Archive for 'Culture'
Swedish odd expressions part I Posted by jennie on Mar 22, 2010
My biggest language struggle when living in the UK is definitely all the weird expressions and idioms that people use in everyday life without even thinking about it. For a non native speaker, it can be darn tricky to figure out what they mean, but probably even more difficult to try to incorporate them when…
Win a book! Posted by jennie on Mar 19, 2010
I went back to Sweden last weekend and as usual, coming back from one of those visits, my bag contains a very weird mix av things. This time I brought back fifteen kilos of toothbrushes (the Swedish ones are much softer than the UK ones) salty liquorice (but of course!) Polly-chocolate (can’t live without it part I) Falukorv…
How to maintain your Swedish… Posted by jennie on Mar 17, 2010
…when you have no one around to practice with is today’s request topic and in order to figure this one out, we’ll definitely need your help. You people out there all over the world, how do you practice your Swedish when you are thousands of miles away from us? The general and very true opinion…
Suicide not so taboo anymore Posted by Katja on Mar 15, 2010
Sorry everybody for my “not-so-positive subject” posts. I have noticed (as well as been reminded) how a lot of my posts don’t show a particularly nice or happy view of Sweden. Only showing negative parts of Sweden and Swedish culture has not been deliberate, I’m just writing about things as they come to mind and…
How to make Swedish meatballs Posted by Gabriel on Mar 12, 2010
Sweden invents new ways for unemployment Posted by Katja on Mar 11, 2010
Swedes usually like to pride themselves in being creative and their ability to invent new things. Since we were starving and had a really poor quality of life during the 1800’s and before that when things started turning we were all too happy to embrace (omfamna) change. Therefore change has been a good thing for…
University Studies in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 10, 2010
Last week I wrote about Swedish relationships – the Sambo. Plenty of non-Swedes end up in Sweden because of a relationship, love refugees if you will. Others though come to the country for educational purposes. Sweden has long prided itself on offering a free education to anyone and everyone. Whether you were a citizen or…