Trick or treat! Bus eller godis! Posted by Chelsea B on Oct 29, 2019
With Halloween this Thursday, spooky celebrations are in full-swing in the United States. Kids spend months planning their Halloween costumes, houses are adorned in creepy decorations, and neighbors stock up on candy to hand out to hordes of trick-or-treaters. In Sweden, the end of October traditionally symbolizes Alla helgons dag, All Saints’ Day. However, Halloween…
As Fall Sets in, Swedes Bring on the “mys” Posted by Chelsea B on Oct 22, 2019
As temperatures drop and the cold weather blues set in, Swedes harness “mys.” The Danish and Norwegian “hygge” is not the only Nordic concept used to encapsulate wellbeing and coziness. The phenomenon of long and cold winters in Scandinavia is nothing new, so instead of letting the lack of sun and cold temperatures get them…
New Swedish costume drama might mark a new era after Swedish crime stories Posted by Tibor on Nov 19, 2018
Sweden is well known of its crime stories like Innocently Convicted (Oskyldigt dömd) from 2008, The Hypnotist (Hypnotisören) from 2012, The Millenium TV-series based on the novels of Stig Larsson (Men who hate women (Män som hatar kvinnor), The girl who played with fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) & The girl who kicked the Hornet’s nest…
Still no government in Sweden Posted by Tibor on Nov 12, 2018
The 25 September voted most of the Swedish parliament (Riksdagen) against Stefan Löfvén the sitting prime minister (statsminister) from the Socialdemocratic party. The most recent elections was held on 9/9 where the turn out was very close between the right and the left block: Alliance coalition between: (Moderate Party, Liberals, Center, Christian Democrats) 40,2 % Red-green…
Language learning in Europe Posted by Tibor on Oct 22, 2018
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in Swedish (Gemensam referensram för språk) aka. GERS is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and, increasingly, in other countries. A – Language User at a new-beginner level A1 – Breakthrough A2 – Waystage B – Independent User B1 – Threshold B2 – Vantage C – Advanced user C1 – Effective…
The autumn song (Höstvisan) – Can you fill in the gaps? Posted by Tibor on Oct 15, 2018
Höstvisan by Tove Jansson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMSX8HXSNg Vägen hem var …………. lång och ingen har jag mött, nu blir …………. kyliga och sena. Kom trösta mig en smula, för nu är jag ganska …………… och med ens så förfärligt allena. Jag märkte ………….. förut att mörkret är så stort, går och tänker på allt det där…
Mushroom picking Posted by Tibor on Sep 17, 2018
There is a collective mushroom picking craziness going on from middle of August until mid September usually. It depends on the weather really and this year the mushrooms seem to come a bit later because of the dry summer we have had in Sweden this year as I mentioned in my post about the crayfish…