15 Scary Swedish Creatures Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 24, 2013
Halloween isn’t really a Swedish holiday. In fact, it hasn’t been until the last few years that Halloween has really made any sort of appearance in Swedish culture. Of course, just because there aren’t a bunch of witches and wizards running around looking for treats on October 31, doesn’t mean there aren’t witches and wizards…
To ‘speak’ in Swedish: tala, prata, snacka. Which one do I use?! Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 14, 2013
I live in a very culturally diverse part of Uppsala where there are many non-Swedes. As a result, many of my friends and acquaintances in the area are in the process of learning Swedish either just for fun or in order to really dig into the Swedish culture – after all, you can’t really get…
How fast can you eat 25 hot dogs? In Swedish. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 30, 2013
Prepositions are hard. They’re hard in English. They’re hard in Swedish. They’re just hard. They can be used in so many different ways and mean so many different things. There are pages and pages of rules. It’s kind of exhausting and overwhelming. And now that we’ve got all that negative stuff out of the way…
Drunken Moose and Swedish Months Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2013
Maybe you saw the news from a month ago. Radio Sweden released a short report about a gang of drunken moose tormenting Swedes. (You can click here for the original.) It was picked up by plenty of news agencies here in the US and categorized under the “Weird” news section in plenty of places. It’s…
Gör din egen äppelmos – make your own applesauce Posted by Katja on Sep 19, 2013
The season of apples has come again. Trees fill with fruit that gradually ripen on those sunny fall days and people turn their faces towards the sun and remember the summer that passed all too quickly. All of a sudden the rain starts falling and people hurry to pick their apples before they rot. Buckets…
Making friends as an adult in Sweden Posted by Katja on Sep 17, 2013
Friends are something universal right? No matter if you are American, Swedish, Danish or Japanese you have your close circle of friends and then there are the other people you enjoy spending time with now and again who you call acquaintances. But when did you actually meet your close friends? This is something that has…
30 Common Swedish Adjectives Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 26, 2013
It’s been a while since we looked at adjectives here on the blog. Steve wrote Adjectives and specificness in Swedish and Adjectives and specificness in Swedish, Part 2 about a year ago, so head over there for a look at the grammar behind adjectives. This post is simply going to be a vocabulary sheet looking…