What do foreigners in Sweden miss from home?

<p>This week: Tortuous efforts to form a government, plans to stop teen deportations, how new rules on family reunification could make life harder for university researchers, and what do The Local’s readers miss most when living in Sweden?</p><p>The four parties that claimed victory in the election are still a long way from forming a government, but there has been movement this week as they agreed to meet in person.</p><p>The parties will meet on Friday at a luxury hotel on the island of Lidingö, near Stockholm. But the plan is not to negotiate; instead they will be given a series of briefings on the problems facing Sweden.</p><p>The initiative came from the Centre Party, which has taken a lot of the blame for the lack of progress due to its insistence that the Left Party be denied ministerial posts in any coalition. But will it break the deadlock?</p><p>Host <strong>James Savage </strong>is joined this week by panelists <strong>Mandy Pipher </strong>and<strong> Richard Orange. </strong></p><p><strong>Not yet a member of The Local? <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners</a></strong>. </p><p>Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:</p><h2>Politics</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20261005/four-party-meeting-set-to-test-swedens-government-potential?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four-party meeting set to test Sweden&#39;s government potential</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20261002/magdalena-andersson-once-again-given-job-of-building-new-swedish-government?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Magdalena Andersson once again given job of building new Swedish government</a></strong></li></ul><h2>Immigration</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260924/whats-in-swedens-new-law-on-family-reunification?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What&#39;s in Sweden&#39;s new law on family reunification?</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20261007/qa-how-will-swedens-new-family-immigration-law-affect-researchers?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Q&A: How will Sweden&#39;s new family immigration law affect researchers?</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20260930/qa-who-is-affected-by-swedens-new-law-on-