Archive for the year 2011
Ban the big Asian ones – Swedish Anti-Scampi Ad. Posted by Tibor on Nov 11, 2011
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Popular names in Sweden Posted by jennie on Nov 9, 2011
Names are always an interesting topic and they often reflects a country’s culture and trends quite well. Sweden’s beloved Astrid Lindgren has for example had lots of influence on children’s name in the past – before her books there were hardly any children named Ronja or Rasmus, names that exploded in the 80ies. According to…
Halloween in Sweden Posted by Katja on Nov 8, 2011
This past week there has been big confusion over what day Halloween actually should be celebrated on. So a lot of people just started celebrating on the 30th and continued to just about the day before yesterday i.e. 6th of November. The reason for this most likely being the Swedish holiday “Alla helgons dag” which…
The Swedish R Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 7, 2011
One thing you’ll notice while traveling around Sweden (and Swedish-speaking parts of Finland) is its myriad of different dialects. Each of these dialects has its own name, for example stockholmska (Stockholm dialect), norrländska (Norrland dialect), and finlandssvenska (Finland Swedish), to name a few. These dialects vary in many aspects, but one particular sound that distinguishes…
The Swedish Future Tense Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 4, 2011
One of the first things we learn as new language learners is the present tense. It’s incredibly useful and allows us to describe exactly what we are doing, right now. Of course, in everyday conversation, describing what we are doing right now is not used as much as a first year Swedish learner might like…
Hatkärlek for your hometown Posted by Tibor on Nov 3, 2011
Hatkärlek=Love-hate (when you both love and hate something at the same time). Do you ever feel like leaving your hometown because you are sick of it? Think again! The Swedish singer and songwriter Maia Hirasawa means that one will always return at some point. Do you agree with the song? She is originally from Stockholm…
Allt för Sverige Posted by jennie on Nov 2, 2011
Last Sunday, the first episode of a brand new entertainment show aired on SVT, Sweden’s public television. It is called “Allt för Sverige” (Everything for Sweden) and the plot is pretty…well not simple but the concept is certainly recognizable: Take 10 Americans with Swedish roots to Sweden. Teach them everything they need to know about…