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Episode 3 - For the first time I talk to my relative in Los Angeles, USA. We have the same great grandfather, Birger Lundahl who emigrated to the USA from Sweden in 1903. I just recently found out from a DNA-test that he was my actual great grandfather since my grandfather was adopted.

116 years later the great grandsons of Birger Lundahl are talking to each other for the first time ever. Hear the conversation in the podcast World of Swedish history

Episode 2 - We hear historian Paul Levine talk about the Swedish Ad Hoc diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who helped and saved Jews during the Holocaust during World War II.

How many did he save? Whe did he have business contacts with the Nazis at the same time as he was saving Jews? Why did Sweden have a diplomatic effort to save people during the War?

World of Swedish History is a podcast about Swedish history in English. In the podcast I interview historians about different historical eras of the Swedish history. The goal is to spread knowledgde about Sweden and the rich history of this country.

This is the first episdode in the podcast World of Swedish History, where historians speak about Swedish history in English. Axel von Fersen was born in 1755 and as a young man he became the lover of the French queen Marie Antoinette and a close ally to George Washington. in 1810 he was lynched in the streets of Stockholm after he had been accused of the death of a danish prince who was supposed to be the crown prince of Sweden. Just recently a new eye witness report surfaced about the killing of von Fersen. Stockholm historian Mats Hayen tells the story.