Archive for August, 2010
Confirmation – passed in a bliss of presents Posted by Katja on Aug 6, 2010
Maybe not as many youths who are baptized are confirmed but there are still quite a few. The reasons why they get confirmed can be questioned. When I asked a lot of people who had decided to get confirmed why they had chosen to they answered “because of the presents of course!”. And we are…
Pippi Longstocking Posted by Tibor on Aug 5, 2010
Här var det hoppsan hejsan, här ska du se på mejsan. Kan å kan du gissa, kan du gissa vem jag är? Vill å vill du veta vad en sån som jag kan heta? Strunta i att fråga för jag säger som det är. Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolahopp tjolahej tjolahoppsan-sa Här kommer Pippi Långstrump…
Swedish Innovation Through the Ages Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 4, 2010
Sweden is well known for innovation on several different fronts. Skype, Pirate Bay, Spotify. All are relatively new and all are well respected technological innovations. But the innovation didn’t start in the 2000s. And it wasn’t always technology. Some Swedish inventions and innovations are well known. There was the method of measuring temperature in Celsius…
A taste of Swedish summer Posted by jennie on Aug 3, 2010
It is still holiday season in Sweden and I’m doing an excellent job of fully enjoying it, dividing the lazy days between my parents summer house and a boat, hopping around the thousands of islands here on the west coast. Hard times, isn’t it? The sea around here (Skagerack) are practically not tidal at all…
Skin cancer – not a problem for Swedes? Posted by Katja on Aug 2, 2010
Something foreigners might notice while in Sweden, Swedes’ carefreeness of the amount of sun they get. It is as common that sunscreen is used as not. Are Swedes not afraid of getting skin cancer? Why don’t they cover themselves up like the rest of the world so responsibly does? Well the truth is, either skin…