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Rain coat or umbrella? Posted by Katja on Oct 4, 2010
In a lot of countries, students’ paths to school might be filled with danger. You might get off school for heavy rain, taiphuns, earthquakes etc. etc. In Sweden it is major news (like huge flooding) if students get off school because of weather. It is rarely even in the winter when it is closer to…
Thanks Posted by Katja on Sep 27, 2010
Thanks Everybody for all your input! Comments and personal experiences always give a bigger and more interesting dimention to whatever article, post or discussion. Continue the good reading, SBT (Swedish Blog Team)
Sweden takes a stand for racial tolerance Posted by jennie on Sep 21, 2010
Before we move on with crayfish parties, eating manners, surströmming (awfully smelling fermented fish in a tin can) and other non-political stuff, let’s just quickly focus on what’s happening in post-election Sweden at the moment. As we all know by now, the right wing Sweden Democrats secured 5.7 percent of the vote and 20 seats in the parliment…
Swedish Election Results Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 20, 2010
I don’t pretend to be a political scientist. There are so many things about politics I can’t begin to understand. Both Swedish and American. It doesn’t stop me from being interested in the political workings of both countries, or from having an opinion though. It’s why I stayed up until five in the morning watching…
Osvenskt (Good voting Sweden!!!) Posted by Tibor on Sep 19, 2010
Swedish Candy and Sweets Posted by Tibor on Sep 16, 2010
Sweden tops the list of sweets and candy consuming countries with a yearly 18 kgs per person/year. In this post I will try to give you a short overlook about Swedish sweets (svenskt godis). Swedish sweets and candy is a part of the Swedish holidays, Fridays (just think about fredagsmys) and also the coffee breaks (fikapauser) on Fridays at the most work…
The question you don’t ask a Swede part I Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2010
We are only a few days away from the big election and if the polls are reliable, it looks like the sitting block, Alliansen (The Alliance), will get another four years of power. I’m not going to dig deep into the structure of the Swedish politics, but in short – and as the reader David very kindly informed…