Archive for 'Culture'
Conscription and the Changing Face of the Swedish Armed Forces Posted by Marcus Cederström on May 18, 2010
Sweden, as a nation, has not been involved in armed conflict for nearly 200 years. The country has lived by a policy of neutrality in all major conflicts, including WWI and WWII. The nation does send peace keeping troops abroad, and does participate in UN actions, but on the whole is considered to be a…
Styrsö Posted by Tibor on May 17, 2010
View over Tången Villa with gazebo. I want to share with you my other trip that I have recently made. I wasn´t that lucky with the weather as when I went to Marstrand. I took one of the local boats to Styrsö the other day. If you live in Gothenburg your month card (månadskort) would do…
Marstrand Posted by Tibor on May 12, 2010
I have recently done some long walks on the Swedish west coast (västkusten aka. bästkusten). just to clear my head out. One of my all time favourites is Marstrand which is a small town situated on two islands named Marstrand and Koön. I was lucky with the weather and there weren´t many people there since the season begins around…
Bring on the Swedish summer! Posted by jennie on May 11, 2010
Take out your calendars and make some important notes! This is what the Swedes (some of us at least…) are looking forward to at the moment: Eurovision Song Contest 27-29 May Since Sweden failed to deliver last year, we have to earn our place in the big Eurovision Song Contest on May 29th. But we have high…
Stockholm Syndrome – Music from Mayhem Posted by Marcus Cederström on May 10, 2010
Jennie recently linked to a sketch by Comedy Central. Through some investigative journalism The Daily Show found that Stockholm is “possibly not heaven on earth according to Wyatt Cenat.” The sketch plays on the Stockholm Syndrome term suggesting that the Swedes interviewed are being held hostage by their country, and so are sympathetic to its…
Sweden’s Culinary Treats Posted by Marcus Cederström on May 8, 2010
Husmanskost is the Swedish word for traditional Swedish food. Many of the traditional meals that are included in the husmanskost category include potatoes and fish or some other form of meat. While some dishes or foods are more common than others, some are more famous than others. For better or worse. For example, there’s the…
Dagens skratt: Stockholm Syndrome Posted by jennie on May 6, 2010
I know, it’s yesterday’s news but these eight minutes always makes me laugh and I figured just had to share it on a gray and dull Thursday like this… Dagens skratt (The laugh of the day) is a piece of ‘investigative’ journalism from The Daily Show where the reporter Wyatt Cenat travels to Sweden and digs deep into the…