Sweden's Nordic editor Richard Orange was in Visby this week at the Almedalen political festival.
One of the many people he spoke to was Niels Paarup-Petersen, who is the migration, education and digitalisation spokesperson for the Centre Party.
On a walk through the city's medieval streets they discussed the chances of the government surviving after the election.
And what would a new government do about transitional rules for citizenship?
Also, are Sweden's political parties too wedded to incremental growth? Is it time to get a lot more ambitious in the age of AI?
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