Beware of varsågod Posted by Gabriel on Dec 2, 2009
Dear Santa Posted by jennie on Dec 1, 2009
It’s December, the new Swedish blog has officially been launched and the countdown to Christmas has begun. Let’s pay attention to all of the above and start off this huge task easily with a humble Christmas wish list. Unfortunatley I stopped believing in Santa (tomten) as a toddler when I caught our dog chewing at…
We’re back, but who are we? Posted by Gabriel on Nov 30, 2009
Warning! (OBS!) There are now five people who will be blogging on the Swedish language blog. If you want to turn back now, we completely understand. We five have taken over for Anna Ikeda, and we know it will be hard (svårt) to fill her shoes. The first thing we want to do is apologize…
Swedish Photoblogs Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 30, 2009
I realized that we are long overdue for a classic picture post, because we haven’t had our fill of images from beautiful Sweden lately. But then I thought that we might as well try something different this time. Instead of looking at my lame attempts at photography, I decided to share with you a couple…
Vegans, Vegetarians and Organic Food Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 27, 2009
Is it easy to be a vegetarian in Sweden? While I admit, I am a dedicated dead flesh eater, I think that when it comes to vegetarianism, Sweden is a very accommodating country. At least that’s been my experience when hosting and catering for vegetarian friends. Almost every restaurant, and even the tiniest sandwich shop…
The Genitive Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 24, 2009
I think I wrote about it before, but probably last year. And since the question keeps coming back, it might be worth to revisit the genitive. You see, as far as nouns go, and compared to other European languages (Finnish immediately comes to mind here), Swedish is very simple indeed. It has only one case…
Hats Off to Skatteverket – a happy tax story Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 21, 2009
Tax authorities normally don’t put big, happy smiles on people’s faces. Rather the opposite reaction is common. Skatteverket is not exception. Most people (yes, even in Sweden) grumble about taxes. And foreigners positively get a shock when they see their yearly Swedish income statements for the first time and see how much tax was deducted…