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Are you becoming a Swede? Posted by jennie on May 20, 2011
Let’s finish off a week of homesickness, vowels, cultural exchange and Swedish personal numbers with some Swedish stereotypical behaviour – gathered from expats in Sweden. Have a great weekend everyone! You know you have turned into a Swede when… …you know how to fix herring in 105 different ways. …your front step is beginning to…
Den blomstertid nu kommer… Posted by jennie on May 19, 2011
As Swede living away from Sweden, I’m doing quite alright most part of the year. Whatever I crave for food-wise I can get at IKEA or various Swedish online shops, I go back home regularly to see my friends and family and since I work as a freelance journalist for Swedish magazines, most of my…
Win a trip to Sweden! Posted by jennie on May 10, 2011
Unfortunately it’s not me having a very generous moment. It’s Visit Sweden, have you seen their ongoing competition? If not, make sure to click your ways there a s a p and enter! You can actually win a trip to Sweden – accommodation included – and meet some fellow Sweden-lovers while you are waiting to cash…
Countdown to Eurovision Song Contest! Posted by jennie on May 4, 2011
As you all know by now, Swedes are crazy about the Eurovision Song Contest and we spend the whole winter meticulously choosing our winner through Melodifestivalen and the song who will represent the Swedish music honour in Europe. Well, I say honour, but the truth is the Sweden failed to qualify last year and must compete in a…
Minecraft – a Swedish gaming success Posted by jennie on Apr 25, 2011
Swedes are not only good at car manufacturing and pop music – lately we have proven to be brilliant game developers as well. The game Minecraft is one example of this, a indie game hit that everyone is talking about at the moment. The game has an impressive 7 094 329 registered users, and only in the last…
Fun facts about Sweden Posted by jennie on Apr 19, 2011
If you use Google.se and type in “Weird facts about…”, weird facts about Sweden comes up as the third suggestion, after weird facts about animals and weird facts about humans. Inspired by this discovery, I decided to gather a few fun facts about our beloved Sweden. Weird or not, here goes: * Sweden has the longest…
The new faces of the Swedish Krona Posted by jennie on Apr 14, 2011
Yesterday, Katja wrote about iconic Swedes… Let’s stay with that topic for a bit! The Swedish Krona is getting a whole new redesign and a new note is being introduced, the 200 SEK note. And not only that, we will have new faces on all our notes as well. The criteria for the selection of…