Archive for the year 2011
Sweden’s King of Condiments – Ketchup Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 20, 2011
I love ketchup. Not love as in I make weird ketchup sandwiches every day, but I slather it on fries and burgers. Your standard ketchup vessels. It wasn’t until I left for college though that I realized my love of ketchup, and what I considered a suitable receiver of ketchup, differed from that of many…
Fun facts about Sweden Posted by jennie on Apr 19, 2011
If you use Google.se and type in “Weird facts about…”, weird facts about Sweden comes up as the third suggestion, after weird facts about animals and weird facts about humans. Inspired by this discovery, I decided to gather a few fun facts about our beloved Sweden. Weird or not, here goes: * Sweden has the longest…
The Swedish alphabet Posted by Stephen Maconi on Apr 19, 2011
Today’s video is all about the Swedish alfabetet. Although it’s pretty much the same as the English one, it might be helpful to review each letter’s pronunciation. Also, tell me if you feel that it’s easier to concentrate with or without background music. Of course, this might depend on who’s watching, but majority rules, I…
Study in Stockholm Posted by Tibor on Apr 15, 2011
It wasn´t that long time ago I posted a video about study oppoturnities in Gothenburg. Well Stockholm and other cities has trying to attract young undergraduates as well. Jacob Isacson and Emma Koszinowski have created a video about Sthlm that you find on youtube. We hope they will keep up the good work so we can…
The new faces of the Swedish Krona Posted by jennie on Apr 14, 2011
Yesterday, Katja wrote about iconic Swedes… Let’s stay with that topic for a bit! The Swedish Krona is getting a whole new redesign and a new note is being introduced, the 200 SEK note. And not only that, we will have new faces on all our notes as well. The criteria for the selection of…
Swedish Worksheet – Verb Answers Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 13, 2011
As promised, the answers. Hope it went well! Infinitiv Presens Preteritum Supinum Imperativ English lyssna lyssnar lyssnade lyssnat lyssna listen hoppa hoppar hoppade hoppat hoppa jump, hop stänga stänger stängde stängt stäng close resa reser reste rest res travel må mår mådde mått må feel (abstract) undvika undviker undvek undvikit undvik avoid sova sover sov…
Give us your most inspiring Swede! Posted by Katja on Apr 12, 2011
When you think of Swedish figures, famous people or characters from books, who is most important to you? Of course there are a lot of internationally known characters like the author Astrid Lindgren, and in her stories Pippi Långstrump (Longstocking) but then again does that mean anything to you? Has any person in Swedish history…