silvia calls for tighter laws against Child Porn, Sweden, like much of the rest of the developed world is heading towards recession, we take the temperature of the Swedish Economy, and we`ll be visiting a Swedish school that has successfully taken on the challenge of stopping bullying.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 30 October 2008
  Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is in Afghanistan for talks with political leaders and to meet the Swedish forces there. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month is ending here, we`ll be speaking to a survivor of the terrible disease. Then we’re off to the theatre to see Sweden’s only theatrical hypnotist.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-29 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Wednesday 29 October 2008
  Sweden’s Central Bank bails out the troubled Carnegie investment bank, to reduce the risk of serious disruptions to the country’s financial system. Internet use in Sweden is huge but just how safe is it? We’re at Stockholm’s main train terminal to hear from some of Sweden’s NGO’s talking about their work.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-28 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 28 October 2008
  In today’s program, Iceland’s financial crisis is in the focus as Nordic political leaders gather in Helsinki. Stockholm has hosted an international conference on the situation in Somalia. Then we’ll be visiting a famous Stockholm art gallery where they’re celebrating three artists who brought color to what had been a very dreary Swedish art scene in the early years of the last century.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 27 October 2008
  It’s been ten years since a fire at a discotheque in Gothenburg took the lives of 63 young people. But questions are being asked if there have been any improvements in fire safety? What’s an immigrant? A new report explores attitudes about diversity. With the United States much in the news here as the American elections approach, the US and Sweden hold a conference on cooperation in green technology. And happy International Teddy Bear Day.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-24 (MP3, 23 mb)
  
  Friday 24 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-23 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 23 October 2008
  Sweden presents a 200 billion dollar package to stabilize the country`s banking structure. And we meet one of Denmark`s most iconic writers, Suzanne Brögger.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-22 (MP3, 23 mb)
  
  Wednesday 22 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-21 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Tuesday 21 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-20 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 20 October 2008
  In today’s program, the ”Silent Tsunami”, the effect of the financial crisis on rising world food costs. Then, what happens when a gay couple think they are adopting a toddler, but instead get a 15 year old homophobic delinquent? We meet the director of a new Swedish film comedy. And stayed tuned, at the end of the program we’ll have the details of our new shortwave schedule.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-17 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 17 October 2008
  In today’s program we look at the Swedish Radio’s series of children`s stories in Sweden`s five official minority languages. This time -- here comes Golem! We’ll also find out why violence is increasing among some youngsters - especially the girls and hear some new Swedish jazz.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-16 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 16 October 2008
  In today’s program, a Swede killed in Iraq is accused of being al-Qaida’s second highest leader there. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded less than a week ago. But a new book claims that most of the prizes have been awarded to the wrong people. And there’s criticism about the quality of Swedish food.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-15 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 15 October 2008
  Today`s progrma looks at an ongoing study of one of shadows of the Swedish welfare state revealing the abuse of foster children back in the 20’s, Sweden -- on the fast track to quicker rail travel, how climate change affects Swedish international development projects and some new Swedish jazz, samba and Latin rhythms called “Mambo Atomico.”
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-14 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 14 October 2008
  Today`s program includes concern over child refugees in Sweden, comments on the Nobel memorial prize in economics, Swedish relations to Belarus and a 90th birthday salute to Cuban-Swedish composer and piantist, Bebo Valdés.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-13 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 13 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-11 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 10 October 2008
  . Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: We go to Oslo where the Norwegian Parliament has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Finland’s former president Martti Ahtisaari, for his work as an international peace mediator on several continents. Then, how to beat the bullies at school...why no student needs to suffer alone.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 9 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-08 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 8 October 2008
  Today is Nobel day number 3, this time it`s chemists around the world that have been waiting for that call from Stockholm. Volvo Cars announce yet more lay off plans, now another 3000 car workers in Sweden are to go, And we meet the notorious Pirate Bay and their nemesis, the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-07 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 7 October 2008
  Today, the Nobel prize in physics. At the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, permanent secretary, Gunnar Ökvist reveals the winners. An opposition proposal for same-sex marriages, a new book written by the homeless in Sweden - an army of men and women trying to survive approaching winter in this cold Scandinavian nation and a brand new recording of a Swedish music collective of the 70’s.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-06 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 6 October 2008
  Today. The first of this year’s Nobel prizes - this time in medicine.. going to a German who discovered the virus causing camcer of the womb and a French woman and a Frenchman who’ve discovered the HIV virus destroying immune defense. Sweden supports Iceland in its bid for a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council, and we hear some Swedish music which salutes the world’s children on this the UN’s International Children’s Day.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-03 (MP3, 17 mb)
  
  Friday 3 October 2008
  The fashionable Swedish man has undergone some changes - find out what’s hot and what’s not. | The Islamic infrastructure is growing - Islamic banking is on its way to Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 2 October 2008
  he EU`s Blue Card system won`t be enough says Swedish business, As the economy falters, more and more Swedes are turning to Pawn shops for loans, And Sweden`s mobile national theatre celebrates 75 years on the road.
• Radio Sweden 2008-10-01 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 1 October 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-09-30 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 30 September 2008
  Foreign visitors stay at home as the credit crunch hits the Swedish tourist industry, Sweden`s Government wants to fund pro-democracy moments around the globe, And finally, are you a Nimby or a Yimby? We fill you in on the battles raging over Urban Development in Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2008-09-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 29 September 2008
  The center-right alliance government plans to reform Sweden’s foreign aid policy. | Swedes generate more household rubbish than ever before, but where does it all go? | And one of Stockholm’s cemeteries is also a UNESCO World Heritage site and has weekly guided tours for tourists.
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  Friday 26 September 2008
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  Thursday 25 September 2008
  Could a special court be the cure for the government’s surveillance law woes? We’ll find out how the bank rescue plan in the United States was inspired by a similar approach here in Sweden. And it’s 50 years since women were allowed to become Vicars here.
• Radio Sweden 2008-09-24 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 24 September 2008
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  Tuesday 23 September 2008
  wedish journalist Dawit Isaak starts his seventh year in an Eritrean Jail, without a trial. Was Sweden overrun by Eastern Europeans wanting to claim welfare benefits when the EU expanded? And hear why commuters in Stockholm might take the boat in future on their way to work.
• Radio Sweden 2008-09-22 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 22 September 2008
  The government presents its` budget to parliament with plans to cut taxes and boost spending, but will the measures work in the face of a global financial crisis And, Later on we meet the notorious Pirate Bay and their nemesis, the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau.
