Radio Sweden Weekly: Swedes among Iranian plane crash dead, could religious schools get banned and golden beetles

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 3:30 p.m.

At least 10 people from Sweden are dead following the crash of a passenger jet shortly after it took off from Tehran. And that number could rise in the coming days.

Sweden's ruling Social Democrats want to ban all religious schools in the country. And a new report, they say, at least gives them the chance to to stop new ones from opening. As the bushfires in Australia continue to burn, we hear from one Swede who's helping battle the devastating blazes in his own backyard. And why are actors and actresses in Sweden vying for the golden statue of a rose chafer beetle? Listen in to find out why. Frank Radosevich / producer and presenter frank.radosevich_ii@sverigesradio.se