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EPISODE · Mar 28, 2025 · 23 MIN

Radio Sweden Weekly: After decades of cutting debt, Sweden will now borrow money to pay for defence

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After decades of cutting the national debt, Sweden will now be borrowing money to increase investment in the armed forces. But how much is 300 billion kronor and is it because of what is happening in the White House? Swedish Radio's defence correspondent Mats Eriksson is in the studio to tell us more.We'll also hear hear how how an inside joke among construction workers ended up being mistaken for a two-thousand-year-old gold artefact — and why people are protesting about the right to graze for the country's cows.Presenters: Ulla Engberg and Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell

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