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Göteborg, Sverige

• Den norske journalisten och programledaren Fredrik Skavlan berättade, på Bokmässan i Göteborg, om utmaningarna med att göra en skandinavisk talkshow på TV, i tolv år.

Reportrar: Magdalena Johnson & Alexander Maxia Producent: Eden Maclachlan

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• Women in Iceland go on strike for equal pay.
• Sweden is losing highly educated labor to Denmark.

News Presenter: Elvira Hodzic Producer: Eden Maclachlan Reporters: Sara Ek & Magdalena Johnson in Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Joint Nordic pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition.
• Cyber attacks: a new cold war between the West and Russia?
• Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the chairman of the Danish liberal party Venstre, has stepped down from politics.
• Sigfrid Stjärnholm is Uppsala's student of the year 2023.

News Presenter: Birk Cock Aschjem Producer: Eden Maclachlan Reporters: Magdalena Johnson in Gothenburg, Sweden; Borghild Rauø in Trondheim, Norway; Vilhelm Mikael Vestman in Copenhagen, Denmark; Lina Martinell in Uppsala, Sweden. Photo: The Nordic Pavilion, Rimond

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• Sami demonstration seeks removal of windfarms in Fosen.
• UKA, the largest cultural festival in Norway, is currently ongoing in Trondheim.
• New collaboration among Nordic public television broadcasters.

News Presenter: Magdalena Johnson Producer: Eden Maclachlan Reporters: Ludwig Friedrich Hohenstaufhen in Oslo, Norway; Birk Cock Aschjem & Borghild Rauø in Trondheim, Norway.

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Göteborg, Sverige

• Den skandinaviska podden "Norsken, Svensken og Dansken" intog scenen på Göteborgs Bokmässa. Programvärdarna Hilde Sandvik, Åsa Lindeborg och Hassan Preisler pratade med Nordljud om hur programmet startade, vikten av att prata skandinaviska och vad deras favoritdiskussionsämne är.

Reportrar: Magdalena Johnson & Alexander Maxia Producent: Eden Maclachlan

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• Jon Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
• Scandinavian podcast takes the stage at Gothenburg’s Book Fair.
• Nearly half of the students enrolled in the course "Intercultural Studies: Race and Whiteness in Sweden" at the University of Karlstad in Sweden, dropped out within two weeks this term.
• The Norwegian Red Youth Party addressed the climate crisis and its severe consequences.

News Presenter: Sara Ek Producer: Eden Maclachlan Reporters: Magdalena Johnson & Alexander Maxia in Gothenburg, Sweden; Birk Cock Aschjem & Borghild Rauø in Trondheim, Norway.

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• The Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) gathered over 2000 journalists in Gothenburg. Nordljud interviewed Ulla Sätereie, president of the Swedish Association for Investigative Journalism, Carina Pierre Rochard from Fojo Media Institute and the outgoing executive director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, David E. Kaplan, about the conference and the state of investigative journalism.

Reporter: Alexander Maxia Producer: Eden Maclachlan Music: Muckrakers

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• Local elections in Norway brought a big change in the political landscape.
• Low entry requirements for teachers training in Sweden.
• King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf is celebrating 50 years on the throne.

News Presenter: Jack Williamson Producer: Alexander Maxia Reporters: Birte Kamille Øen in Volda, Norway; Sara Ek in Göteborg, Sweden. Photo: Carl XVI Gustaf - from Bengt Nyman - changes were made.

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• Criminal gangs in Sweden use Spotify to launder money, investigation finds.
• Severe shortage of student housing in Umeå
• White whale 'Hvaldimir' has been spotted in several locations in southern Norway and west Sweden this summer. Hear the experience of two who spotted the celebrity beluga.

News Presenter: Alexander Maxia Producer: Eden Maclachlan Reporters: Astrid Einarsson in Umeå, Sweden; Daniel Johansen Larsen, Norway. Photos: Visit Umeå / Daniel Johansen Larsen.

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• The Danish Conservative student association's office in Copenaghen has been vandalised.
• The Swedish Public Health agency asks the government to classify nine substances as 'drugs'.
• Gothenburg University achieved good results according to an environmental impact assessment but more work can be done.

News Presenter: Harry S. Roll Producer: Alexander Maxia Photos: Konservativestuderande (Instagram) / Wikicommons.

