Your questions answered on Sweden's new work permit rules

This week: Halloween, Nato, cable damage in the Baltic Sea, popular TV shows, and we answer readers' questions on Sweden's new salary requirement for work permit holders.

Host Paul O’Mahony in Stockholm is joined from Malmö by The Local’s Emma Löfgren and Becky Waterton.

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Here are links to stories we discuss this week:

Halloween

Opinion: What can Sweden learn from embracing the American Halloween tradition? All Saints

Swedish word of the day: allhelgonadagen Nato & Baltic security

Turkish president sends Sweden’s Nato application to parliamentSwedish government: ‘External force’ damaged cable between Sweden and Estonia Swedish TV series

Are Swedes funny? Explaining the many types of Swedish jokes • – includes regular panelist Richard Orange • ‘s opinion on På spåret • . Swedish reality TV show brings Swedish-Americans back ‘home’ Work permits

‘We’re losing the life we built in Sweden’: Work permit holders dread uncertain futureWho will fill Sweden’s labour gap when immigrants leave?Reader question: Can I meet Sweden’s new work permit threshold by working multiple jobs?What counts as salary under Sweden's new work permit threshold? Correction: A previous version of the podcast incorrectly stated that OB-tillägg can never be counted as salary. It can, if it is regular and mentioned in your employment contract. We apologise for the confusion. Become a member at https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock.

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