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  Friday 19 September 2008
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  Thursday 18 September 2008
  Fewer and fewer Swedes are dying from heart attacks, half the number compared to a decade ago, what`s the secret? Can red hot jazz really be a cool green as well? Then we`ll be meeting a Greek sea captain, who is also a Swedish multi-millionaire.
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  Wednesday 17 September 2008
  A Swedish-Danish-Chinese milk plant in China closes down after deadly chemicals are blamed for killing and injuring infants, we mark the 60 year anniversary of the murder of a member of the Swedish royal family - assassinated while mediating in the Middle East, a positive sign of the integration of refugees and immigrants into Swedish society and a traditional Swedish march tune -- blending folk, jazz and blues.
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  Tuesday 16 September 2008
  The US Ambassador to Sweden doesn`t pull any punches as he calls for Western Europe not to rely on Russian gas and oil. We`ll also meet the woman who will be shaping the future of rail traffic in Sweden.
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  Monday 15 September 2008
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  Friday 12 September 2008
  Radio Sweden Friday Clean and integrated – we meet an organization that helps immigrants who have drug problems. Religious and fasting – how do Muslims in Sweden celebrate Ramadan?
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  Thursday 11 September 2008
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  Wednesday 10 September 2008
  Could Swedish Students be forced out onto the workplace earlier to save the Welfare State? A new report says hate crimes were on the up last year, but fewer attacks against Muslims were registered. And Puffins, rotten shark meat and sheep heads. Icelandic cuisine hits Stockholm.
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  Tuesday 9 September 2008
  The Georgian crisis forces Sweden to rethink defence policy, We meet a man who has won a whopping 14 Paralympic Gold medals, hopefully with more to come... And 70 years ago Swedish trades unions and employers made a groundbreaking deal, setting the path for decades of economic stability. But is it now old hat?
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  Monday 8 September 2008
  Politicians, people renting their apartments and landlords are colliding over proposed changes on the Swedish housing market -- which some warning that this would low-income earners out of the city centers. We’ll also find out why the state liquor stores in a Sweden with strictly-regulated alcohol policies don’t like the idea of giving Swedes the legal right to buy wine online, how doctors are prescribing exercise to combat a long list of diseases, and listen to some new Swedish music called Country & Eastern,
• Radio Sweden 2008-09-05 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 5 September 2008
  Radio Sweden Friday Why are some groups of immigrants more accepted than others in this country? And what can especially Somalis do to integrate themselves more into Swedish society?
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  Thursday 4 September 2008
  Is the West bullying Russia? A Swedish think-tank says yes. And the government of the autonomous Finnish Åland Islands, just off the Swedish coast, visits Stockholm.
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  Wednesday 3 September 2008
  Today we’re celebrating Radio Sweden’s 70th birthday with a full day of activities in Studio 5 at Broadcasting House in Stockholm. Our program today is a live broadcast from Studio 5, including a retrospective on our 70 years, and among our guests are Radio Sweden personalities from years past.
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  Tuesday 2 September 2008
  Could adultery be in the genes? A new study says it might! Swedish politicians of all colours have been taking the temperature at the American party conventions, what do they think, and who should be the next president? And we meet the director of a new Swedish comedy. What happens when a gay couple think they are adopting a little baby, but instead get a 15 year old homophobic tearaway?
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  Friday 29 August 2008
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  Thursday 28 August 2008
  Sweden`s Education Minister gets his figures mixed up, A Swedish Bank joins the fight against child pornography, Stockholm has been the host for almost 2 decades of the annual World Water Week. But what has it actually achieved? We take a look.
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  Wednesday 27 August 2008
  Russian irritation following Sweden’s criticism over the Georgia crisis. Islamic banking is on its way to Sweden. Tuesday saw the awarding of the Polar Music Prize.
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  Tuesday 26 August 2008
  A German woman on trial for the killing of two children and the attempted murder of their mother is sent for psychiatric evaluation with the court saying there was convincing evidence to show she is guilty. Could thousands of English cancer patients be dying for no reason? Swedish researchers look how lives could be saved. Then we travel the globe once more for our fourth and final meeting with Swedish Radio’s foreign correspondents.
• Radio Sweden 2008-08-25 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 25 August 2008
  A German woman on trial for the killing of two children and the attempted murder of their mother is sent for psychiatric evaluation with the court saying there was convincing evidence to show she is guilty. Could thousands of English cancer patients be dying for no reason? Swedish researchers look how lives could be saved. Then we travel the globe once more for our fourth and final meeting with Swedish Radio’s foreign correspondents.
• Radio Sweden 2008-08-22 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Friday 22 August 2008
  A study showing that Swedish history teachers know little about the Holocaust has sparked harsh criticism. The Swedish Radio correspondent covering the nations south of the Sahara talks about the challenges of her job.
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  Thursday 21 August 2008
  One hundred fifty-three lives are lost in the crash of an airliner belonging to a subsidiary of the Scandinavian Airlines. We talk to the winner of this year’s Stockholm Water Prize, who has no doubts about whether vegetarianism can help solve the world’s water scarcity. We also meet Swedish Radio’s correspondent in Moscow.
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  Wednesday 20 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Wednesday We visit a Swedish city that successfully conducts a campaign to reduce the emission of its greenhouse gases. We’ll also meet the Swedish Paralympic squad. And today’s program is brought to you by the letter ”Ö”.
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  Tuesday 19 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Tuesday The World Water Week - a mega conference with thousands of international delegates – but what has been achieved in two decades? Both the EU and the UN criticize Sweden for not doing enough against racial discrimination. And today’s program is brought to you by the letter ”Ä”.
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  Monday 18 August 2008
  What kind of picture do Swedes get of the world outside of Sweden? We ask the people whose job it is to tell them. Truth and Reconciliation for one of Europe`s most oppressed minorities. And today`s program is brought to you by the letter "Å".
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  Friday 15 August 2008
  Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: We meet the new head of the National Institute of Public Health, the first immigrant to ever hold that position. Then we’ll be visiting the Swedish Emigrant Insitute, the museum in southern Sweden dedicated to the more than one million Swedes who emigrated from this country to North America during the 19th century and early twentieth centuries.
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  Thursday 14 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Thursday After rather disappointing results in the Beijing Olympics, Sweden’s hopes turn to the Paralympic team. The Viking Age is being resurrected at the town of Birka. Our daily language course finally reaches the letter “Z”.
