Archive for 'Culture'
Swedish Pancakes Got Nothin’ on Swedish Waffle(s) Day Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 22, 2011
‘Tis the baking season in Sweden. Or so it would seem, especially if you’re keeping tabs on us here at Transparent. We’ve written about Semlor and just the other day we got a lovely recipe for some äpplekaka. Neither of which I have dared tried making on my own. But it gets better, because this…
Melodifestivalen Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 11, 2011
Saturday night is that time again. The time of the year that schlager lovers throughout Sweden wait for. It’s Melodifestivalens final. Finally. For those of you who might not be lucky enough to have experienced schlager first hand in Sweden, you are, quite simply, missing out. It’s an amazing experience that tends to involve a…
Swede of the week: Anton Hysén Posted by jennie on Mar 10, 2011
A footballer is all over the news in Sweden at the moment and believe it ot not, it is not Milan-star Zlatan Ibrahimovich. Instead, all light is shining on Anton Hysén this week, a 20 year old player in the second division, the son of former Liverpool and Fiorentina legend Glenn Hysén and brother of ex…
Swedish baby trashes bar in Las Palmas by Johannes Nyholm Posted by Tibor on Mar 7, 2011
The synopsis of the film is: A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. 🙂 “Las Palmas wins the short film award of Gothenburg International Film Festival 2011, Startsladden, as well as the Audience Award. The Award is 800 000 SEK in cash and…
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Swedish Style Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 4, 2011
For those of you already in Sweden, you may have noticed a delicious baked good in bakeries and stores everywhere. The semla. Essentially, the semla, or semlor (if you’re really hungry and want more than one) is a wheat bun hollowed out and filled with amazingness. The amazingness consists of an almond paste and plenty…
Bamse – världens snällaste och starkaste björn Posted by Katja on Mar 1, 2011
The kindest of all bears in Sweden is Bamse. He is a bear of Swedish children’s literature, children from a young age read, watch or listen to adventures he and his friends have. Bamse is originally a comic book, so there are a lot of stories about him and his friends. But they were soon…
What should you do to gain confidence in using your Swedish? Posted by Katja on Feb 28, 2011
Since people in Sweden speak amazingly good English, they love to practice and speak just for fun. This can be really nice if you are on holiday and just want to speak English. But what happens if you go to Sweden to learn or at least practice Swedish? Sweden can be a pretty hard place…