Archive for 'Culture'
Swedish Curse Words Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 23, 2010
I’m not going to teach you any Swedish curse words. Sorry. They are easy enough to find online anyway, and to be perfectly honest, cursing in Swedish is such a common thing that it doesn’t carry nearly the same gravitas as it does in the English language. Which is what is so fascinating to me…
Nakedness on the beach Posted by Katja on Oct 19, 2010
In Sweden children can run around on the beach completely naked until about the age of 6 or 7. This is fully encouraged and accepted by everybody on the beach, it is not seen as something bad, on the contrary as something good and nice. Parents don’t want their children to feel embarrassed about being…
Scandal tv – back with a venegeance Posted by jennie on Oct 18, 2010
“Eight young people who had never met before spent the summer of their lives together in a beach house in Tylösand. We filmed everything. This is what happened. Sensitive viewers are hereby being warned.” This is the intro and the plot for a new Swedish tv-show called “Kungarna av Tylösand” (The kings of Tylösand) and boy…
Swedes love HUGS! Posted by Katja on Oct 15, 2010
If you have lived in Sweden for a period of time and have Swedish friends then you will surely recognize all the hugs (kramar/kram) that are given. If you look sad, when you are happy or look worried, anytime you are around friends (and sometimes even when you aren’t) you will receive hugs. It is…
Surströmming – heaven or hell? Posted by jennie on Oct 8, 2010
As mentioned before, my life as an expat Swede has made me more Swedish then ever. I bake Swedish, I cook Swedish, I decorate our house with Sweden, I celebrate Swedish festivals like mad and most of all, I crave, eat and cherish Swedish food. Actually, I cherish it up to the point where I actually…
What do you know about Sweden? Posted by Katja on Oct 6, 2010
In your country do you ever talk about Sweden? How did you get to know what you know? On the news? Might not be very often… As a Swede living abroad the question “where do you come from” is very often asked. When the asker hears the answer you will most likely get a polite if not…
The Right to Public Access – Allemansrätten Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2010
The natural wonders of Sweden seem to be never ending. There are the gorgeous forests of southern Sweden, the archipelago of Stockholm, the mountains of northern Sweden. Countless rivers and lakes and islands dot the landscape. It’s beautiful. And it’s open to everyone. Allemansrätten is the right to public access. It essentially gives people the…