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  Wednesday 13 August 2008
  Sweden is accused of racial discrimination - by the Swedish United Nations Association. The letter Y takes you to small town Sweden. And enjoy the music of Karl Martin Almqvist.
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  Tuesday 12 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Tuesday The conflict between Russia and Georgia continues - does Sweden have to rethink its security policy? And we’ll tell you why Swedes just love to sing in the public during the summer.
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  Monday 11 August 2008
  In today`s program with more Swedish news and voices, the Swedish Foreign Minister Calls for an immediate end to the bloodshed in the Russian-Georgian conflict. We also meet the Swedish American of the year and some Swedish fashion designers in this the biggest week in Sweden`s fashion year, and we`ll hear some more Swedish folk music.
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  Friday 8 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Friday Stockholm’s Nordic Museum invites immigrants to tell their stories in order to “commemorate migration”. We look at the prospects of the Swedish team as the Beijing Olympics finally kick off.
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  Thursday 7 August 2008
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  Wednesday 6 August 2008
  Radio Sweden Wednesday Focus on the cameras: Today we meet Sweden’s Lennart Nilsson, one of the world’s most renowned scientific photographers, and we get a glimpse of what Stockholm looked like 100 years ago. We’ll also continue with our language course as we reach the letter “V”.
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  Tuesday 5 August 2008
  In today’s program, we’re off to a Swedish pawnshop and to Stockholm`s Maritime Museum -- where the 70th birthday celebrations range from pirates and model ships to an exhibition about gay life on Swedish cruise liners in the 1950`s. We continue with our journey through the Swedish alphabet - landing on the letter “U” … and hear some Swedish medieval music - describing that heroic St. George and his battle with the dragon.
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  Monday 4 August 2008
  Swedes imprisoned abroad; just how many are there and what do we know about them? Also, Why Sweden is a world leader in Green technology.... Clip.. Bill Schiller is at the newsdesk and has today`s headlines.... BS And we kick-off a new week of ABC`s and discover the Swedish word for Thanks You...
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  Friday 1 August 2008
  Today`s program looks at a possible Truth and Reconciliation for one of Europe`s most oppressed minorities - the Roma, why the Swedish Helsinki Human Rights Committee is working on behalf of lesbians, gays, trans persons and bi-sexuals in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and some music from Swedish singers participating in the ongoing Europride-Stockholm event.
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  Thursday 31 July 2008
  The hymen has been cause for debate here. Swedish experts say it doesn’t exist but many women have surgery to ensure blood on their wedding night. Politics and happiness. Can it work? The Green Party is all smiles. Today we bring you: the letter ”S”
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  Wednesday 30 July 2008
  In today’s program, we’ll look at re-cyling in Sweden to save energy and resources, find out how big a business are Swedish weddings - getting ever more popular, continue with our journey through the Swedish alphabet - coming to the letter “R,” and bring you some Swedish folk music.
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  Tuesday 29 July 2008
  In today’s half hour from Radio Sweden, we attend an international conference here in the Swedish capital on the mass media, meet Barbara Hendricks, an American-born Swede with an international reputation - on the music stage and as a champion for human rights and continue with our July journey through the Swedish alphabet - coming to the letter “Q.”
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  Monday 28 July 2008
  Divorces are creating rifts in the European Union. Sweden won’t back a new EU policy. Stockholm Pride is underway here in Stockholm and LGBT rights are top of the agenda. The letter ”P” makes a guest appearance.
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  Friday 25 July 2008
  In today`s program, we’ll meet another ambassador accredited to Stockholm – this time from South Africa. We’ll tell you what education opportunities there are in Sweden for mature students and we’ll hear some Swedish music helping to launch Europride celebrations in Stockholm – with its focus on the human rights, culture and visibility of gays, lesbians and trans persons in all of Europe.
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  Thursday 24 July 2008
  While the country holds its breath waiting for a verdict in a high-profile murder case - is the media spinning out of control? We look at a case that has challenged Swedish praxis from the start. Can politicians convince you to move to Gotland? It’s proving to be a tough task. And the letter ”O” makes a guest appearance.
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  Wednesday 23 July 2008
  70 years ago Swedish trades unions and employers made a groundbreaking deal, setting the path for decades of economic stability. But is it now old hat? It was a night of disappointment for the Swedes at the DN Gala Athletics meet in Stockholm, And today`s program is brought to you by the letter "N".
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  Tuesday 22 July 2008
  ”Late, late, late but good, good, good.” Swedish reaction to the arrest of war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic. And will survivors finally find peace? We go to a Stockholm suburb for one woman’s story. Also in today’s programme: a UNESCO World Heritage site and the letter ”M” stands for ”mycket.”
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  Monday 21 July 2008
  In today`s program, we’re off to the Stockholm jazz festival and we’ll salute Sweden’s 18th Century poet and troubadour Carl Michael Bellman. We’ll also continue with our journey through the Swedish alphabet - today landing on the letter “L” and tell you about a very special 70th birthday coming up for Radio Sweden’s English language service.
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  Friday 18 July 2008
  Today`s program continues with meetings with foreign ambassadors accredited to Stockholm -- this time an envoy from New Delhi , looks at the adoption of foreign-born children here in this Scandinavian nation and presents some music from the ongoing Stockholm jazz festival on a downtown city island.
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  Thursday 17 July 2008
  Radio Sweden Thursday An Internet-based DNA-test has given rise to both curiosity and criticism. Norway is going on a charm offensive to make Swedish consumers buy cod again. And in our ABCs we get to know the Swedish word for “maybe”.
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  Wednesday 16 July 2008
  The bus strike is over. Liberal Party bigwigs call on the government to think again over the FRA surveillance law. Some call it the last dictatorship in Europe, but what is life like as a journalist in Belarus? We`ll find out. And we`ll get all positive as we take a look at another letter of the Alphabet.
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  Tuesday 15 July 2008
  Swedish researchers link a lack of vitamin D to autism. Allsång på Skansen is in full swing! Swedes have been singing along since 1979. And in our ABCs: ”I” stands for ice.
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  Monday 14 July 2008
  The political week in Almedalen finally reaches it`s end with speeches from the two opposite sides of the political spectrum, the Conservative Moderates and the Left Party. The government of the autonomous Finnish Åland Islands, just off the Swedish coast, visits Stockholm, and we take a look at another letter in the Swedish Alphabet.
