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Swedish Crime Fiction – Easy Money Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 13, 2012
I’m not a big fan of Swedish crime novels. They feel too formulaic to me. It starts with murder. Then you’ve got your detective. He (and he usually is a he) tends to have a pretty severe drinking problem. He tends to have problems with women. He tends to be half feared and half respected…
Swedish-American Myth – The Kensington Stone Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 10, 2012
I’m working on a degree in Scandinavian Studies and have recently found myself reading and listening to a lot of things about the Kensington Stone. In fact, I just recently heard a talk by Anders Lundt Hansen, a Danish historian and NGO worker, discussing the stone and was inspired to do a quick write-up. The…
Swedish Sentence Adverbials Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 26, 2012
It’s a super exciting topic. Sentence adverbials. In Swedish, sentence adverbials are those little words or phrases that get thrown into a sentence to They’re those little things that get thrown into a sentence to modify the sentence. They usually describe time, or place, or even the way something is being done. There are a…
Swedish Sayings on Twitter! Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 12, 2012
A little over a week ago, a trending hashtag on Twitter was #swedishsayings. It was an entertaining look at some of the different sayings in Swedish and their literal English translations. Since then, there has been a steady stream of different idioms that have been translated to English. And it entertains me to no end…
Sexy Swedish Men Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 5, 2012
Just a few days ago, Sweden took home one of the most coveted awards in all of tourism. World’s most attractive men! Ok, so maybe it doesn’t rank up there with a Nobel Prize (a Swedish honor of course), but it did make headlines. And for some, maybe it gave them another reason to learn…
Sweden’s New Princess Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 28, 2012
In the summer of 2010, much of Sweden was fascinated by the marriage between Crown Princess Victoria and her husband to be, Daniel. Back in August of 2011 it was announced that Victoria was pregnant. And last week, the Swedish royal family welcomed a new princess – Estelle. The name was announced on Friday of…
Swedish Madlibs – Part Två Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 20, 2012
I know, I know. You’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the continuation of the Swedish Madlib that we posted a while back. Wait no more. Below you will find the story that all your different words will fill in. If you haven’t yet filled in your words, just for good measure, check out…