Just got back from a four days holiday in the north, and blimey it sure IS freezing and packed with snow up there – even in the southern parts. Never in my life have I experienced anything like that back home. Cars driving on the frozen ocean, snowmen that last for a month and a half, polar bears on the streets…

Anyway. Enough about the big freeze, but it is most definitely the hottest topic up there at the moment and make sure to study Gabriel’s winter vocab if you’re planning to go anywhere near Sweden the next couple of months.

But since I’m back in the UK, with frozen limbs and desperate for sun, light and warmth, I decided to dream away and share 20 useful summer words with you. Enjoy!

Strand = Beach
Sand = Sand
Brygga = Jetty
Klippor = Cliffs
Värme = Warmth/Heat
Värmebölja = Heatwave
Solskydd = Sun screen
Solnedgång = Sunset
Soluppgång = Sunrise
Midnattssol = Midnight sun
Nakenbad = Skinny dipp
Uteservering = Beer garden
Öluffa = Island hopping
Gästhamn = Guest habour
Kräftor = Cray fish
Kräftskiva = Cary fish party
Rastplats = Lay–by/Service area
Insjö = Lake
Simbassäng = Swimming pool
En stor stark = An expression Swedes use when buying a beer in a pub. It literary means “A big strong”. (If you like your beer, you should definitely be aware of this place.)

And the not so nice but yet useful summer vocab:

Fästing = Tick
Mygga = Mosquito
Myggbett = Mosquito bite
Geting = Wasp
Manet = Jelly Fish
Kallsup = When you swallow cold water and it comes out of your nose
Vätskebrist = Dehydration
Solbränd = Sunburnt

The countdown to the Swedish summer has officially begun, today we are only 16 weeks away from the 1st of June. That means, time to get practicing!