For a lot of people, today is the last day of 2015, which means it’s time for the requisite retrospective. Let’s take a look at the top ten posts with the most visitors on the Swedish language blog.

“New Years Eve 2009-2010” by Erik Söderström – Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.

We’ll start at ten and work our way backwards to the most popular post of 2015.

10. Swedish Relationships – The Sambo
    Maybe you’ve found yourself a Swede to fall in love with and you’re working on the language to impress them. If you end up moving in together, you’re going to want to know this word: “sambo.”

9. Swedish numbers 1-100
   Ett, två, tre, fyra, fem… you get the idea. Learn your numbers and suddenly a lot of everyday tasks become much easier in Swedish. With this handy guide you’ll get all of the numbers plus the IPA examples to help your pronunciations.

8. The mysterious Swedish pizza salad
   Craving that special salad that you get at every pizza restaurant in Sweden? Take a look at this post for a quick recipe on how to make your very own Swedish pizza salad.

7. En or Ett
   Well, which is it? Good question. This post will help you learn a bit more about genders for Swedish nouns: en or ett. There’s no hard and fast rule as to which is which, but here you’ll learn how to make definite and indefinite nouns with the genders.

6. Happy Birthday in Swedish
   Sing along with some strange puppets to Happy Birthday in Swedish. We’ve even included a handy English translation (minus the play on words that exists in Swedish. Check out the comments to that particular post for more.).

5. Swedish Stereotypes
   One of our most-commented posts, this one looks at some of the classic stereotypes about Sweden: the language, the people, the culture, and so much more. It’s a fun post that plays with assumptions about what Sweden is. Or isn’t.

4. Hej Hej!
   It’s a simple word, but foundational to any new conversation in Swedish: hej. Or hej hej. This post takes a look at he history of the word “hej” from urban legends about complaining tourists to copy-cat students in Uppsala. Learn how to greet someone in Swedish, while finding out more about the greeting itself.

3. Swedish swear words
   Learn to swear in Swedish!I considered just writing that sentence and letting it stand. For some people, those swear words are pretty attractive. While we don’t necessarily advocate swearing, especially in a foreign language where you may not have the nuance down quite yet, it’s an important thing to understand. You’re going to hear it, you may as well learn it.

2. How to find an English speaking job in Sweden
   Finding a job isn’t always easy. Finding a job in a different country can be even more challenging. This post will give you a few helpful hints on where to start your job search, plus a few vocabulary words that will help you along the way.

1. “Ja må han/hon leva” the Swedish birthday song
   So many birthdays! Here’s yet another post about the Swedish birthday song. This one has the added benefit of a few phrases to congratulate someone on their birthday. Take a look and really solidify your knowledge of Swedish birthday vocabulary and traditions.

So there you have it, the top ten posts on the Transparent Swedish blog. Let us know what you’d like us to cover in the coming year and we’ll work to make 2016 an even better one!

To all who celebrate: gott nytt år!