Archive for December, 2010
Agnetha Fältskog-Doktorn Posted by Tibor on Dec 7, 2010
Do you remember Agnetha from ABBA? Of course you do. But have you heard her singing in Swedish? Here is this song (in Swedish with the English translation) from 1975. I haven´t succeeded in finding a live performance or a video to this song but if you do, please link me to it. So I can…
Domkyrkan in Uppsala Posted by Stephen Maconi on Dec 6, 2010
All the famous European cities have some form of domkyrka, or cathedral, including the relatively small but greatly historical city of Uppsala, located at our favorite Scandinavian destination: Sweden! While I was still living in Uppsala in February of this year, I decided to film a bit of domkyrkan there. The original idea was to…
The Swedish Chef and Google Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 3, 2010
I didn’t really grow up with the Muppets like some people might have. And although I was familiar with Kermit and Miss Piggy, I guess I never paid much attention to the Swedish Chef. Somehow though, invariably, my Swedish skills lead to a conversation about blonde women, IKEA, and the Swedish chef. The trifecta of…
Conflict avoidance Posted by Katja on Dec 2, 2010
In Sweden there is a real tendency to avoid conflict. If you have a problem with something or somebody then you don’t go directly to that person and try to solve it; instead there is a different and much more roundabout way of doing things. For example, if you have had a fight with somebody…
Homonyms Posted by Tibor on Dec 1, 2010
Homonyms are words you spell and pronounce in the same way but they have different meanings. So be careful! We have homonyms in every language. eka Kalle sitter och fiskar in en eka som han har själv byggt. (Kalle is sitting and fishing in his boat that he made himself.) Jag hör ännu dina ord eka…