Zlatan Ibrahimovic has challenged notions of who is Swedish, says journalist and author Alexandra Pascalidou. She believes that one of the reasons he has been given such a central role in the story of Sweden is that he has challenged the Swedish self-image.

"He means everything – not just to me, but to many of us," she tells Kulturnyheterna.Listen to more about Zlatan's importance in the clip above and the full interview in the video below.