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.

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Swedish minister's banana phobia leads staff to ensure it is nowhere near her

The Minister for Family Equality describes this phobia as a "type of allergy" and calls for "professional help".

Ministarka za rodnu ravnopravnost opisuje ovu fobiju kao „vrstu alergije" i kaže da dobija „profesionalnu pomoć".

Švedska ministarka ima banana fobiju, zaposleni traže da nema ovog voća

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Government staff had to sweep rooms before official visits on health grounds at request of Paulina Brandberg

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I need help for my banana phobia, admits Swedish gender equality minister

The phobia is so strong that special precautions need to be taken before her meetings

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Swedish minister in charge of gender equality suffers from bananaphobia

Swedish tabloid Expressen has revealed that the country's ender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg has such a phobia of bananas that government officials are making sure the yellow fruit is not present at any place she is going to visit. The tabloid viewed several leaked emails and quoted from them in its report to say that Brandberg’s staff had gone to great lengths to ensure that the fruit was never anywhere near her during her official visit…

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Bananaphobia can cause serious symptoms like anxiety and nausea and can be triggered by seeing or smelling the fruit.

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Swedish minister's staff insist on banana-free rooms due to 'weirdest phobia'

Minister Brandberg announced that he received professional help on this matter

Bakan Brandberg, bu konuda profesyonel yardım aldığını açıkladı

E-postalar ifşa oldu, İsveçli Bakan'ın muz fobisi ülke gündemine oturdu

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Emails exposed, Swedish Minister's banana phobia on the country's agenda

In Sweden, a minister's bizarre phobia is currently making headlines. Minister for Equality Paulina Brandberg has an extreme fear of bananas. Her staff try to keep their surroundings free of the fruit. According to her own statements, she has already sought "professional help" for this. Irrational fears can make life very difficult for a person - especially when you are a politician in the public spotlight. It has now been revealed that Brandber…

In Schweden sorgt die skurrile Phobie einer Ministerin gerade für Schlagzeilen. Gleichstellungsministerin Paulina Brandberg hat eine extreme Furcht vor Bananen. Ihre Mitarbeiter bemühen sich, ihre Umgebung frei von dem Obst zu halten. Laut eigenen Angaben hat sie sich deswegen bereits „professionelle Hilfe“ geholt.  Irrationale Ängste können einem Menschen das Leben sehr schwer machen – besonders, wenn man als Politikerin im öffentlichen Rampenl…

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Swedish minister has extreme banana phobia

Paulina Brandberg is so afraid of the fruit that her staff must make sure that everywhere she goes is a banana-free zone

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Swedish minister has crippling fear of bananas – media

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".

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Swedish Minister's phobia sparks 'banana-free' zones on official visits

Correspondence from Minister Paulina Brandberg's services includes an email sent to the office of the Swedish president in September, stipulating that “no trace of a banana should be in the room” before she attended a meeting with a colleague, due to...

La correspondance des services de la ministre Paulina Brandberg comprend un courriel adressé au bureau de la présidente suédoise en septembre, stipulant qu’« aucune trace de banane ne doit se trouver dans la pièce » avant qu’elle n’assiste à une réunion avec un collègue, en raison ...

La supposée « phobie » des bananes d’une ministre fait polémique en Suède

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Leaked emails reveal scale of Swedish minister’s bananaphobia

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