# Radio Sweden Weekly: Election fever hits Sweden Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-sweden-312170/radio-sweden-weekly-election-fever-hits-sweden Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-sweden-312170/radio-sweden-weekly-election-fever-hits-sweden.md Podcast: [Radio Sweden](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-sweden-312170) Published: 2026-06-26T14:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/2812322 Audio file: https://static-cdn.sr.se/laddahem/podradio/2026/06/radio_sweden_radio_sweden_weekly_20260626_1627344163.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-sweden-312170/episodes/radio-sweden-weekly-election-fever-hits-sweden Duration seconds: 1442 ## Resource This week we hear what's been going down at Almedalen on the island of Gotland, the location for Sweden's biggest annual political gathering. Swedish Radio News political commentator Helena Gissén highlights the week's biggest talking points, and Parisa Höglund, host of Swedish Radio's politics podcast Det politiska spelet, discusses some of the more unconventional parties registered for the elections this September. And: We visit Solna to see how local politics can reshape a community. Plus: After Sweden's 1-1 tie with Japan, Susanna Andrén from Swedish Radio's sports desk tells us how Sweden's World Cup squad is keeping its tournament dreams alive. Presenters: Michael Walsh and Babak Parham ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-sweden-312170/episodes/radio-sweden-weekly-election-fever-hits-sweden/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-sweden-312170/radio-sweden-weekly-election-fever-hits-sweden.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.