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  Thursday 10 July 2008
  The Christian Democrats hit out at the xenophobic Sweden Democrats in Almedalen, Thousands of refugees from war-torn Somalia have moved to Sweden over the past decade, at a very special conference here in Stockholm many of them discussed the situation in their homeland. And in today`s look at the Swedish Alphabet, we look at a letter linked to every dentist`s worst enemy.
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  Wednesday 9 July 2008
  It`s the turn of the Social Democrats to speak at Almedalen, promising to scrap the controversial FRA bugging law. We find out exactly what it takes to become an astronaut, and then it`s time for our look at the Swedish Alphabet, which this time involves blood, sweat and for many Swedes, plenty of tears.
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  Tuesday 8 July 2008
  Join us at the biggest political event of the year: Almedalen. Maud Olofsson outlines her party as the green consciousness of the coalition government. But, do voters buy it? Support for the government has been plummeting. Today’s programme is brought to you by the letter ”E.”
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  Monday 7 July 2008
  The annual Almedalen circus has begun, with politicians, lobbyists and basically anyone with an opinion trying to grab the headlines in Sweden`s biggest annual political get-together. We meet a couple of Arabic Children`s writers on a visit to Stockholm. And we continue our look at the Swedish alphabet, with a letter that conjures up images of Midsummer Celebrations, hills and revolution.
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  Thursday 3 July 2008
  The Swedish government makes moves to fight organised crime by Motorcycle gangs, Ever miss the days of homework and essay writing? Well, it`s never too late to go back to school! and we give Sesame Street another run for their money and take a look at the letter "C".
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  Wednesday 2 July 2008
  We enter the competitive world of Free newspapers, 1.5 million readers in Stockholm alone, but are they any good?We meet more winners of the Anna Lindh Memorial prize including a young Swedish woman who’s converted to Islam and who wears a head scarf: And it’s day two of our journey through the Swedish alphabet.
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  Tuesday 1 July 2008
  We celebrate 70 years of Radio Sweden Digging around the sub-arctic areas of Northern Sweden. Then we start our A to Z guide on all matters Swedish.
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  Monday 30 June 2008
  Visiting Sweden, the former secretary general of the United Nations calls for environmental justice for the developing world, killer slugs from Spain devoure Swedish flowers and crops, a boom in foreign tourists visiting Stockholm and Swedish music with a Brazilian flavor.
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  Friday 27 June 2008
  Some 25 million people dead from AIDS, 30 million people living with HIV...the failure to halt the global pandemic of HIV and its impact on impoverished communities has led to the virus being identified as a world distaster by the Red Cross. Then the EU tells Sweden it could do better when it comes to tackling racial discrimination.
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  Thursday 26 June 2008
  How do you define a city? Who is in and outside a city? And does it matter? One Swedish researcher thinks so. And we`ll look at a very Swedish phenomenon that has listeners glued to their radios all summer.
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  Wednesday 25 June 2008
  A new survey reveals that Swedish kids have a nice relaxed childhood compared to other European youngsters, but that all changes when they hit 15. Find out why. Climate change in the Arctic is threatening indigenous species, such as the Arctic Fox. And foreign students` free rides at Swedish Universities could be reaching the end of the road.
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  Tuesday 24 June 2008
  We report on Swedish police and other European colleagues breaking up an international trafficking ring, look at urban development defining just what a modern city is, and then visit Stockholm`s Maritime Museum -- where the 70th birthday celebrations range from pirates and model ships to an exhibition about gay life on Swedish cruise liners in the 1950`s. And we’ll hear some new Swedish jazz - telling us just how dance-loving cowboys do the waltz.
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  Monday 23 June 2008
  Burmese exile Khin Ohmar joins us and hits out at the West for missing the chance to help opponents of the burmese goverment Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Comments on the Zimbabwe crisis. Why Sweden’s bus system is a trip too far for the humble tourist.
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  Thursday 19 June 2008
  Sweden’s soccer dreams went up in smoke. We look at Sweden’s role in the ongoing EU dilemma. And why do the police feel they need to be more visible? That and more!
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  Wednesday 18 June 2008
  Big Brother faced a compromise as Swedish lawmakers voted on new email and phone monitoring legislation. If you’re a fan of mystery novels and crime scene television series - our reporter has a reality check for you as we report on the Stockholm Criminology Prize. And a hip Swedish songbird blasts off into Madonna’s world.
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  Tuesday 17 June 2008
  As Sweden’s politicians debate the proposed controversial Surveillance Law, we ask whether Swedes see it as a threat to personal integrity.More police on the streets, Sweden’s boys and girls in Blue adopt a higher profile, but will it cut crime.And Swedish Brain researchers say they’ve solved the mystery of whether you’re born gay or not,
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  Monday 16 June 2008
  Today`s program reports on the Swedish prime minister`s comments on the Irish referendum rejecting the European Union`s Lisbon Treaty, the Stockholm Criminology Award, a dialogue between Sweden and the Islamic world and a famous Swedish musician and composer who died in a diving accident.
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  Friday 13 June 2008
  Radio Sweden Friday The US Envoy to Sweden speaks out on the candidates of the 2008 presidential race. A Viking village is being rebuilt with old tools.
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  Thursday 12 June 2008
  In today`s program: a slap at the Swedish center-right government for failing to prepare for a national disaster, and a Swede visiting from Hollywood - a winner of his 2nd Oscar for film sounds, a Swedish governmental commission calling for more Swedish language training as well as legal and social education for Moslem religious leaders working in this Scandinavian country and new Swedish jazz -- the Sound of Splendor in search of a mystical friend.
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  Wednesday 11 June 2008
  Wind energy is proving to be a force to be reckoned with in Sweden, We visit an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, and Sweden win their opening game in the 2008 European Football championships.
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  Tuesday 10 June 2008
  In today`s program, a Zimbabwean opposition leader visiting Sweden expresses hopes and fears for a new, democratic African nation. Efforts to give Moslem religious leaders in this Scandianvian country more knowledge about how Swedish society works. A visit to Stockholm’s open air amusement park and new Swedish folk music - with inspiration in text and melodies reaching back over the centuries.
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  Monday 9 June 2008
  In today`s program: The latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reveals that world military spending continues to grow, with nearly half of all arms purchases by the United States. Sweden’s national pharmacy chain is preparing to face private competition. And we investigate how successful Sweden is at “nation branding”.
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  Thursday 5 June 2008
  We’ll be looking at the naked truth behind Sweden’s policy of neutrality and non-alignment. Is it all steam ahead for the Swedish economy or are global market shockwaves being felt here?
