It's bananas! Why a Swedish minister has banned bananas on official visits
Paulina Brandberg, Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality and Work Life, has become a national talking point due to her unusual fear — bananas. According to the Swedish tabloid ‘Expressen’, recent leaked emails reveal the extent of her banana phobia,
I need help for my banana phobia, admits Swedish gender equality minister
A Swedish minister is seeking treatment for her phobia of bananas after it emerged government staff had to sweep rooms before official visits on health grounds. Paulina Brandberg, the Swedish minister for gender equality,
Swedish minister's staff insist on banana-free rooms due to 'weirdest phobia'
Bananaphobia can cause serious symptoms like anxiety and nausea and can be triggered by seeing or smelling the fruit.
Staff 'banana-proof' areas for Swedish minister's phobia
A Swedish minister's phobia of bananas has reportedly led to government officials asking for rooms to be free of the fruit. Local media outlet Expressen has quoted from leaked emails it has seen, in which staff working for minister Paulina Brandberg ask for any bananas to be removed before official visits.
Leaked emails reveal scale of Swedish minister’s bananaphobia
Swedish tabloid Expressen revealed Wednesday that government officials have been ensuring in advance that all places frequented by Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg are free of bananas — due to the minister’s strong phobia of the yellow fruit.
Sweden's equality minister reveals she suffers from 'world's weirdest phobia'
Equality minister Paulina Brandberg has revealed that she is 'receiving professional help' for a phobia of bananas, which is so bad that colleagues in parliament need to remove fruit bowls from meeting rooms ahead of her arrival.
Swedish Minister's phobia sparks 'banana-free' zones on official visits
Swedish Minister Paulina Brandberg, in response to remarks about her bananaphobia, described the impact it has on her as a "sort of allergy" and "something I'm getting professional help for".
Staff create 'banana-proof' zones for Swedish minister's unique phobia
Meanwhile, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has defended Brandberg, saying her banana phobia hasn't stopped the government from functioning. He said he respects people with different phobias and slammed those who mock them. "I am disturbed when a hard-working cabinet minister is almost reduced to a phobia and people make fun of it," he said.
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