High school students from all over Sweden had the opportunity to experience life as a politician in parliament, Monday.

It's about giving young people the chance to be MPs for a day, so that they themselves can live and feel what it's like to work in parliament, to negotiate, argue, to vote and get the feel of what democracy's all about,"

says speaker of parliament Andreas Norlén.

Radio Sweden meets some of the 349 students to find out if they enjoyed being a politician for the day and whether it appealed as a future career, take a listen to the report to find out more.

Dave Russell

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