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  Wednesday 4 June 2008
  We’ll bring you news from the 4th International Polar Year. Swedish consumers are doing their bit to save the Baltic Sea’s cod stock.
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  Tuesday 3 June 2008
  Will Sweden eliminate its stockpile of cluster bombs?What can be done to feed the World as Sweden’s Minister for Agriculture leads a Swedish delegation at the Rome summit on the global food crisis. The news in full coming up and We’ll also find out how Stockholm is trying to attract more airplane flights to the city to help boost tourism.
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  Monday 2 June 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday The World Newspaper Congress in Gothenburg discusses challenges for the freedom of the press The government has launched a set of subsidies to get people to get their teeth checked more often And young people gathered in Gothenburg for the ”Parliament of the Suburbs”
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  Friday 30 May 2008
  Today`s programme will take a look at the big conference on the rebuilding of Iraq that was held here in Stockholm yesterday. If you`ve watched the tv news or tried to take a bus here in town you will know all about it. But what did they achieve? And what will the conference mean for the war torn country? Thousands of refugees have arrived in Sweden from Iraq over the past few years. Many of them having gone through horrible events, but how easy is it to get over them? And what help is there available here? We`ll be finding out.
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  Thursday 29 May 2008
  Sweden is hosting an international conference on Iraq Thursday, among the 100 participants the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and American Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. We’ll be also looking at Sweden’s refugee policies towards Iraq and exploring concerns that aid to the Palestinians is going wrong.
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  Wednesday 28 May 2008
  Today`s program lookas at new environmental moves by the Swedish government concerning electrically-driven automobiles and off-shore wind power, global efforts to give legal protection and economic power to the poor, an Australian here to receive her award from royal Swedish hands -- the world`s biggest prize for authors of children`s books and new a cappella versions of classical Swedish songs and poetry.
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  Tuesday 27 May 2008
  The Largest police presence seen in Sweden for many years; The International Conference on Iraq takes place in Stockholm in just two days time, we look at what it hopes to achieve.Also, Long waiting lists, wrong diagnoses, and violations of a United Nations convention, just some of the criticism levelled at the mental health care given to young people here.And Kris Boswell investigates some strange goings on at the back of our studios here at Broadcasting house.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-26 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Monday 26 May 2008
  The Greens get serious at their Party Conference, 90 percent of Swedes say the authorities aren`t doing enough to combat discrimination, It`s half time for Sweden`s center-right coalition government, struggling in the opinion polls, how do they think they are doing?
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  Friday 23 May 2008
  Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: What’s it like to be disabled, as well as an immigrant, in this country? 1968 saw youth revolts around the world, most notably the May 1968 strikes in Paris, and the demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. That same spring forty years ago also saw the occupation of the student union building in Stockholm. We’ll also be looking at the plethora of free newspapers here, and how they are affecting the Swedish media scene.
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  Wednesday 21 May 2008
  Radio Sweden Wednesday The winners of the 2008 Polar Music Prize have been announced - but what is the award actually worth? What role can green technology play when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions? From the oldest human remains in Europe to today - where do we actually come from? An exhibition at the Swedish Museum of Natural History looks for answers.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-20 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 20 May 2008
  Was it a Soviet submarine patrolling Swedish waters? More theories coming up. We’ll also be looking at the growing problem of motorcycle gang crime. Could Sweden double its efforts to cut greenhouse gasses? Environmental groups think they have the answer.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-19 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 19 May 2008
  Cod is off the Swedish menu as overfishing scares off Swedish consumers, And it`s hard enough moving to a new country as it is, but what if you also have some kind of disability?
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  Friday 16 May 2008
  Coming up in this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: We visit a Stockholm recycling center to learn how Swedes dispose of their trash in a climate-friendly way. And this week marked the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. We look at Swedish relations with the Jewish state, and concerns over the treatment of the Palestinians.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-15 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 15 May 2008
  Hear all about the pro’s and cons of the European Blue card and Kris Boswell discovers a wealth of talent on offer at Sweden’s Top Art School.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-14 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 14 May 2008
  Swedish, Israeli and Palestinian comments on this 60th anniversary of the birth of a nation, the Stockholm-based European Union Emergency Operations Center for Disease Prevention and Control, a top Swedish golf star has announced an end to her professional competitive career and new Swedish jazz located "In Another World."
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-18 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 13 May 2008
  We’ll be checking in on the International Polar Year. Does the European Elk hold the key to studying climate change? And the topic of many a Swedish conversation: the housing market.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 9 May 2008
  he funeral takes place this weekend of a ten year old girl murdered on her way home from football practice, but the decision by SVT to broadcast the burial ceremony live on television has sparked heated debate. The seemingly endless violence in Somalia receives worldwide attention but the environmental degradation of the country including large deforestation and the dumping of nuclear waste receives little coverage. In today`s Inside Sweden we meet a somali man who`s set up a Somalian environmental organisation in Sweden to draw attention to green issues in his native country and get somalians interested in nature in Sweden.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-08 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 8 May 2008
  Gruesome revelations at Swedish cemeteries, Polar researchers gather in the north of Sweden to look at the effects of Climate Change, And the Tibetan issue continues to feature in the Swedish Media, with discussion over where sports and politics do really mix.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-07 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 7 May 2008
  Radio Sweden Wednesday Foreign Minister Carl Bildt steps into the European spotlight as Sweden takes over the presidency of the Council of Europe on Wednesday. The head of Sweden’s Green Party Peter Eriksson tells us what he learned from fellow Green Parties during an international conference in Brazil. We visited a space recruitment center and found out what a tough ride it is to become an astronaut.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-06 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 6 May 2008
  We’ll hear from the Swedish Red Cross as the death toll keeps rising after Cyclone Nargis. A highly contagious ’winter’ virus is becoming more resistant and threatens to plague Swedes year-round. And there’s another chance to hear the Swedish take on Public Service.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 5 May 2008
  In today’s program: The Swedish nurses’ strike doubles in size - and spreads throughout the whole country, a Swedish visit byorganizers of an international campaign to focus on the human rights situation in Tibet - as China prepares for the Olympic Games, student parties in this Nordic nation as youngsters graduate from secondary school and new music from a highly-praised Swedish composer and guitar player.
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-12 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 5 May 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday As the nurses strike enters its fourth week - will public sympathy start to waiver? Our food can be a big contributor to climate change - what can we do about it?
