Archive for 'Uncategorized'
Work permits Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 14, 2011
Those of you who would like to work in Sweden and have a passport from an EU country automatically have uppehållsrätt, or right of residence, so you’re allowed to move to and work in Sweden as long as you want and whenever you want. Those of you coming from outside of the EU need an…
Country Music in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 11, 2011
I listen to country music. A lot of it. I’m a sucker for a sad country song. Tell me a compelling story and I’m yours forever. Sometimes it really is that easy. It’s why I listen to country music. Sweden is not known for country music. People the world over know about Swedish metal. They…
Swedish Stereotypes. Again. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 30, 2011
A while back we wrote about Swedish stereotypes on the blog. Everything from the stereotypical reserved nature of the Swedes to the perceived sexiness of the Swedish population. We received a lot of great comments on the post, Swedish Stereotypes, as well as on the Facebook page. One thing that was mentioned a few times…
10 facts about Swedish politics Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2011
Since today marks the opening of the Swedish Riksdag and it’s election day in our neighbouring country Denmark, I figured 10 nice and easy facts about Swedish politics would be appropriate. 1. As Head of State, the King opens the Riksdag session every year in mid-September. This service takes place in Storkyrkan and the…
Like this, like that Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 13, 2011
When trying to explain the extent to which something has a certain property in Swedish, you’ll have to know the following grammar! The extent to which something has a certain property – inside the nominal phrase Using the word ‘such’ in such cases as ‘You have such a pretty house!’ is possible to say in…
Sweden mourns Stefan Liv 1980-2011 Posted by jennie on Sep 8, 2011
Yesterday, 43 people was killed when an airplane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team to Minsk, Belarus, crashed just minutes after take off from an airport north of Moscow. One of them was Stefan Liv, a much loved sportsman and Sweden’s national team goaltender. Stefan was 3o years old and he only got married to…
To work in Sweden II. (jobs) Posted by Tibor on Sep 5, 2011
When you look for a job in Sweden, you should start with reading the job ads in Swedish platsannonser. All the jobs are supposed to be announced by law. But of course many of the jobs has already been assigned for interns or people who have connection to a certain employee at a certain company…