In this week's episode we talk about strategies for coping with the long Swedish winter now that temperatures have taken a serious nosedive.In politics, with several parties teetering on the brink of the parliamentary threshold, we examine what happens to their votes if they don’t quite make it.For Membership+ subscribers, we discuss new figures from the Migration Agency confirming a major slowdown in citizenship and work permit approvals.Finally, we look at what readers of The Local are telling us about items they miss from home and how they manage to get their hands on them in Sweden.Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton&nbsp;and James Savage.____<h2>Black Friday sale</h2>Here's the <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/membership-offer?tpcc=black-friday-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Friday deal</a> mentioned in the introduction.&nbsp;____And here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:<h2>Winter</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20240105/my-heart-jumps-with-joy-how-foreigners-feel-about-the-swedish-winter?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'My heart jumps with joy!' How foreigners feel about the Swedish winter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20231020/reader-question-when-should-i-change-to-winter-tyres-in-sweden?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What you need to know about winter tyres in Sweden</a></li></ul><h2>Politics</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20251114/the-strange-power-of-the-four-percent-minnows?tpcc=podcast-article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The strange power of Sweden's four-percent minnows</a></li></ul> Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock">https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock</a>.

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