• Radio Sweden 2008-05-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 2 May 2008
  RADIO SWEDEN FRIDAY The Social Democrats criticize the center-right coalition for what they call unnecessary tax cuts. Stockholm’s new mayor Sten Nordin tells us how he wants to govern the Swedish capital in future. And a conference in Uppsala debates the human right of sexual freedom.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-30 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 30 April 2008
  In today’s program - a special look at the European Union’s proposed Lisbon Treaty and what it means for Sweden and the other EU members, a Swedish professor whose written a book about American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and some Swedish music connected to the politics and merry-making of exactly this time of year in this far northern nation eagerly waiting for spring.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-29 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 29 April 2008
  Education, education, education. The Opposition Social Democrats present their shadow Spring Budget. Far-right organisations are getting more radical in order to get noticed, And warfare on the sexual barricades, a conference in Uppsala looks at questions of sexual health and education across the EU.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-28 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 28 April 2008
  Dialogue instead of bombs and bullets. The American holding the first prestigious Anna Lindh Professorship shares her thoughts on the world. When it comes to selling Sweden’s Super fighter jet - there’s an interesting ”we will if you will” deal. The snail mail of a famous Swedish author is celebrated.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-25 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 25 April 2008
  It`s that wonderful time of year again as over 7 million income tax return forms are sent off around the country. But it`s actually not as difficult as you might think, as the tax man is only a text message away. And food glorious food. Forget herring and meatballs, we take a look at Sweden`s new national dishes of Tacos, Pizza and Kebab.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-24 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 24 April 2008
  The European Youth Parliament wasn’t afraid of controversial topics when they met here in Stockholm. And roll up, roll up! Sweden’s oldest fairground is about to re-open its doors for the 125th time!
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-23 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 23 April 2008
  Today`s includes Swedish schools reporting on more targeting from neo nazi groups, Sweden’s prestigious Crooford prize honoring pioneers in the international worlds of research in mathematics and astronomy, Stockholm trying to attract more airplane flights to the city to help boost tourism, and Swedish music saluting a tiny fellow no bigger than your thumb.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-22 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Tuesday 22 April 2008
  A Today`s program looks at a Swedish government- appointed study recommending that parents in Sweden sending underage children out of the country to compulsory marriages be sent to prison, the return to Stockholm harbor of one of the city`s most prominent tourist treasures -- a 19th century sailing ship, youngsters with foreign backgrounds learning their own languages at home in Sweden and Nordic rythms from a Danish-Norwegian group playing at a Stockholm jazz club.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-21 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Monday 21 April 2008
  We take a look at photographic journalism in the developing world? Stereotypical portraits of poverty and hunger, or a way to prevent warfare and abuse?There were fears they would come in their hundreds of thousands just to rip off the Swedish Welfare State. But what did actually happen when the EU expanded into Eastern Europe 4 years ago?
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-18 (MP3, 17 mb)
  
  Friday 18 April 2008
  In this edition of Inside Sweden we’ll meet the host of a radio program about the Swedish language, and talk a little about how immigrants have affected Swedish. Then the Swedish Parliament hosts a seminar about dialogue between the Western and Islamic worlds.
• Radio Sweden 2007-04-17 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 17 April 2008
  In today`s program: the Swedish political scene is rocked by the surprise resignation of the mayor of Stockholm, a little Swedish paper flower with a 100 year history helps the poorer children in this Nordic nation, why Swedes love to trade with Germany - but have lost much interest in the German culture and language and a brand new album of a harmonious Swedish singer and her musical colleagues.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-16 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 16 April 2008
  It may not be boom times for the economy right now, but Sweden`s baby boom shows no sign of slowing down. Is Swedish development assistance doing enough to live up to its aims of fighting poverty, and promoting democracy and human rights, including the rights of women.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-15 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 15 April 2008
  A long at Sweden`s Spring Budget and other news.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-14 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 14 April 2008
  A surprise confession shocks the nation and the missing 10-year-old girl is found murdered. Swedish versus English - who will win the battle of the languages? And women are doing it for themselves - but how are they faring on the Swedish business scene?
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-11 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 11 April 2008
  As Sweden’s Prime Minister arrives in China for climate talks we hear from one of the leading figures in Sweden’s Tibetan community who says human rights in Tibet should be top of the agenda and Sweden should host any dialogue between chinese leaders and the Dalai Lama.And we’ll hear from Hans Caldaras, the leading Romani cultural personality in Sweden, reflecting on the issues facing his people today.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-10 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Thursday 10 April 2008
  Stockholm’s horizon is recognizable once more - the ”af Chapman” youth hostel is afloat again. And all that jazz - Swedish style.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-09 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 9 April 2008
  In today`s program from Radio Sweden: a top-level Swedish Norwegian dispute over whaling, a look back 40 years ago - when many Polish Jews forced to leave their country fled to Sweden, why more Swedish single women are determined to have babies - with the help of the medical system and some new Swedish music dedicated to the silver, gold and iron bells of human life and death.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-08 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 8 April 2008
  In today’s programme from Radio Sweden, the days top headlines... and: Sweden’s holy grail of neutrality... Just how holy is it really?And Sweden prides itself as an advocate of human rights. But there’s considerable criticism about the denial of healthcare to undocumented migrants here.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-07 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 7 April 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday Opposition urges Prime Minister to take up human rights issue in talks with China Swedes will get to buy non-prescription drugs in ordinary supermarkets Stockholm tries to convince commuters to take the boat
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-04 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Friday 4 April 2008
  Today`s program looks at this week`s visit of the Turkish Prime Minister to Stockholm as seen by a Swedish parliamentarian for the opposition Green Party - a man with Turkish background, and how Swedes eager to reduce green house gas emissions are cutting down the energy used to heat our houses and apartments - and warm the bath water.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-03 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 3 April 2008
  Membership in Sweden`s Social Democrat Party may be in sharp decline but there is hope for the future, according to its youth wing. Also in the programme, a famous building in Stockholm is celebrating its 80th birthday, with the help of two winners of the prestigious Nordic Literature Prize.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-02 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 2 April 2008
  The government encourages people to love their dentists. Good or bad? Hear what editorial writers make of the postal merger. Goodbye pills and hello brisk walks. ”Physical activity” is on the prescription pad.
