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Visiting Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 25, 2012
Sweden is becoming a popular tourist destination and in the last few years has continued to bring in more and more money from tourism. In fact, according to VisitSweden.com (a great website by the way for all kinds of information on planning a trip to Sweden), Sweden now ranks 21st in the world in tourism…
IKEA Hotels Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 20, 2012
I quite like reading about IKEA. I even like writing about the company sometimes as well, everything from cultural differences to the food to its role abroad. Maybe it’s because IKEA, considered by some to be the epitome of Swedishness, is no longer headquartered in Sweden. In fact, the headquarters are in the Netherlands and…
2012 Svenska OS Medaljer Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 13, 2012
The Olympics are over. It was a couple of weeks of some very incredible performances from athletes from around the world. But how’d it go in Sweden? There were 134 athletes competing in 20 different sports. Sweden managed to win eight medals total. They came home with one gold medal, four silver medals, and three…
Swedish Strong Verbs Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 10, 2012
Strong verbs are those verbs that don’t follow the rules. They’re the ones that are just a little bit different. Strong verbs are tricky in all kinds of languages. They feel like just rote memorization. Especially after having mastered the rules and patterns that guide so many of our verb forms. It’s no different in…
Ten Popular Swedish Novels Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 6, 2012
Pocketbok. Or just pocket. It’s exactly what you think it is. A book that will essentially fit in your pocket with soft covers. It’s a paperback really. In Sweden, you can find them in their own little section in everything from bookstores to convenience stores to grocery stores. Tibor introduced a list of ten of…
Happy Birthday in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 26, 2012
This blog has been plugging along now for over five years now! Pretty impressive. The blogs fifth birthday was just last month in fact. With that in mind, I think it’s time to take a quick look at singing Happy Birthday in Swedish. Of course, it is not a direct translation, and doesn’t even use…
Swedish Prepositions Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 19, 2012
Prepositions are hard. In just about any language. Just think about some of the prepositions we use in English. They don’t always make sense. Trying to learn a different language, like Swedish, prepositions can be a challenge. There are plenty of prepositions to choose from. Below you’ll find a quick list, but this post will…