Swedish minister has crippling fear of bananas – media

Paulina Brandberg has said that she is receiving “professional help” for her bananaphobia

Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg has such an acute phobia of bananas that her staff must work around the clock to ensure that she never has to lay eyes on the yellow fruit, Swedish newspaper Expressen has reported.

In a social media post in 2020, Brandberg admitted that she has “the world’s weirdest phobia of bananas.” Her admission...