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Copenaghen, Denmark

• 'Store bededag' is a Danish holiday that has been celebrated on the third Friday after Easter every year.
• The holiday dates back to the 1600's but this year, the parliament voted to abolish it starting in 2024 to be able to save money, that would go towards defence spending.
• What to people in Denmark think of this holiday? What are their reactions to the abolishing of the day off?

Reporter: Leonardo Taddei

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• Studentradion i Sverige, the national Studentradio organisation in Sweden, celebrated its 30 year birthday in Stockholm.
• Copenaghen has been ranked one of the cities with the best public transport in the world. But what do people who live there think about it?
• Eurovision song contest final in Liverpool is coming up!

News Presenter: Alva Rosengren Reporters: Harry S. Roll and Alva Rosengren - Stockholm, Sweden; Leonardo Taddei - Copenaghen, Denmark. Producer: Alexander Maxia Soundmix: Axel Lundström Photos: Studentradion i Sverige and Visit Copenaghen

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Copenaghen, Denmark

• The first erdition of NORD, a two day democray festival dedicated to youth took place in Copenaghen with young people gathering from across the Nordics.
• It was an opportunity for young people to meet peers from other Noridc countries and discuss problems and solutions
• Identity, Wellbeing and Sustainability were amongst the key topics highlighted in the panels.
• "As soon as we know each other and we are connected on the base of being Nordic countries we can be stronger together and help each other and learn from each other to create a better North and world for everyone".

Reporter: Leonardo Taddei

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• Bergen University pays support for student with spinal muscular atrophy, as the municipality refuses to.
• Study shows that young people in Sweden are averagely drinking less alcohol than they used to.
• Concerns in the UK, as growing numbers of footballers are allegedly getting addicted to Snus.

News Presenter: Harry S. Roll Reporters: Morten Stene- Bergen, Norway; Elvira Hodciz - Sweden. Producer: Alexander Maxia Soundmix: Axel Lundström Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Alexander Maxia

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Björkö, Västra Götaland, Sweden

• Every year, in the build-up to Easter, young people from the islands of Gothenburg's northern archipelago start collecting Christmas treas and hiding them, as part of an old tradition that lives strong on the islands.
• Jacob Ahlberg grew up on the island of Björkö and brings us into the tradition that he was an active part of as a teenager: "bare in mind it was ten years ago since I last took part"
• The highlight of the tradition, nicknamed "Grankriget", the Christmas tree war, is building a big bonfire on the Saturday before Easter.
• Every island has their own fire and competes against the other island on who has the biggest.

Reporters: Jacob Ahlberg and Alexander Maxia -

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• After the Finnish parliamentary elections, outgoing Social Democratic PM Sanna Marin gained more seats, but she still lost the vote. What happens next?
• Stockholm students win prestigious journalistic award Guldspadan for their investigation into 'conversion therapy'.
• Environmental activists sue the Swedish change for not doing enough to tackle climate change.
• Icelandair in trouble on data integrity for use of "Crew App" amongst its staff

News Presenter: Harry S. Roll Reporters: Mira Kokko - Finland; Astrid Einarsson in Karlstad - Sweden; Alva Rosengren - Sweden. Producer: Alexander Maxia Photos: 'Studentpriset' by Astrid Einarsson/Nordljud; 'Eduskuntatalo (Parliament of Finland)' by Jorge Láscar Eduskuntatalo (Parliament of Finland); 'The houseboat at Naturbyn' by Martin Edström/imagebank.sweden.se

Published on: 4th of April 2023

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• The Student Union in Trondheim voted to keep the sponsorship deal with oil giant Equinor, despite having previously declared a "climate emergency"
• 72.000 Swedes took högskoleprovet last Saturday, a difficult test important for getting the right grades for studying at university.
• 'Salmon City' conference took place in Bergen
• Students in Uppsala have waited in line for up to 20 hours to buy tickets, ahead of the upcoming Valborg festivities at the end of April.

