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The Royal Wedding: 28 hours to go Posted by jennie on Jun 18, 2010
The guests have arrived, along with 2300 journalists, 2000 policemen and numerous tourists. In other words, Stockholm is ready to host the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. When? The ceremony will take place 3.30 pm, Swedish time. An hour later, at 4.30 pm, the newlyweds will go in a parade through Stockholm and show…
VM in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jun 17, 2010
On Friday, June 11th, South Africa played to a 1-1 tie against Mexico in the opening game of the 2010 World Cup. Sweden has not played, nor will they. The Swedish national team missed the World Cup for the first time since 1996. It doesn’t matter. Swedes everywhere are still paying close attention to the…
The Swedish provinces (landskap) Posted by jennie on Jun 16, 2010
Before getting on with all the fun stuff regarding the World Cup and the exciting royal wedding (three days to go now!), let’s spend some time studying the geography of Sweden. Quite often we seem to mention a few different provinces and I figured it was about time to go through them quickly and what they…
How to eat kräftor – Swedish style Posted by jennie on Jun 14, 2010
Warning: If you dislike the thought of eating living creatures (well, dead when eaten of course….), this post contains phrases like “eat the head” and “break of the claws” and might offend you. My sincere apologies if so, but these fellows were handled and prepared with care and did not suffer. Alright. I have just…
Summer activities Posted by Katja on Jun 8, 2010
The sun is shining in most parts of Sweden and people are spending all their free time outside sunning themselves or working in their gardens. You will also see people playing “kubb”. The rules for kubb are these: Each team has 5 blocks of wood (kubbs) which stand on a line (baseline) waiting for the…
Skolavslutning Posted by Katja on Jun 8, 2010
Some of you might know this day as “Speechday”, other might just call it “End of the school year day”. What ever you call it, it is a wonderful day for almost all students. The skolavslutning takes place on different days each year. usually the school term stops in the second week of june. Most…
Swedish Akvavit and Drinking Songs Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jun 3, 2010
This year, midsommarafton will be celebrated on June 25th and midsommardagen will be on the 26th. Some people take the time to dance around the midsommarstång, others celebrate the long hours of daylight, still others sing. That singing (and dancing for that matter) is often accompanied by a snaps. A snaps is a shot of…