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Democracy in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 26, 2014
It’s been a while since we talked about Swedish culture. It’s been grammar heavy lately, which is obviously important when learning a language, but when studying a language, it’s also important to understand what is happening culturally in a country. That includes the good things (like delicious Swedish candy and amazing Swedish movies and wonderful…
Zlatan about Swedish women’s football Posted by Katja on Jan 2, 2014
Not too long ago, on Christmas day as a matter of fact, Zlatan was interviewed by one of Sweden’s biggest tabloid newspapers. In this interview he chose to mention the recent Players of the year Awards in November. In the interview he expressed himself in such a way that a lot of people reacted and…
New Swedish grade system might prevent studies in the US Posted by Katja on Nov 18, 2013
Sweden has recently, since fall of 2011 to be exact, introduced a new grade system to solve the problem of high grade inflation. In the old grade system grades in junior and senior high school consisted of a failing grade (Icke godkänt, IG), acceptable/OK (Godkänt, G), very good (Väl godkänt, VG) and the highest grade…
Abeba Aregawi – Swedish-Ethiopian track-and-field athlete Posted by Katja on Nov 14, 2013
Here is some semi-old news from the Swedish athlete world about one of Sweden’s hottest athletes at the moment. Since the world championships in Moscow a lot has been said about 23-year old Abeba Aregawi. Not too long ago she received Swedish citizenship, on the 28th of June 2012 to be precise. She is married…
Bus strike in Sweden Posted by Katja on Jul 2, 2013
During the last week in June chaos has crept into the lives of many Swedes. Daily routines have been turned upside down, and why you might ask yourself? Because of the strikes of the local busses. Many people in Sweden, especially in the bigger cities don’t own cars. They completely rely on being able to…
A Swedish Hymn – Tryggare kan ingen vara Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 19, 2013
I wrote a while back about a Swedish nursery rhyme called Rida Rida Ranka that I have encountered while doing field work in Swedish America. It’s a great little nursery rhyme and one that I actually remember my dad reciting to me when I was younger. It’s not just nursery rhymes though that I keep…
Sport i Sverige Posted by Katja on Feb 21, 2013
Sport is something that is the same all over the world. People from all different countries can meet across boarders and compete against each other. Whatever politics different countries have when the players get on the pitch, pist, field or pool most of that, if not all is left behind them. There are of course…