• Radio Sweden 2008-04-01 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 1 April 2008
  Today`s program reports on the Swedish government presenting its annual survey of human rights around the globe, on new Swedish government efforts to get more women into the world of business - running their own companies and on the boards of major firms, and on a top-level fued over the planned Stockholm museum devoted to the historical giants of Swedish pop -- ABBA.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-31 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 31 March 2008
  Sweden`s state-owned liquor group is sold. Record number of AIDS patients. Time travel with us! Europeans just got older!
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-28 (MP3, 24 mb)
  
  Friday 28 March 2008
  Post-Traumatic stress, insomnia, headaches, just some of the psycholigical problems encountered by volunteer doctors working with undocumented migrants, denied access to regular healthcare. We meet a doctor from one of these underground clinics and discover a world of fear and despair. And joining us on Inside Sweden, Izzy Young, renowned figure in the world of folk music ,long time resident of Stockholm and early promoter of Bob Dylan..
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 27 March 2008
  It’s party time for graduating students. But there’s a dark side as well. The 1970s and 80s produced a flurry of reports from global commissions. But are we any wiser today? Our new shortwave schedule comes into effect on March 30.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-26 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 26 March 2008
  As precious water resources go down the toilet - we look at the water cycle that many of us would prefer not to talk about. Globalization - the friend or the enemy of international solidarity? With Daylight Savings Time comes our new shortwave schedule!
• Radio Sweden 2006-03-25 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 25 March 2008
  Terrorism and insurgency, successes and failures ... researchers and security experts had a lot to talk about here in Stockholm. Germany is Sweden`s largest trading partner. But is the relationship at risk? Swedes seem to show no interest in the country or the language. And some news from us! Our shortwave schedule changes on March 30th - have pen and paper at the ready!
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-24 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Monday 24 March 2008
  Today`s program from Radio Sweden once again comes from the Royal Dramatic Theater here in Stockholm -- celebrating the 100 year birthday of the imposing marble building and the 220th anniversary of the creation of the theater itself by command of the king. We meet some of those working at the theater at it`s Stockholm waterfront home -- and at the newer site of the theater`s modern, experimental stage -- a converted electricity plant just down the road.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-21 (MP3, 16 mb)
  
  Friday 21 March 2008
  Easter is a very special holiday season in Sweden, with many customs going back to the Middle Ages. Today with our host George Wood we`ll be exploring those traditions as well as some modern changes. We`ll learn about the Easter witches who go trick or treating on Holy Thursday and travel -- at least in myth -- to the spooky Blue Mountain, and we`ll visit the open air cultural museum Skansen to find out about Easter food. We also take you to Stockholm`s Sofia Church where there are many celebrations of this very religious festival, including a Rainbow Mass, and on the line to the headquarters of the Swedish weather service, we`ll find out about the arrival of Spring.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-20 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 20 March 2008
  The government backs down on its heavily criticised medical coverage proposal.Road Chaos is expected for the Easter weekend.And Carolina Kluft says goodbye to the heptathlon and hello to the long and triple jump.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-19 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 19 March 2008
  In today`s program from the Swedish capital: Sweden`s foreign trade minister says she wants to fight trade protectionism, but at the same time she`s being slated for promoting trade at the expense of international development co-operation. The continuing debate here on the coming Olympic games in Beijing -- some against and some strongly in favor of a boycott because of arrests and violence in Tibet and Chinese support to the military regime in Burma and other scenes of human rights violations at home and abroad, and some new Swedish jazz from a quartet making noble music "As knights concur."
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-18 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 18 March 2008
  In today’s programme: There are more calls for an Olympic Boycott following the unrest in China, but would it really help the Tibetans? Swedish athlete Stefan Holm says no, but is he right?Is the European Union doing enough to guarantee sexuality and reproductive health rights? A group of activists met in Stockholm ahead of Sweden’s upcoming presidency of the EU.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-17 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 17 March 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday Non-governmental organizations accuse the Swedish government of breaking its own policy when it comes to arms trade. What do Swedes eat? Is there a genuine Swedish food culture? Eurovision winner of 1999, Charlotte Perrelli, will represent Sweden even at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Serbia. Perrelli won the Swedish pre-selection by a small margin.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-14 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 14 March 2008
  One of Britain’s very few Romani journalists tells us of his experiences on the road in Sweden and the issues facing the Roma Community today.”Home not home” Sweden’s vision of Turkey as a natural member of the European Family.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-13 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 13 March 2008
  One of the leaders of Sweden’s most Eurosceptical political parties makes a u-turn, and says the EU is the key to stopping climate change.Sweden hosts the EU’s first line of defence against Sars, Bird Flu and other deadly infectious diseases, we were at the official opening of the Emergency Operations Centre at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-12 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 12 March 2008
  : Long waiting lists, wrong diagnoses, and violations of a United Nations convention…just some of the criticism over the mental health care given to young people here. Then we meet the latest star in Swedish rap music.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-11 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 11 March 2008
  After a decade of abstinence, why it`s now okay for breast feeding mums to enjoy a glass of wine or two. We meet the Swede who helped Estonia beat off a Cyber attack that was threatening to bring down the entire country`s Internet services. And Racism, Refugees and Mental Illness put to music.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-10 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 10 March 2008
  A new law does not seem to be keeping convicted sex offenders out of Sweden’s schools. When it comes to development cooperation - is the EU giving with one hand and taking with the other? A love affair with Brazilian music. Meet a Swedish Jazz musician.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-07 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 7 March 2008
  In today’s programme:The Swedish government says the best way for immigrants to get integrated into society is through getting a job, but are they right?American country music stars, Palestinian and Israeli women signing peace deals, gay parents, gang leaders in Haiti, this year Stockholm’s Tempo Documentary Festival celebrates its 10 year anniversary, with films from around the globe.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-06 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 6 March 2008
  Today`s program comes from the Royal Dramatic Theatre here in Stockholm celebrating the 100 year birthday of the building itself and 220 years since the creation of the theatre. Today`s program comes from the Royal Dramatic Theater here in Stockholm celebrating the 100 year birthday of the building itself and 220 years since the creation of the theater.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 5 March 2008
  A report blasts the Swedish policeman. A new Swedish book reveals how people dominate each other – with words and gestures. We’ll also see what’s been hapening to Sweden – 5 years after a national referendum rejected the euro and membership in the European Monetary union.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-04 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 4 March 2008
  Radio Sweden Tuesday Volkswagen buys Scania and Porsche is set to buy Volkswagen - will Swedish employees be the losers of this massive German takeover? Sweden`s International Development Co-operation Agency, SIDA, examines the correlation of climate change and regional conflicts. Iranian, Iraqi and Swedish women want to create tighter bonds of solidarity with colleagues in the Middle East.
