Popular Swedish Souvenirs Posted by Katja on Oct 17, 2012
Going to Sweden soon? What are your expectations? A shopping spree or a walk in the woods? Checking out different pizzeria’s pizza salad? For those of you who have read this blog for a while now probably know more about Sweden than most. What would you then bring back from Sweden, either out of symbolic…
Nobel Prizes 2012 Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 16, 2012
The Nobel Prizes have recently been announced. In fact, all of them have been announced and will be awarded to the recipients in December. Alfred Nobel was a prolific inventor, most famous for inventing his patent on dynamite. All those inventions made him a rich man and when he died his will stated that his…
Swedish TV shows Posted by Katja on Oct 13, 2012
Do you want to watch TV programs in Swedish but not sure what programs are good to start with? Well, here follows a list of programs divided into categories by genre. Some of the programs are only half in Swedish, like Top Model Sverige, which can be a good compromise. It might also be nice…
Personal Pronouns Den, det, de/dom, dem Posted by Tibor on Oct 11, 2012
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Education Vocabulary in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 9, 2012
Plenty of readers here are working on their Swedish as they study away at university. So what better way than to include yet another vocabulary list? This one covers about about 20 different fields of study and an extra 15 words or so. It’s a long vocabulary list this time. It’s a long vocabulary this…
Tricky Swedish idioms Posted by Katja on Oct 5, 2012
Idioms are probably one of the most difficult areas in learning a language, partly because most of these idiomatic expressions are not written down making them hard to find. But generally most people just expect speakers of the language to know them, and these are of course a huge reflection of a society and…
IKEA i “blåsväder” Posted by Tibor on Oct 4, 2012
Do you know what “blåsväder” is in English? It literally means “wind storm” maybe storm of criticism would be a great way to put it. But it basically means scandal. This is exactly what happened when the Swedish company IKEA´s Saudi version of the autumn catalogue for 2012 had come out a few days ago. The reactions…