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Catastrophe in Japan Posted by Katja on Mar 14, 2011
I am a Swede living 2 hours by train south of the catastrophes in Japan. That means that we felt the earth quakes, had no electricity for a long time and people rushed to the gas stations, convenience stores and shops to fill up all supplies they could. Most telephone traffic stopped for several hours…
Bamse – världens snällaste och starkaste björn Posted by Katja on Mar 1, 2011
The kindest of all bears in Sweden is Bamse. He is a bear of Swedish children’s literature, children from a young age read, watch or listen to adventures he and his friends have. Bamse is originally a comic book, so there are a lot of stories about him and his friends. But they were soon…
What should you do to gain confidence in using your Swedish? Posted by Katja on Feb 28, 2011
Since people in Sweden speak amazingly good English, they love to practice and speak just for fun. This can be really nice if you are on holiday and just want to speak English. But what happens if you go to Sweden to learn or at least practice Swedish? Sweden can be a pretty hard place…
English in Sweden Posted by Katja on Feb 17, 2011
In Sweden there is English everywhere. On TV, posters, bus stops, in shops, on the back of food packaging and basically any other imaginable place. It is really only children’s videos that get dubbed to Swedish. Most other media is just played in English with Swedish subtitles. This makes Swedes’ ears very accustomed to English…
The later part of Swedish education Part 2 Posted by Katja on Feb 15, 2011
In part 1 of “The later part of Swedish education” we very briefly looked at what high school was like in Sweden. In part 2 we are going to look a little bit at what students who don’t get into Swedish universities do instead. What happens to all the students who don’t get into medical…
The later part of education in Sweden Part 1 Posted by Katja on Feb 2, 2011
In Sweden when you enter high school you first have to chose what type of a program you are going to go to. First you have to decide if you want to study a major of sciences or social studies. There is also the option to focus on other subjects like languages, computers, restaurant and…
In the land of roofs covered in meters of snow Posted by Katja on Jan 25, 2011
Right now in the north of Sweden houses, sports centers, schools and every other thinkable building are covered in meters and meters of snow. This makes everything look like a winter wonderland, though what you might not think about too closely is when the temperature rises all that wonderful snow turns wet… That causes innumerable…