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HEN Posted by Tibor on Jan 31, 2017
Hen is a new pronoun in Swedish. It is a gender neutral pronoun that many people mean was needed very much to fill a hole in the Swedish language. The purpose of the pronoun isn’t to gender-neutralize a person but more like not revealing gender in cases when you don’t want to, or not important…
To survive the Swedish autumn and winter Posted by Tibor on Oct 26, 2016
When you move to Sweden from another country you might find the Swedish autumn very cosy during the first years, especially when it is good weather. It is not really the dark or the cold that it’s hard to deal with- because as people say over here: Det finns inget dåligt väder bara dåliga kläder…
Swedish Pokémon Hunters Posted by Tibor on Sep 26, 2016
Are you into the new sensation Pokémon-Go? Well in Sweden just as in other countries the number of Pokémon-hunters are huge. The representant of the Social Democrats Monica Green tweeted a picture of a a pokemon she spotted behind Prince Daniel during the PM’s (statsminister) Stefan Löfven’s speech at the opening ceremony of the House of…
Veronica Maggio – Dumpa mig in Swedish and English Posted by Tibor on Jun 22, 2016
Read the English lyrics by clicking on the hyperlink: här Tog tåget ner, du skulle dumpa mig Bättre på plats än genom telefon Jag visste inte vad som väntade Första semestern på fyra år Som jag förstod var vi förälskade Du sa att ingen vart så bra som jag Vi talade om allt och älskade…
Five Fun Swedish Summer Vacation Tips Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 31, 2015
The other day, I sent an email to a library in Sweden in search of an obscure recording. ‘Twas no use. The response was simple: “I’ll be on vacation for the next four weeks.” I should have known better. It’s summer in Sweden. And summer in Sweden means vacation. Most folks working a salaried job…
Voting in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 8, 2014
There’s an election coming up in Sweden on Sunday, September 14. It’s an important one and will help determine who will lead the country for the next four years. Currently, there are eight parties represented in the Riksdag (parliament). Steve did a great job of going through some of this information in his post Left…
Left or right? Who knows! The Swedish elections of 2014 Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 4, 2014
Hejsan! Welcome to In Sweden with Steve, a new series where I will occasionally talk about Sweden rather than Swedish. But don’t worry, you language-lovers out there will be introduced to some important practical vocabulary in these videos as well. So, the reason for the spontaneity of this series is the approach of a very…