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Problems arising when picking berries in Sweden Posted by Katja on Jul 31, 2012
Right now the berry season is in full bloom. Many people pick berries around their summer cottages (sommar stugor) where a lot of older people live as well. I’m going to tell you about an incident which occurred not too long ago and even surprised me but which however seems to be pretty normal when…
Swedes eat on average 17kg of candy a year Posted by Katja on Jul 24, 2012
Now that is something amazing, 17 kg/person a year. I’ve heard that Swedes eat most candy in the world. In Swedish there is something called smågodisätande (candy snacking might be a good translation?) and this sums the Swedish way of “candy-thinking” up quite well. Just a little bit (often turns into a whole lot more)…
Learning to drive in Sweden Posted by Katja on Jul 17, 2012
Alright everybody, I’m writing this blogpost while I am experiencing this myself. I am learning how to drive a car. Now, this is actually something many young people get very excited about so it is a big event in the coming of age in Sweden. As soon as you have turned 16 years old you…
Beskriv hur situationen känns Posted by Katja on Jul 13, 2012
As in the previous post this one will be about expressing feelings as well. But not how you are feeling but how the situation you are in feels. For example were you to say that something feels melancholy you would say Det känns vemodigt. The det känns part can be followed by a word describing…
Känslor på Svenska Posted by Katja on Jul 10, 2012
To be able to convey to people what you are feeling is something very important. I’m sure many of you are familiar with the feeling of frustration by not having the words to express yourself. That is why this post will give you at least a couple of phrases for expressing your feelings in present…
Just how tired are you? Posted by Katja on Jul 4, 2012
Depending on what modifiers you use in front of the adjective the degree of what is or what you are changes quite a lot. We’ll take a look at the most common words which change the degree of how you are feeling. Once you have learned these words your language will take on a much…
Allsång på Skansen Posted by Katja on Jun 27, 2012
This week an old Swedish favorite TV-program has started yet again. Allsång på Skansen. (Allsång means “singalong”). Eight weeks forward different artists will sing live at Skansen in Stockholm. The very first broadcasting of the event was on SVT on the 3rd of August 1979. Every couple of years different numbers of programs were broadcasted…