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Berry picking Posted by Katja on Nov 15, 2010
In the fall in Sweden a lot of people love to take long walk out in the forest (skog). Looking for mushrooms, picking berries or just to be surrounded by beautiful leaves. Often during those long walks (a least in the north of Sweden) people can spot wild bears or elk/ moose (Älg ). If…
When do you decide what you want to become? Posted by Katja on Nov 9, 2010
Well, in Sweden you aren’t really forced to even think about what profession you want until the the beginning of third year of junior high school. But you really only have to consider what type of high school program you want to apply to. If you don’t want to think about that or can’t decide…
Top 15 Swedish things Posted by Katja on Nov 2, 2010
Hey there all of you, In this post I will post all of the things you thought were Swedish. Hopefully our Swedish blog team can write posts about some of the different things as well. Then I have extracted 15 of all the things and hopefully they will be the most representative of them all…
Nakedness on the beach Posted by Katja on Oct 19, 2010
In Sweden children can run around on the beach completely naked until about the age of 6 or 7. This is fully encouraged and accepted by everybody on the beach, it is not seen as something bad, on the contrary as something good and nice. Parents don’t want their children to feel embarrassed about being…
Swedes love HUGS! Posted by Katja on Oct 15, 2010
If you have lived in Sweden for a period of time and have Swedish friends then you will surely recognize all the hugs (kramar/kram) that are given. If you look sad, when you are happy or look worried, anytime you are around friends (and sometimes even when you aren’t) you will receive hugs. It is…
What do you know about Sweden? Posted by Katja on Oct 6, 2010
In your country do you ever talk about Sweden? How did you get to know what you know? On the news? Might not be very often… As a Swede living abroad the question “where do you come from” is very often asked. When the asker hears the answer you will most likely get a polite if not…
Rain coat or umbrella? Posted by Katja on Oct 4, 2010
In a lot of countries, students’ paths to school might be filled with danger. You might get off school for heavy rain, taiphuns, earthquakes etc. etc. In Sweden it is major news (like huge flooding) if students get off school because of weather. It is rarely even in the winter when it is closer to…