• Radio Sweden 2008-03-03 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 3 March 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday In a first reaction to the Russian presidential election on Sunday, Sweden`s Prime Minister expressed his hope that Dmitry Medvedev will increase democracy. Iranian, Iraqi, Swedish and other women have gathered in Stockholm to create tighter bonds of solidarity with colleagues in the Middle East. Stockholm`s National Museum of Science and Technology chronicles the history of computer games, from the first simple games to the latest consoles.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-29 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Friday 29 February 2008
  In this week’s edition of Inside Sweden: They’re here illegally, and they are being denied healthcare. Sweden prides itself as an advocate of human rights. But there’s considerable criticism about the lack of treatment given to undocumented migrants. And we meet the new Swedish head of the international Save The Children Charity.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-28 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Thursday 28 February 2008
  There`s strong criticism about care the elderly in Sweden. We`ll hear about the government`s plans to take up the issue of climate change during the Swedish presidency of the European Union next year. And we visit the annual Spring Salon at Stockholm`s Liljevalch`s Art Gallery.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-27 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Wednesday 27 February 2008
  Testing times. Why the state-run Swedish For Immigrants Language course is marked down for change. Bringing Up Baby, why Stay at Home Dads will be rewarded in more ways than one. And we meet the head of Swedish Public Service Radio...
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-26 (MP3, 22 mb)
  
  Tuesday 26 February 2008
  In today`s program, we take a look at a new report showing that immigrants and refugees face discrimination in the Swedish court rooms. We hear the arguments over why single women in this Nordic nation shouldn`t get the benefits of artificial insemination - without having to travel outside the country. We find out what some Swedes are very worried over what they see as the wave of privatization in medical care sweeping over this Scandinavian country and hear some Swedish jazz from a new album called "Say Yes to Love."
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-25 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 25 February 2008
  As the EU prepares to adopt a new treaty - what role will the rotating presidency actually have? Shouts of concern from Sweden. We’re now three weeks into the marathon Swedish Song Contest - Melodifestivalen - and it’s full of surprises. From Kebabpizza to Carola, we’ll make sure you’re updated.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-22 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Friday 22 February 2008
  Thursday was International Mother Language Day, celebrated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO, and also marking the start of the International Year of Languages. Here in Sweden the day was celebrated in several places, especially by those involved in Mother Tongue Education, programs to help kids who speak a language other than Swedish at home. George Wood talked to Joan Hedenklint, a Mother Language teacher in the Stockholm island suburb of Lidingö:
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-21 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Thursday 21 February 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-20 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Wednesday 20 February 2008
  Radio Sweden Wednesday Sweden`s government faces harsh criticism for what some call a too hesitant behaviour in the Kosovo question. Hear what Swedes can learn from their Danish neighbours when it comes to dealing with the European Union. Find out why knitting has become "en vogue" in cafes and streets of Stockholm.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-19 (MP3, 21 mb)
  
  Tuesday 19 February 2008
  The far right becomes even more radical to hit the headlines. We look at anti-democratic tendencies in Sweden. The role of non-governmental organisations is under question in the sphere of international development co-operation. Join us for the debate.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-18 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Monday 18 February 2008
  Ripples of excitement made their way from Kosovo to Stockholm. Analysis and reaction to Kosovo’s self-declared independence. As all the world is a stage, we’ll take you to Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre. It first opened its doors 100 years ago!
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-15 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Friday 15 February 2008
  The mother of a 16 year old girl who died falling from a balcony in Malmö says her daughter was a victim of an so called honour killing and blames social services and school authorities for what happened. After the government pledged money to help provide protection and support to those victims of honour-related oppression, we hear from the President of a women`s Forum who says Swedish authoririties have been poor at spotting the warning signs and preventing honour crimes but matters are improving. Also in the programme, we hear from an organisation which helps immigrant women in need.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-14 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Thursday 14 February 2008
  The changing face of Sweden. We look at the concrete effect demographic changes will have. Is Big Brother watching you? As governments track suspected terrorists - some Swedish groups say your personal integrity is at risk.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-13 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 13 February 2008
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-12 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Tuesday 12 February 2008
  The Swedish government has backed down in its plans to limit private sick leave insurance policies. More than just IKEA... Stockholm recently hosted its annual furniture fair. With a guest appearance by one of Italy’s top designers. And how will climate change affect international development co-operation? We take a closer look.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-11 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 11 February 2008
  Playing hooky from school is about to get harder. If the Minister for Education gets his way, the police will be able to throw the book at skivers. Swedish trade unions are collaborating to highlight the situation of their colleagues in Zimbabwe. As Zimbabwe prepares to go to the polls, there`s no mincing of words on Swedish soil. Schlager fever is raging! From teenage pop to a golden oldie - Sweden is Eurovision mad. But what`s it all about?
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-08 (MP3, 18 mb)
  
  Friday 8 February 2008
  The government wants to make it harder for some refugees to bring their relatives to this country. There are also new proposals to fight terrorism. The annual report about children in Sweden reveals more and more are feeling troubled, coping with increased stress because of domestic violence. What makes Swedes laugh? We meet the Swedish-Kurdish comedian Özz Nujen.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-07 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Thursday 7 February 2008
  Bullying. Pupils and Parents Fight Back as Schools Pay the Penalty.Caught in the Net. Teenagers Complain of Increasing Harassment on Internet Chatrooms.A Proposal Designed to Fight Global Warming and the EU’s Dependence on Imported Energy. Find Out Why It’s Proving Highly Controversial.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-06 (MP3, 19 mb)
  
  Wednesday 6 February 2008
  The Swedish government wants to have more say in how Development Assistance is spent. Today is the national day of Scandinavia’s indigenous Sami people. 50 years have now passed since the Swedish Lutheran Church decided to ordain women vicars. Nowadays it’s a call much more popular among women than men.
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-05 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Tuesday 5 February 2008
  It`s Super Tuesday - Americans in Sweden have been assured that their votes will count. When the competition gets tough - how does Europe cope with giant economies? And sit back and enjoy another visit to the Gothenburg Film Festival!
• Radio Sweden 2008-02-04 (MP3, 20 mb)
  
  Monday 4 February 2008
  Radio Sweden Monday Sweden has decided to flex its muscles by suspending new payments to development projects in Kenya. We`ll also look back at Gothenburg`s Film Festival - with 450 contestants the biggest one in Northern Europe!