One-third of Swedish Albanians in Skåne
Roughly one-third of all Albanians living in Sweden are concentrated in the Skåne district, where Missé grew up.
Snapshot · We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
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Jun 30, 2026
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Growing Up Albanian in Sweden
At 6:35 · chapter starts 4:57
Paul, who has never been to Sweden but has it firmly on his travel list, leans into the geography and culture of Missé's upbringing. He reveals a research nugget that surprises even Missé: approximately one-third of Sweden's Albanian population is concentrated in Skåne, the district containing Malmö, which gave her family a ready community. Missé explains her parents moved to Sweden when her mother was around 29 or 30, having left Albania partly due to marital tensions — her uncle, already working in the Swedish government, invited them for a break that became a permanent relocation. Growing up surrounded almost entirely by Swedish peers, Missé felt Swedish — but trips back to Albania brought a different verdict. 'You don't even speak the language properly,' relatives would tell her. It is only with age that she has come to feel genuinely proud of her Albanian heritage, even as the question of her identity remained a constant undercurrent throughout her public life.
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