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HARDtalk: Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen

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Siv Jensen - Finance Minister of Norway

09/04/2018 GMT

Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen

How does populism work in a country rated one of the world’s richest and happiest?

How does populism work in a country rated one of the world’s richest and happiest? HARDtalk speaks to Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen.

The outside world tends to view Scandinavia as a haven of prosperity, progressive politics and social liberalism, but look closer and you find a powerful strand of right-wing populism fuelled by a suspicion of immigration. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Siv Jensen- Norway’s Finance Minister and the leader of the right-wing Progress Party, a partner in Norway’s Coalition Government for the past five years. How does populism work in a country rated one of the world’s richest and happiest?

(Photo: Siv Jensen of Norway attends the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Town Hall 2017. Credit: Nigel Waldron/Getty Images)

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