News Presenter: Emma Chailloux Reporters: Birk Cock Aschjem in Trondheim - Norway; Morten Stene in Bergen - Norway; Astrid Einarsson in Umeå - Sweden and Axel Lundström in Uppsala - Sweden. Producers: Alexander Maxia & Emma Chailloux Soundmix: Axel Lundström

Published on: 28th of March 2023

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• The Nordic Council's annual meeting discussed the joint action to phase out the production of fossil fuels – to help the region become the world's most sustainable region.
• The motion to phase out fossil fuels was turned down by a narrow margin, with opponents arguing that energy uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine required delaying the goal.
• Residents of the Nordic countries are sceptical that the current political actions will be enough to fulfil the goals of the Paris Agreement.
• What do young Swedes and Danes know about the Nordic Council and what is the first thing they think of when they hear the word 'Nordic'?

News Presenter: Harry S. Roll Reporters: Sara Ek in Reykjavik - Iceland; Petter Myrenberg in Aarhus - Denmark; Gianluca Grasselli in Gothenburg - Sweden. Producer: Alexander Maxia

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• International students will start paying tuition fees to study in Norwegian universities
• Interview to a professor at the University of Bergen and to a fee paying student in Sweden
• 'Lessons learnt' from covid-19 pandemic, interview with Finnish minister Ville Skinnari, about the boarder bewtween Sweden and Finland during the hight of the pandemic.
• Norwegian twins Marcus & Martinus got to the final but the winner of Melodifestivalen 2023 was Loreen.

News Presenter: Elvira Hodzic Reporters: Morten Stene in Bergen, Norway and Javad Maleki in Gothenburg, Sweden. Producer: Alexander Maxia Photo credits: Sofia Sabel/imagebank.sweden.se, Johannes Frandsen/Government Offices of Sweden, WikimediaCommons

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• Sami and environmental activists protested in Oslo against the Norwegian government for 8 days
• Nordljud and Radio Nova interviewed Lars-Bjørnar Nøstan Knutdsen from Sami organisation Noereh and actress turned activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen.
• European Youth Parliament is meeting in Tromso, Arctic Norway, this week
• New graduates in Social Service often work in ´problematic areas´ with little or no experience

News Presenter: Morten Stene Reporters: Morten Stene and Sigrid Solheim Haugen in Oslo, Norway and Alva Rosengren in Gothenburg, Sweden. Producer: Alexander Maxia Photo credit: Sander Jordbakke, Radio Nova and Wikimedia Commons.

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Report is in English and Interview is in Norwegian

Bergen, Norway

• One year after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, students at the university of Bergen decided to dedicate a night to talk about the war in Ukraine
• Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a speech at the event
• Our reporter asks questions about security in the Nordics and how things will change with Sweden and Finland joining Nato.
• "We do not have the interest or the capacity to be a threat to Russia", said Jonas Gahr Støre.

Birte Kamille Øen - Studentradioen i Bergen - news.nordljud@studentradion.se

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• One year after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, interview about security to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre
• Young Sami protesters occupied the department for Energy in Oslo in a protest against the Norwegian government over a windfarm in Fossen
• Loreen's Melodifestivalen performence got interrupted by an activist
• Uppsala University held a lecture with Amina J Mohammed

News Presenters: Charmie Lundgren and Gianluca Grasselli Reporters: Birte Kamille Øen in Bergen, Norway and Axel Lundström in Uppsala, Sweden Producer: Alexander Maxia Cover Photos: Helene Knag (Bergen), Beaska Niila (Oslo), Axel Lundström (Uppsala), Emma Chailloux (graphics)

Published on: 28th of February 2023

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Uppsala, Sweden

• The United Nation's vice general secretary Amina J Mohammaed held a lecture at Uppsala University to talk about the state of the world today.
• In her talk she highlighted several challenges the world is facing from the war in Ukraine, to the climate crisis and the increasing threat of terrorism in Africa: "In the Sahel, a lack of development, the climate crisis and government weaknesses are being exploited by terrorists"
• Amina Mohammed's lecture was dedicated to the memory of Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in a plane accident on duty as General Secretary of the UN in 1962.

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• Students across Scandinavia accused of cheating after using Chat GPT
• Some universities are considering changing the way they do exams
• Cyberattacks against several university websites in Sweden
• Gothenburg Rock band "Soundtrack of our Lives" reunites this Summer

News Presenter: Alva Rosengren Reporter: Morten Stene - in Bergen, Norway Research: Johannes Corshammar Producer: Alexander Maxia

Published on: 21st of February 2023

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