Country Music in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 11, 2011
I listen to country music. A lot of it. I’m a sucker for a sad country song. Tell me a compelling story and I’m yours forever. Sometimes it really is that easy. It’s why I listen to country music. Sweden is not known for country music. People the world over know about Swedish metal. They…
Collective over individual Posted by Katja on Oct 10, 2011
Let us take the case of how we look at progress in school in Sweden as an example of this. The whole gets focused more on than the individual’s progress and level in today’s school system. Instead of dividing up an age group into A, B and C classes for math, English and Swedish for…
Swedish Possessive and Possessive Reflexive Pronouns Posted by Tibor on Oct 7, 2011
Hon dansar med sin man. She is dancingwith her (own) husband. Both the subject and the so called reflexive possessive pronoun belong together in this sentence. Marked with black. Hon is a personal pronoun, while sin is reflexive possessive pronoun for en-nouns. En man – sin man Hon har glömt sitt paraply idag. She has…
Staying in Sweden longer than three months Posted by Stephen Maconi on Oct 6, 2011
If you’re planning to visit Sweden for any given period of time, depending on which country you’re from, you may need a visum, or visa, to get into the country. EU citizens/residents don’t need any form of visa, regardless of how long they stay, because they have what is known as uppehållsrätt, or right of…
I Love You in Swedish Posted by jennie on Oct 5, 2011
Ah those magic words, so lovely to hear and sometimes so hard to say. Well, especially if you don’t know HOW to say them. Therefore, we decided that a blog post about these three little words would be absolutely essential. So here goes: I love you = Jag älskar dig (“dig” is pronounced “dej”)…
Sven Tumba – Swedish Legend Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 4, 2011
While this blog focuses on language a lot, we try to introduce everyone to a bit of Swedish culture as well. Sometimes that culture is humorous, like Swedish Stereotypes. Again, other times it looks at pop culture. Sometimes though, that culture can be tinged with a bit of sadness for many Swedes. This is one…
Tips and tricks for Swedes in friendliness Posted by Katja on Oct 3, 2011
Not too long ago I wrote a post on how physical I experienced Swedes being after I came back from Japan. A lot of the responses were that you did not at all feel Swedes were particularly physical and had on the contrary felt that they were rather cold and quite distant. I can understand…