Archive for 'Culture'
We will never die! Posted by Tibor on Nov 22, 2010
So let me give you another Swedish song with translation and lyrics. Learning vocabulary from lyrics/songs is like a guldgruva (gold mine) i.e. where you have lots and lots of treasures/resources, would maybe our Marcus say. I am referring to his previous blog post of course. I have chosen a song from one of my favorite bands Bo Kaspers…
Berry picking Posted by Katja on Nov 15, 2010
In the fall in Sweden a lot of people love to take long walk out in the forest (skog). Looking for mushrooms, picking berries or just to be surrounded by beautiful leaves. Often during those long walks (a least in the north of Sweden) people can spot wild bears or elk/ moose (Älg ). If…
Father’s Day in Sweden Posted by jennie on Nov 12, 2010
Grattis till alla pappor! The second Sunday of November is Father’s Day (Fars Dag) in Sweden and has been so since the 1931. Father’s Day in Sweden was initially celebrated in June, but then various commercial organizations wanted it moved, so it wouldn’t compete with Mother’s Day (Mors dag) in May. So Daddy’s day is…
Rough Winter Months in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 11, 2010
What’s the worst month out of the year? It’s a strange question really. Surprisingly, it’s a relevant question in Sweden. At least at this time of year. Every winter, the discussion is renewed. Some people argue that November is the worst. The days just keep getting shorter. The dark keeps getting darker. The cold keeps…
When do you decide what you want to become? Posted by Katja on Nov 9, 2010
Well, in Sweden you aren’t really forced to even think about what profession you want until the the beginning of third year of junior high school. But you really only have to consider what type of high school program you want to apply to. If you don’t want to think about that or can’t decide…
Top 15 Swedish things Posted by Katja on Nov 2, 2010
Hey there all of you, In this post I will post all of the things you thought were Swedish. Hopefully our Swedish blog team can write posts about some of the different things as well. Then I have extracted 15 of all the things and hopefully they will be the most representative of them all…
SwS Episode 2: A day in the life of a Swede Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 29, 2010
Tjena! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? After a month of waiting, editing, and finalizing, I’ve finally got a new video to share with you all! Hopefully the next one won’t take as long to finish; I’d like to begin posting at least once every other week. I imagine I will become more time-efficient in…