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Today’s expression: Att bära hundhuvudet Posted by jennie on Apr 5, 2011
Sometimes it works absolutely fine to directly translate Swedish expressions and idioms into English. But other times… well, let’s just say it doesn’t work at all. Att bära hundhuvet – to carry the dog’s head – is one who didn’t work, I tried it the other day and got a few raised eyebrows in response… Anyway…
Varning för aprilskämt! Posted by jennie on Mar 31, 2011
The last day of March means the first day of April tomorrow – and we all know what that day holds. April fools’ day is upon us and you better beware of everything, everyone – especially the media. There will be plenty of April fools’ (Aprilskämt) hidden away in the papers tomorrow, some very obviuos, some…
Test: What have you have learned this month? Posted by jennie on Mar 24, 2011
Time for a word puzzle! Today, the eight words included have all been mentioned in the blog during March. Can you find them? It’s quite tough this one… But, we all love a challenge, don’t we? If you need the words as a clue, just check the comments! Will publish the solution in a couple of…
Signs of spring/Vårtecken Posted by jennie on Mar 21, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, the spring equinox (vårdagjämningen) is here which officially means SPRING. Or…? The past two winters in Sweden has been unbelievably long and hard – even with Scandinavians standards. The snow came early and left late – even down south – and the snowman we made during Christmas last year was still standing when we returned almost three…
Swede of the week: Anton Hysén Posted by jennie on Mar 10, 2011
A footballer is all over the news in Sweden at the moment and believe it ot not, it is not Milan-star Zlatan Ibrahimovich. Instead, all light is shining on Anton Hysén this week, a 20 year old player in the second division, the son of former Liverpool and Fiorentina legend Glenn Hysén and brother of ex…
The unsolved murder of Olof Palme Posted by jennie on Mar 3, 2011
I clearly remember the morning of Febuary 28 1986. It was a Saturday, and my sister and I were up early to watch the famous morning show “Godmorgon Sverige” (Good morning Sweden). We snuggled up in the sofa and put the telly on. But there was no Godmorgon Sverige. Instead, a very serious man starred back at…
Time for sportlov! Posted by jennie on Feb 22, 2011
Starting from week 7, children in Sweden gets a week of from school. This week is called sportlov (sport’s break) and it happens at different weeks in different parts of Sweden. The southen children enjoy the time off first (week 7) and the children up north get their holiday four weeks later – mostly because the weather is so unbarebly cold…