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Time for sportlov! Posted by jennie on Feb 22, 2011
Starting from week 7, children in Sweden gets a week of from school. This week is called sportlov (sport’s break) and it happens at different weeks in different parts of Sweden. The southen children enjoy the time off first (week 7) and the children up north get their holiday four weeks later – mostly because the weather is so unbarebly cold…
Sportlov Season Is Upon Us Posted by Transparent Language on Feb 21, 2009
And that’s “lov,” NOT “love,” not to be confused, and the meaning is totally different as well. Sportlov, aka vinterlov, or skidlov is simply Swedish for “winter school break.” But lov is a tricky word – it has several meanings, and depending on the meaning, it can be either an “ett” or “en” word, or…