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 was dismissed as an exaggeration until Wednesday, when Expressen published leaked government emails revealing the true extent of her fear.
Before Brandberg attended a lunch at the Norwegian Judicial Agency in February, her cabinet secretary emailed the agency: “Paulina Brandberg has a strong allergy to bananas, so it would be appreciated that there are no bananas in the spaces where she will be staying.”
Ahead of a meeting with a local authority later that month, Brandberg’s secretary was more blunt,…
