Archive for the year 2011
Win a Swedish book! Posted by jennie on Jan 27, 2011
Inspired by Tibor’s book-post from yesterday, I figured it is definitely time for another book competition! This time, the fabulous price is the most popular and bestselling book in Sweden at the moment, Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann. (Something along the lines of: The hundred year old man who walked out through the window…
Pocket Top Ten – That´s what most Swedes read 2011 january Posted by Tibor on Jan 26, 2011
Topplista 2011 januari Do you know what the hottest books are in Sweden right now? Do you know what the most Swedes read at the moment? There was a few months ago when someone mailed me if I could recommend some Swedish books that are popular at the moment. Well, these are not all Swedish…
In the land of roofs covered in meters of snow Posted by Katja on Jan 25, 2011
Right now in the north of Sweden houses, sports centers, schools and every other thinkable building are covered in meters and meters of snow. This makes everything look like a winter wonderland, though what you might not think about too closely is when the temperature rises all that wonderful snow turns wet… That causes innumerable…
Preteritum – the Swedish Past Tense Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 24, 2011
We’ve learned all kinds of different tenses here at Transparent, along with different verb forms. Now it’s time to learn how to say learned. It’s time for the past tense. Since we already know how to put a verb into the imperative, creating the past tense, or preteritum, is no problem at all. Especially with…
Hur mycket kostar det? Posted by jennie on Jan 21, 2011
Hands up anyone who isn’t broke at the moment? January normally means an empty wallet, and since that is the status of my wallet as we speak, I figured we’d take a look at some average prices in Sweden. Scandinavia has a reputation of being one of the most expensive destinations in Europe – which in most…
SwS Episode 6: Att baka semlor Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jan 20, 2011
Hey guys! I’m back again, after just two days. (The frequency might explain why it took me until 23:00/11:00pm to complete this post!) Aurora and I decided to make semlor today, and we thought you might like to see the process and its result, and even learn some new phrases. So we filmed the entire…
Team Handball World Championship Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 19, 2011
One of Sweden’s most popular sports is in the midst of a World Championship. And it’s in Sweden. And it seems that a majority of the rest of the world could care less. The US included. It’s Team Handball of course! The tournament started on January 13th and will continue until January 30th. This is…