Archive for the year 2011
Signs of spring/Vårtecken Posted by jennie on Mar 21, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, the spring equinox (vårdagjämningen) is here which officially means SPRING. Or…? The past two winters in Sweden has been unbelievably long and hard – even with Scandinavians standards. The snow came early and left late – even down south – and the snowman we made during Christmas last year was still standing when we returned almost three…
Enjoy your weekend with great Swedish cakes Posted by Tibor on Mar 18, 2011
Recipe-Recept 6 äpplen, ca 800 gr (6 apples, approx. 800 gr) 150 gr smör (150 g butter) 3 dl havregryn (little bit more than 1 British cup of dry oats-you know just like for our beloved porridge) for measures please visit: http://www.recepten.se/artiklar/maatt_enheter.html 2 dl socker (sugar) 1/2 dl ljus sirap (syrup) 1 1/2 dl mjöl (flour) 1/2 tsk bakpulver…
Min Familj Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 17, 2011
You guys have put up with all of us writing about Sweden and what we deem to be important about the language and the culture, but I for one haven’t done a good job of introducing myself. So today I thought I would introduce a set of vocabulary words focusing on family and write a…
Asking questions, Part 1 Posted by Stephen Maconi on Mar 17, 2011
Enjoy! ps. Good luck to all of you applying for studies in Sweden next year!
The spring is here in Gothenburg Posted by Tibor on Mar 15, 2011
Catastrophe in Japan Posted by Katja on Mar 14, 2011
I am a Swede living 2 hours by train south of the catastrophes in Japan. That means that we felt the earth quakes, had no electricity for a long time and people rushed to the gas stations, convenience stores and shops to fill up all supplies they could. Most telephone traffic stopped for several hours…
Melodifestivalen Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 11, 2011
Saturday night is that time again. The time of the year that schlager lovers throughout Sweden wait for. It’s Melodifestivalens final. Finally. For those of you who might not be lucky enough to have experienced schlager first hand in Sweden, you are, quite simply, missing out. It’s an amazing experience that tends to involve a…