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Swedish odd expressions part III Posted by jennie on May 5, 2010
The more you start digging into the endless world of idioms and expressions, the more confusing many of them seem. Or what do you make of today’s collection og shelves, eyes, apples and churchbells? Make perfect sense or totally confusing? Any similar expressions in your language? Bita i det sura äpplet Meaning: When you have…
Quirky Swedish office facts Posted by Katja on May 3, 2010
Alright, as most of you already know I have written a few posts about various “quirky facts”. This time we’ll be focusing on the office. What you must understand is that there will of course be exceptions to the things I have written in this post. I am telling you about the rule not all…
Valborgsmässoafton tonight, May Day tomorrow Posted by Gabriel on Apr 30, 2010
So, let’s all light big fires and get drunk. I love Sweden. This is one of those Swedish holidays which is kind of funny. It derives from a number of different pagan spring customs (traditioner). It’s also celebrated in other countries like Germany and Estonia for example. Students will party hard, with their white student…
Snakker du dansk? Posted by Tibor on Apr 28, 2010
It is not only the 15 km long Öresundsbron (Öresund bridge) that connects Denmark with Sweden, but several hundereds of years of common history as well. However, the most important link between the two countries is the language. Thousand of Swedes and Danes working on the other side of the sea and commuting is not…
Madeleine and Jonas split – Do you support Sweden’s royal family? Posted by Gabriel on Apr 27, 2010
The Swedish Royal Court recently announced that Princess Madeleine had broken up with her fiancé, Jonas Bergström, after weeks of media reports about a brief affair between the groom-to-be and a Norwegian handball star during a ski trip. Yes, handball. (We’ll explain that in another post:-)) It has been quite a few exciting years for…
The News from Stockholm – Freedom of the Press Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 25, 2010
In the past week, a discussion has been brewing in Sweden about freedom of the press. The discussion stems from recent revelations that a right-wing newspaper has received government funding. Nationell Idag, a newspaper published by Nationaldemokraterna, has been granted about 1.7 million SEK in support for the 2010 calendar year (along with about 700,000…
Quirky Swedish lifestyle facts part II Posted by Katja on Apr 22, 2010
Ok guys, for all of you who read part 1 you now know that Swedes do not wear shoes inside. Well then what do they do if they don’t want to lose “a part of their outfit”? #1 Most Swedes have shoes for all occasions. Shoes you wear outside, then when inside you usually walk…