Archive for the year 2011
Staying in Sweden longer than three months Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 6, 2011
If you’re planning to visit Sweden for any given period of time, depending on which country you’re from, you may need a visum, or visa, to get into the country. EU citizens/residents don’t need any form of visa, regardless of how long they stay, because they have what is known as uppehållsrätt, or right of…
I Love You in Swedish Posted by jennie on Oct 5, 2011
Ah those magic words, so lovely to hear and sometimes so hard to say. Well, especially if you don’t know HOW to say them. Therefore, we decided that a blog post about these three little words would be absolutely essential. So here goes: I love you = Jag älskar dig (“dig” is pronounced “dej”)…
Sven Tumba – Swedish Legend Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 4, 2011
While this blog focuses on language a lot, we try to introduce everyone to a bit of Swedish culture as well. Sometimes that culture is humorous, like Swedish Stereotypes. Again, other times it looks at pop culture. Sometimes though, that culture can be tinged with a bit of sadness for many Swedes. This is one…
Tips and tricks for Swedes in friendliness Posted by Katja on Oct 3, 2011
Not too long ago I wrote a post on how physical I experienced Swedes being after I came back from Japan. A lot of the responses were that you did not at all feel Swedes were particularly physical and had on the contrary felt that they were rather cold and quite distant. I can understand…
Swedish Stereotypes. Again. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 30, 2011
A while back we wrote about Swedish stereotypes on the blog. Everything from the stereotypical reserved nature of the Swedes to the perceived sexiness of the Swedish population. We received a lot of great comments on the post, Swedish Stereotypes, as well as on the Facebook page. One thing that was mentioned a few times…
Opening hours Posted by Katja on Sep 29, 2011
The chances that you will be battling people right after work for groceries are quite high in Sweden. Probably less so now then a couple of years ago when almost all shops closed at 5 PM, but I think you would still be hard-pressed to find a shops that is open after 9pm on a…
Swedish Idioms I. (animals) Posted by Tibor on Sep 28, 2011
Det var som katten! or Det var som fan! eng. Well, I´ll be damned Att ge katten/fan på. eng. To bet one´s life on it. Att lägga lök på laxen. eng. To make matters worse. Det är något i hästväg. eng. It´s something extraordinary. Arg som ett bi. eng. To be furious. Envis som…