Archive for the year 2011
Infinitives in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 6, 2011
When learning Swedish vocabulary, you will come across many different types of words, and naturally, many of these words are verbs – action words. For example, springa – to run – is a verb. Verbs can be shown to students of Swedish in many different forms, but for memorization, the most common form is the…
To work in Sweden II. (jobs) Posted by Tibor on Sep 5, 2011
When you look for a job in Sweden, you should start with reading the job ads in Swedish platsannonser. All the jobs are supposed to be announced by law. But of course many of the jobs has already been assigned for interns or people who have connection to a certain employee at a certain company…
How to buy Swedish food abroad Posted by jennie on Sep 1, 2011
As a Swede living abroad, the monthly trip to IKEA is big treat. Not so much for the flat packs and the tea candles, but more so for the mouth watering food department. Lingonberry jam, pickled herring, knäckebröd, Daim cake… Well, you probably all know what it’s like. Or, what it WAS like, I should…
To work in Sweden I. (Type of employment) Posted by Tibor on Aug 31, 2011
Tillsvidareanställning: Post with conditional tenure. Usually starts with a period of 3 to 6 month so called provanställning. Provanställning: Trial period of employment. Maxiumum 6 months and usually leads to a permanent job. Visstidsanställning: Fixed-term contracts. Vikariat: Temporary post/job. (Doing someone elses job tasks until the person returns). Projektanställning: Employment on a special project. Timanställning: Pay…
Swedes and physical contact Posted by Katja on Aug 31, 2011
I never really thought about how physical relationships in different countries might be or how our physical interaction with each other takes place. In my case I was born and grew up in Sweden, so I took the way I had always been doing things to be the “right” way. At school my friends and…
Age Discrimination in Sweden? Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 29, 2011
I have been refused entry to a bar in Stockholm. Because of my age. I was 23 at the time. The drinking age in Sweden is 18, and the age at which you can buy alcohol from Systembolaget is 20. But, at the age of 23, I was still refused. I had not been drinking…
Lingonsylt – Lingonberry jam Posted by Katja on Aug 26, 2011
I, like very many other Swedes, love to pick berries. First, summer comes with its season of strawberries and wild strawberries followed by the beginning of fall with its raspberries and blueberries. It’s a wild struggle to pick as many berries of one kind before the weather changes cause the remaining berries to wilt. During…