Archive for 'Living in Sweden'
Making friends as an adult in Sweden Posted by Katja on Sep 17, 2013
Friends are something universal right? No matter if you are American, Swedish, Danish or Japanese you have your close circle of friends and then there are the other people you enjoy spending time with now and again who you call acquaintances. But when did you actually meet your close friends? This is something that has…
The Swedish holiday is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary Posted by Katja on Aug 23, 2013
Hasn’t Sweden become well renowned for it’s laws about receiving paid holiday all over the world? Have the rumours become larger than life about exactly how many weeks people in Sweden actually get? This blogpost will try to sort some of these questions out and put Sweden in comparison to other countries in the world…
“Ja må han/hon leva” the Swedish birthday song Posted by Katja on Aug 21, 2013
Here comes a blogpost which can help you in your celebrating somebody’s birthday, in Swedish of course. Just a couple of phrases, a simple but very well known tune and the very repetitive lyrics to the Swedish birthday song. To help you get everything right there is a video at the bottom of the page…
Homosexuality in Sweden Posted by Katja on Jul 15, 2013
I am very proud of my country for lots of reasons. In many ways equality has come very far in Sweden and that is the image we portray to the outside world. People in other countries usually don’t have any lack of praise for Sweden, and Swedish politicians want Sweden to take on a world…
Flagga eller vimpel? Posted by Katja on Jul 9, 2013
For those of you who have been to Sweden at some point, you might remember seeing both flags and pennants (vimpel). If you spent a longer period of time you might also have wondered if there was a system for when you are and aren’t allowed to raise the flags. But just when you thought…
Vårprat (Spring talk in Swedish) Posted by Katja on Mar 21, 2013
Just around about this time of year, at least in the south of Sweden, talk of spring is one of the most popular conversation topics. This blogpost will equip you with good phrases for “vårprat” (spring talk). Here comes a standard phrase which you can exchange the adjective for any number of synonyms. “Visst är…
Öresund – where two countries meet Posted by Katja on Jan 10, 2013
Hi there all readers. How are your nyårslöften coming along? Kämpa på! (For the translation of these phrases and words see Jan 3rd’s post). Just one bridge away from one of the most southern tips of Sweden is Denmark. The bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark is called Öresundsbron and is 7.85 Km long. The project…