Eating without making noises Posted by Katja on Sep 22, 2010
In Sweden when we eat we try to be as silent as possible. Being quite and not making slurping sounds is a sign of politness so it is seen as slightly if not very disgusting if you slurp or burp. The food is also slightly adapted to this custom since there are no distaster messes…
Sweden takes a stand for racial tolerance Posted by jennie on Sep 21, 2010
Before we move on with crayfish parties, eating manners, surströmming (awfully smelling fermented fish in a tin can) and other non-political stuff, let’s just quickly focus on what’s happening in post-election Sweden at the moment. As we all know by now, the right wing Sweden Democrats secured 5.7 percent of the vote and 20 seats in the parliment…
Swedish Election Results Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 20, 2010
I don’t pretend to be a political scientist. There are so many things about politics I can’t begin to understand. Both Swedish and American. It doesn’t stop me from being interested in the political workings of both countries, or from having an opinion though. It’s why I stayed up until five in the morning watching…
Osvenskt (Good voting Sweden!!!) Posted by Tibor on Sep 19, 2010
The question you don’t ask a Swede part II Posted by jennie on Sep 17, 2010
First of all, well done you sweet people who actually took time and made the effort with the celebrity puzzle! I admire your creative solutions with the answers as well and if my hidden stash of Swedes sweets (Tibor’s post yesterday was pure torture, thank you!!) were bigger, I would send something to all of…
Swedish Candy and Sweets Posted by Tibor on Sep 16, 2010
Sweden tops the list of sweets and candy consuming countries with a yearly 18 kgs per person/year. In this post I will try to give you a short overlook about Swedish sweets (svenskt godis). Swedish sweets and candy is a part of the Swedish holidays, Fridays (just think about fredagsmys) and also the coffee breaks (fikapauser) on Fridays at the most work…
The question you don’t ask a Swede part I Posted by jennie on Sep 15, 2010
We are only a few days away from the big election and if the polls are reliable, it looks like the sitting block, Alliansen (The Alliance), will get another four years of power. I’m not going to dig deep into the structure of the Swedish politics, but in short – and as the reader David very kindly informed…