Archive for 'Living in Sweden'
Swedes and physical contact Posted by Katja on Aug 31, 2011
I never really thought about how physical relationships in different countries might be or how our physical interaction with each other takes place. In my case I was born and grew up in Sweden, so I took the way I had always been doing things to be the “right” way. At school my friends and…
Lingonsylt – Lingonberry jam Posted by Katja on Aug 26, 2011
I, like very many other Swedes, love to pick berries. First, summer comes with its season of strawberries and wild strawberries followed by the beginning of fall with its raspberries and blueberries. It’s a wild struggle to pick as many berries of one kind before the weather changes cause the remaining berries to wilt. During…
Sweden prioritizes recycling Posted by Katja on Aug 25, 2011
It’s funny the things which you notice sometimes. Just the other day I moved into an apartment, one that was built quite a few years back. The linoleum floors, the big windows and the kitchen were the things I noticed, but what I noticed most of all was that under the kitchen sink there was…
Swedish hard bread is called Knäckebröd Posted by Katja on Aug 23, 2011
Knäckebröd is a crisp and hard bread made out of Swedish rye. About 85% of Swedish households eat “Knäckebröd”, compared to about 45% in Germany and only 8% in France. Knäckebröd originated in amongst others the province Värmland in Sweden. This hard bread is rolled out to thin, flat cakes with a blunt spiked rolling-pin…
Finding a Job in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 4, 2011
It’s not easy. Finding a job. Trying to enter the workforce after studying, after unemployment, after a child, it doesn’t matter, it can be a shock to the system. Especially if you’re moving to a new country. Especially if you don’t speak the language. That being said, it is doable. It’s hard work, but it…