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Is your Swedish good enough for university? – Quiz 10

15 min • 12 juli 2025

In this week's episode we once again bring you a Swedish language quiz as The Local's journalists answer multiple choice questions from the vocabulary section of Högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined for the quiz by regular panelists Becky Waterton and Richard Orange.

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