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Bring on the Swedish summer! Posted by jennie on May 11, 2010
Take out your calendars and make some important notes! This is what the Swedes (some of us at least…) are looking forward to at the moment: Eurovision Song Contest 27-29 May Since Sweden failed to deliver last year, we have to earn our place in the big Eurovision Song Contest on May 29th. But we have high…
Dagens skratt: Stockholm Syndrome Posted by jennie on May 6, 2010
I know, it’s yesterday’s news but these eight minutes always makes me laugh and I figured just had to share it on a gray and dull Thursday like this… Dagens skratt (The laugh of the day) is a piece of ‘investigative’ journalism from The Daily Show where the reporter Wyatt Cenat travels to Sweden and digs deep into the…
Swedish odd expressions part III Posted by jennie on May 5, 2010
The more you start digging into the endless world of idioms and expressions, the more confusing many of them seem. Or what do you make of today’s collection og shelves, eyes, apples and churchbells? Make perfect sense or totally confusing? Any similar expressions in your language? Bita i det sura äpplet Meaning: When you have…
Can you find the hidden Swedish verbs? Posted by jennie on Apr 30, 2010
It’s not any random Friday in Sweden today, it’s Valborgsmässoafton (read Katja’s post about Walpurgis night here!) and it’s also the Swedish king’s 64th birthday! Grattis på födelsedagen HM Carl XVI Gustaf! As Gabriel wrote earlier this week, the king probably has his hands full at the moment – or as we would say in Swedish when…
Win a Swedish book – again! Posted by jennie on Apr 28, 2010
Anyone up for some Swedish readning? Since last month’s book contest was such a great success, I think it’s time for a favorit i repris ( “to rerun a favourite”) But this time I’m going to make it a little bit harder for you – but only a little bit. All you need to do is to to…
Folkdräkt 2.0: Re-inventing the national costume Posted by jennie on Apr 27, 2010
The Scots have their kilts, the Japanese have the kimono, the Norwegians have their bunad and well, you get the picture. But the Swedes? What do the Swedes wear on special Swedish occasions? We have a traditional Swedish costume (Sverigedräkten) and we even have 25 different varieties of that one (one for each province) and we probably have…
Sweden – the 10th most attractive country Posted by jennie on Apr 21, 2010
Sweden-lovers, what do we make of this: According to Anholt-GfK Nation Brands Index (NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries in terms of attractiveness and qualities, Sweden in the 10th most attractive country in the world. At first, being number 10 sounded pretty good in my ears, but hmm… I’m not so sure. Especially if…