Now it appears that her irrational fear is getting sympathy and support from the opposition, reports The evening paper. “We may have had many tough debates about conditions in working life, but in this matter we stand united against a common enemy,” writes Riksdag member Teresa Carvalho on X.
Paulina Brandberg mentioned her banana phobia a few years ago on X, which The Express have noticed. Her phobia is so strong that measures are taken before she leaves for meetings. When Speaker Andreas Norlén invited to a chat, the information was emailed that “no traces of bananas must be in the room”.
But the minister is not alone in his phobia. Even Teresa Carvalho has the same strong, irrational fear of the fruit, She writes on X.
Paulina Brandberg states in writing for The Express that the phobia “is something that I get professional help with”.
The party leader: “Preoccupied”
The Liberals’ party leader Johan Pehrson, who is also Minister of Education, supports Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg’s (L) defense in a post on X. This after the media reports about her banana phobia. “That Paulina Brandberg, Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality, is now reduced to a phobia is disturbing. She is a strong liberal and former prosecutor,” he writes.
The party leader believes that the focus should instead be on the cases when Brandberg stood on the side of vulnerable women.