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The current weather in Uppsala Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 18, 2011
You can read all over the internet about the typical climate in Sweden and possibly even that in particular locations in Sweden. But today I’m going to give you something different: the current weather in Uppsala! What’s the point? Well, just imagine yourself in your favorite Swedish scenery with the following weather pattern for the…
The Swedish flag Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 12, 2011
The Swedish flag looks like this: For those of you who can’t see the image (for whatever reason), it’s a horizontally lying rectangle with a blue background and a yellow cross through it, with its vertical stroke panned to the left. The Swedish flag is said to have been inspired by Dannebrogen, the Danish name…
The Swedish R Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 7, 2011
One thing you’ll notice while traveling around Sweden (and Swedish-speaking parts of Finland) is its myriad of different dialects. Each of these dialects has its own name, for example stockholmska (Stockholm dialect), norrländska (Norrland dialect), and finlandssvenska (Finland Swedish), to name a few. These dialects vary in many aspects, but one particular sound that distinguishes…
School vacation in Sweden Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 31, 2011
Different countries have different standards for when their students get time off from their studies to take a drive to the beach, go hiking in the mountains, or simply take it easy and veg out for a week. Sweden’s school vacation schedule looks like this: First, you go to school for about two months, and…
Winter clothing in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 21, 2011
If you’ve ever gotten the idea that Sweden is a cold country, you’re wrong for three months of the year—June, July, and August. Although sometimes it’s warm in the second half of May and sometimes in the first half of September, so I guess we can call that four months. During the remaining 8 months…
Work permits Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 14, 2011
Those of you who would like to work in Sweden and have a passport from an EU country automatically have uppehållsrätt, or right of residence, so you’re allowed to move to and work in Sweden as long as you want and whenever you want. Those of you coming from outside of the EU need an…
Staying in Sweden longer than three months Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 6, 2011
If you’re planning to visit Sweden for any given period of time, depending on which country you’re from, you may need a visum, or visa, to get into the country. EU citizens/residents don’t need any form of visa, regardless of how long they stay, because they have what is known as uppehållsrätt, or right of…