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Scandal tv – back with a venegeance Posted by jennie on Oct 18, 2010
“Eight young people who had never met before spent the summer of their lives together in a beach house in Tylösand. We filmed everything. This is what happened. Sensitive viewers are hereby being warned.” This is the intro and the plot for a new Swedish tv-show called “Kungarna av Tylösand” (The kings of Tylösand) and boy…
Surströmming – heaven or hell? Posted by jennie on Oct 8, 2010
As mentioned before, my life as an expat Swede has made me more Swedish then ever. I bake Swedish, I cook Swedish, I decorate our house with Sweden, I celebrate Swedish festivals like mad and most of all, I crave, eat and cherish Swedish food. Actually, I cherish it up to the point where I actually…
Sweden takes a stand for racial tolerance Posted by jennie on Sep 21, 2010
Before we move on with crayfish parties, eating manners, surströmming (awfully smelling fermented fish in a tin can) and other non-political stuff, let’s just quickly focus on what’s happening in post-election Sweden at the moment. As we all know by now, the right wing Sweden Democrats secured 5.7 percent of the vote and 20 seats in the parliment…
The question you don’t ask a Swede part II Posted by jennie on Sep 17, 2010
First of all, well done you sweet people who actually took time and made the effort with the celebrity puzzle! I admire your creative solutions with the answers as well and if my hidden stash of Swedes sweets (Tibor’s post yesterday was pure torture, thank you!!) were bigger, I would send something to all of…
The question you don’t ask a Swede part I Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2010
We are only a few days away from the big election and if the polls are reliable, it looks like the sitting block, Alliansen (The Alliance), will get another four years of power. I’m not going to dig deep into the structure of the Swedish politics, but in short – and as the reader David very kindly informed…
Find the Swedish celebrity! Posted by jennie on Sep 10, 2010
Let’s finish off a week of politics with a light and easy Friday puzzle! Can you name the Swedish celebrity/band? And more importantly, can you find them in the word puzzle? Some are easy, some are a bit more difficult… But if you manage to find all eight of them and actually present the solution in a correct and creative – can’t think of…
Valstugor – a Swedish phenomenon? Posted by jennie on Sep 7, 2010
It’s only two weeks left until Election Day (Sept 19) in Sweden the final race to win the voters have just begun. Every day is filled with broadcasted debates, talk shows, live chats, interviews…well, Sweden is pretty much nothing but politics at the moment. I was back home this weekend, a friend got married and in between ceremonies…