Nakedness on the beach Posted by Katja on Oct 19, 2010
In Sweden children can run around on the beach completely naked until about the age of 6 or 7. This is fully encouraged and accepted by everybody on the beach, it is not seen as something bad, on the contrary as something good and nice. Parents don’t want their children to feel embarrassed about being…
Scandal tv – back with a venegeance Posted by jennie on Oct 18, 2010
“Eight young people who had never met before spent the summer of their lives together in a beach house in Tylösand. We filmed everything. This is what happened. Sensitive viewers are hereby being warned.” This is the intro and the plot for a new Swedish tv-show called “Kungarna av Tylösand” (The kings of Tylösand) and boy…
Swedes love HUGS! Posted by Katja on Oct 15, 2010
If you have lived in Sweden for a period of time and have Swedish friends then you will surely recognize all the hugs (kramar/kram) that are given. If you look sad, when you are happy or look worried, anytime you are around friends (and sometimes even when you aren’t) you will receive hugs. It is…
Passive in Swedish Posted by Tibor on Oct 14, 2010
The passive structures are often used in the language of press, official documents and advertising. It is a comfortable and useful construction if you don´t want to point out the person who does the action or it is of unimportance for example: Han sköts ihjäl i parken, Gamla kläder bytes ej, Föremål bör ej ställas i…
Swedish Astrology Posted by Tibor on Oct 12, 2010
To improve your Swedish you need to be creative if you don´t have books available where you live. But you have internet nowadays almost everywhere. Finding good resources are essential when it comes to your language learning. It doesn´t have to be complicated at all. Adjectives, adverbs and idiomatic expressions are one of the hardest parts…
Surströmming – heaven or hell? Posted by jennie on Oct 8, 2010
As mentioned before, my life as an expat Swede has made me more Swedish then ever. I bake Swedish, I cook Swedish, I decorate our house with Sweden, I celebrate Swedish festivals like mad and most of all, I crave, eat and cherish Swedish food. Actually, I cherish it up to the point where I actually…
What do you know about Sweden? Posted by Katja on Oct 6, 2010
In your country do you ever talk about Sweden? How did you get to know what you know? On the news? Might not be very often… As a Swede living abroad the question “where do you come from” is very often asked. When the asker hears the answer you will most likely get a polite if not…