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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Posted by jennie on Jun 24, 2010
Picture the following scenario: Who: You and a whole bunch of friends Where: In someone’s big summerhouse on an island in the Swedish archipelago When: Midsummer’s eve It’s bright and early on Midsummer’s Eve. You are woken up by the sun who gently strokes you with its warmth. Or perhaps it was the little bird…
The Swedish provinces: Svealand Posted by jennie on Jun 23, 2010
A few last and final words before we leave the huge royal wedding success behind: My god, wasn’t it absolutely brilliant? I know, I have gone on and on about it so I will stop right now and move on to the slightly broader subject of geography and provinces. Today: Svealand – the middle part of…
Länge leve brudparet! Posted by jennie on Jun 19, 2010
They said ja! A big grattis and hurra hurra hurra hurra to H K H Kronprinsessan Victora and H K H Prins Daniel! (Picture from www.aftonbladet.se)
The Royal Wedding: 28 hours to go Posted by jennie on Jun 18, 2010
The guests have arrived, along with 2300 journalists, 2000 policemen and numerous tourists. In other words, Stockholm is ready to host the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. When? The ceremony will take place 3.30 pm, Swedish time. An hour later, at 4.30 pm, the newlyweds will go in a parade through Stockholm and show…
The Swedish provinces (landskap) Posted by jennie on Jun 16, 2010
Before getting on with all the fun stuff regarding the World Cup and the exciting royal wedding (three days to go now!), let’s spend some time studying the geography of Sweden. Quite often we seem to mention a few different provinces and I figured it was about time to go through them quickly and what they…
How to eat kräftor – Swedish style Posted by jennie on Jun 14, 2010
Warning: If you dislike the thought of eating living creatures (well, dead when eaten of course….), this post contains phrases like “eat the head” and “break of the claws” and might offend you. My sincere apologies if so, but these fellows were handled and prepared with care and did not suffer. Alright. I have just…
Swedish prepositions: i Posted by jennie on May 31, 2010
Bad news first. No, we did not make it into the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time ever and it was a huge shock for a Eurovision loving country like Sweden. But hey, better luck next year and let’s look forward to the Fifa World Cup in only two weeks…oh, that’s right! Sweden did not…