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Nobel prizes Posted by Katja on Dec 28, 2012
Halloj alla läsare! This post is about the Nobel prizes and how some of them have had a great effected on your daily life. The ceremony for all the Nobel prizes, except the peace prize, is held in Stockholm, in the Stockholm concert house. The fact that the ceremony which is board casted across the…
Top 15 Swedish things Posted by Katja on Nov 2, 2010
Hey there all of you, In this post I will post all of the things you thought were Swedish. Hopefully our Swedish blog team can write posts about some of the different things as well. Then I have extracted 15 of all the things and hopefully they will be the most representative of them all…
Swedish Writers – Selma Lagerlöf Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 10, 2009
I was driving from Umeå to Stockholm this past Monday. Everything was going just fine and we were happily cruising along when somewhere between Umeå and Örnsköldsvik (also known as Ö-vik) the weather got all funky. It began to snow, or rather, from the looks of the road, it had been snowing for quite some…
It’s Banquet Time! Posted by Transparent Language on Dec 10, 2008
When you read it I will be in Stockholm. Many other people will be in Stockholm, too. In fact, Stockholm will be pretty crowded on December 10th. Why? It’s the Nobel Prize official Award ceremony. Sadly, I won’t be attending. Instead, I will be on my way to Skavsta Airport. Oh well, that two hour…
The 2008 Nobel Prizes Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 8, 2008
As you’ve probably noticed, it’s the 2008 Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset) time right now. Today the prize in chemistry was announced. Yesterday it was physics, and the day before – medicine. Too bad these days each prize has to be split among three people – 10 million kronor per prize is not that much to begin…