Celebrating Fat Tuesday Swedish Style Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 4, 2011
For those of you already in Sweden, you may have noticed a delicious baked good in bakeries and stores everywhere. The semla. Essentially, the semla, or semlor (if you’re really hungry and want more than one) is a wheat bun hollowed out and filled with amazingness. The amazingness consists of an almond paste and plenty…
The unsolved murder of Olof Palme Posted by jennie on Mar 3, 2011
I clearly remember the morning of Febuary 28 1986. It was a Saturday, and my sister and I were up early to watch the famous morning show “Godmorgon Sverige” (Good morning Sweden). We snuggled up in the sofa and put the telly on. But there was no Godmorgon Sverige. Instead, a very serious man starred back at…
RUMSADVERBIAL (Adverbs of place) Posted by Tibor on Mar 2, 2011
Ner-nere, upp-uppe, här-hit, hemma-hem, fram-framme, där-dit, bort-borta, ut-ute, in-inne. Adverbs of place tell us where something happens. In Swedish you make a difference when it comes to directions. Vart? ———- Var? ——— Varifrån? (Where to——-Where?—–From Where?) ut ————– ute ———– utifrån in ————– inne ———- inifrån upp ———– uppe ———- uppifrån ner ———– nere ———–…
Bamse – världens snällaste och starkaste björn Posted by Katja on Mar 1, 2011
The kindest of all bears in Sweden is Bamse. He is a bear of Swedish children’s literature, children from a young age read, watch or listen to adventures he and his friends have. Bamse is originally a comic book, so there are a lot of stories about him and his friends. But they were soon…
What should you do to gain confidence in using your Swedish? Posted by Katja on Feb 28, 2011
Since people in Sweden speak amazingly good English, they love to practice and speak just for fun. This can be really nice if you are on holiday and just want to speak English. But what happens if you go to Sweden to learn or at least practice Swedish? Sweden can be a pretty hard place…
Ours, yours, and theirs Posted by Stephen Maconi on Feb 25, 2011
Hi everyone, Here’s part two of He’s driving his car. No, his car!, titled for lack of a better idea Ours, yours, and theirs. Whereas last time I covered singular personal possessive pronouns, this time is all about their plural counterparts, vår, er, and deras. Enjoy!
Pea Soup and Pancakes Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 24, 2011
It is Thursday today, and if you were lucky enough to be in Sweden today, you might have noticed that pancakes and pea soup were on nearly every lunch menu throughout the country. It happens every Thursday, and for a foreigner, the combination of pea soup and pancakes is a strange one. It may seem…