Archive for 'Swedish Language'
Today’s talk of the town Posted by jennie on Apr 15, 2010
This is what we talk about in Sweden today: The volcano on Iceland that causes chaos – but not on Iceland A volcano in the Eyjafjallajoekull area on Iceland has erupted for the second time in a month and this time, almost all of Northern Europe is hit in a rather unexpected way, I’m sure…
Where is your favorite place to travel? Posted by Gabriel on Apr 9, 2010
Swedish numbers 1-100 Posted by Tibor on Apr 7, 2010
0 noll [nɔl:] 1 Ett [et:] 2 Två [tvo:] 3 Tre [tre:] 4 Fyra [fy:ra] 5 Fem [fem] 6 Sex [Sek:s] 7 Sju [ɧu:] 8 Åtta [ɔtta] 9 Nio [ni:ʊ] 10 Tio [ti:ʊ] 11 Elva [elva] 12 Tolv [tɔlv] 13 Tretton [trettɔn] 14 Fjorton [fju:ʈɔn] 15 Femton [femtɔn] 16 Sexton [sekstɔn] 17 Sjutton [ɧɵttɔn] 18…
Traditional Easter Smorgasbord Posted by jennie on Apr 5, 2010
Swedes are not the most adventurous people. That might explain why we eat the same thing on Christmas, Easter and Midsummer – with some minor adjustments depending on the season. Or, do we simply just love our herring (sill), salmon and meatballs? It is probably just as simple as that, and to be perfectly honest…
Swedish Easter traditions Posted by jennie on Apr 1, 2010
Easter is upon us (wasn’t it Christmas yesterday?) and today I’ll give you a crash course to the Swedish Easter traditions. There are not many, but there are a few things that you need to embrace if you are going to celebrate a prober Swedish Easter. And I promise you, this post is completely April…
The blonde and blue-eyed Swede and immigration Posted by Gabriel on Mar 31, 2010
Blonde hair and blue-eyed Swedes can be found, but less and less in groups. By now it is of course no surprise to you to hear that all Swedes don’t have blonde hair and blue eyes. Nope, Sweden has been changing. Around 20 percent of the Swedish population has a foreign background. The top three…
Blogs in Swedish Posted by jennie on Mar 30, 2010
There has been a few requests about good Swedish blogs lately and jag är inte den som är den! But what is a good blog? To use another great Swedish expression, smaken är som baken – delad (Your taste is like your butt -divided) and there is a strong possibility that the blogs I like…