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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

‘How many beers do you have?’ Swedish PM seeks boost from phone-in podcast

Ulf Kristersson on his podcast.
Ulf Kristersson’s centre-right Moderates party launched Ring statsministern! (Call the prime minister!) this week. Photograph: Tom Samuelsson/Tom Samuelsson/Moderaterna

“Hi Ulf!” says a male voice from the Swedish prime minister’s answering machine. “Just wondering how many beers you have on a Saturday night?”

Another caller to Ulf Kristersson’s new podcast Ring statsministern! (Call the prime minister!), asks whether he is friends with Jimmie Åkesson, the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats party who simultaneously backs his government and is a rival in the upcoming general election.

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