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DN launches 'Edvin meets the parties' interview series for young voters
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DN launches 'Edvin meets the parties' interview series for young voters

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • DN Kulturs new interview series "Edvin meets the parties" premieres with interviews of Swedish political representatives.
  • The series aims to engage young voters and features figures like former Prime Minister Carl Bildt and Liberal leader Simona Mohamsson.
  • Host Edvin Törnblom shared his surprising positive impressions of several interviewees, particularly Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.

DN Kultur is launching "Edvin meets the parties," a new interview series aimed at engaging young voters in the upcoming election. The program features host and podcast personality Edvin Törnblom interviewing representatives from Sweden's parliamentary parties.

The premiere episode includes interviews with notable political figures such as Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister representing the Moderates, and Nike Örbrink, Kristdemokraterna's group leader in Stockholm. Törnblom described the studio atmosphere as "wonderful and very strange," noting that the interviews gave him a completely new perspective on everyone he spoke with.

He expressed particular surprise and delight with Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (Centre Party), whom he initially expected to be uninteresting. "I love businesswomen, and she is a businesswoman down to her fingertips," Törnblom said, finding her "so incredibly cute and nice."

The interview series will also feature Simona Mohamsson (Liberals), Magdalena Andersson (Social Democrats), Nooshi Dadgostar (Left Party), Amanda Lind (Green Party), and Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (Centre Party). The Moderates and the Sweden Democrats declined to participate, with the latter citing a previous comment by Törnblom about Magdalena Andersson being his favorite prime minister. Kristdemokraterna's leader, Ebba Busch, also declined, citing prioritization needs, though another party representative participated.

Det är en underbar och väldigt konstig stämning i studion. Jag har fått en helt ny bild av alla jag har intervjuat.

— Edvin TörnblomDescribing his experience during the interviews for the series.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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