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More Swedish odd expressions Posted by jennie on Mar 29, 2010
It’s Monday morning and today it’s even harder than usual to get out of bed, since the American inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin decided that we should save some daylight back in 1784 and came up with the brilliant idea of clocks going back and forward. In other words, the clocks went forward one hour…
Swedish odd expressions part I Posted by jennie on Mar 22, 2010
My biggest language struggle when living in the UK is definitely all the weird expressions and idioms that people use in everyday life without even thinking about it. For a non native speaker, it can be darn tricky to figure out what they mean, but probably even more difficult to try to incorporate them when…
Win a book! Posted by jennie on Mar 19, 2010
I went back to Sweden last weekend and as usual, coming back from one of those visits, my bag contains a very weird mix av things. This time I brought back fifteen kilos of toothbrushes (the Swedish ones are much softer than the UK ones) salty liquorice (but of course!) Polly-chocolate (can’t live without it part I) Falukorv…
Practice Swedish – your suggestions Posted by jennie on Mar 19, 2010
Thank you for sharing your great “How to maintain your Swedish”-tips, I hope you don’t mind me putting them together in a post like this. Some people might never look through the comments, and it would be a right shame to miss out on these treats: For the very novice, the “GoSwedish” videos on YouTube…
How to maintain your Swedish… Posted by jennie on Mar 17, 2010
…when you have no one around to practice with is today’s request topic and in order to figure this one out, we’ll definitely need your help. You people out there all over the world, how do you practice your Swedish when you are thousands of miles away from us? The general and very true opinion…
Is Sweden an equal country? Posted by jennie on Mar 8, 2010
Sweden is often praised as the utopia of equality and in some aspects, yes, Sweden has come a very long way and is by far much more equal than many other countries. Swedish women have the same rights as Swedish men. We have laws concerning equality (jämställdhet) in the working life, we have an Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (JÄMO), we…
Wanted: Job seeking stories Posted by jennie on Feb 28, 2010
Before we move into March (finally!) and add a new month to the blog roll, let’s tie up some loose ends. The last post on how to find an English speaking job in Sweden has triggered some questions. First of all, is it even possible to get an English speaking job in Sweden without speaking or understanding Swedish…