The Swedish Future Tense Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 4, 2011
One of the first things we learn as new language learners is the present tense. It’s incredibly useful and allows us to describe exactly what we are doing, right now. Of course, in everyday conversation, describing what we are doing right now is not used as much as a first year Swedish learner might like…
Hatkärlek for your hometown Posted by Tibor on Nov 3, 2011
Hatkärlek=Love-hate (when you both love and hate something at the same time). Do you ever feel like leaving your hometown because you are sick of it? Think again! The Swedish singer and songwriter Maia Hirasawa means that one will always return at some point. Do you agree with the song? She is originally from Stockholm…
Allt för Sverige Posted by jennie on Nov 2, 2011
Last Sunday, the first episode of a brand new entertainment show aired on SVT, Sweden’s public television. It is called “Allt för Sverige” (Everything for Sweden) and the plot is pretty…well not simple but the concept is certainly recognizable: Take 10 Americans with Swedish roots to Sweden. Teach them everything they need to know about…
Swedish proverbs Posted by Katja on Nov 1, 2011
Personally, I love proverbs. They help me understand different ways of thinking and cultural differences. Depending on how big the cultural differences are between your country and Sweden some of these sayings you might have heard in your own language or can see the logic in them just by understanding the words. Others are however…
School vacation in Sweden Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 31, 2011
Different countries have different standards for when their students get time off from their studies to take a drive to the beach, go hiking in the mountains, or simply take it easy and veg out for a week. Sweden’s school vacation schedule looks like this: First, you go to school for about two months, and…
Stalkholming Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 26, 2011
Websites featuring good looking Swedish men and women out partying are not at all uncommon in Sweden. Every weekend, thousands of pictures are published featuring people out at the clubs. Sometimes these websites are hosted by the clubs themselves, other times not. A new website in Sweden has emerged though, this one also publishing pictures…
Allemansrätten Posted by Katja on Oct 24, 2011
Have you ever heard of “Allemansrätten”? Translated to english we would call it something along the lines of “Right of Public Access”. It is almost universally seen as a symbol for Sweden, or maybe at least for most of Europe’s nordic countries. The right to walk freely in the woods, (even private ones) picking berries…