What is Swedish Fika? Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 3, 2012 in Culture
The Swedish blog here at Transparent.com over the years has presented plenty of articles about one of the most Swedish activities of all: the fika! Upon browsing around, I came accross this great reportage produced by some students at Luleå University in northern Sweden that really gives a great feel for what fika is really all about. Here it is:
Those of you who have been in Sweden, what are your fika experiences? Is there anything that the video didn’t cover that you would like to bring up? Feel free to comment and share! 🙂
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About the Author: Stephen Maconi
Stephen Maconi has been writing for the Transparent Swedish Blog since 2010. Wielding a Bachelor's Degree in Swedish and Nordic Linguistics from Uppsala University in Sweden, Stephen is an expert on Swedish language and culture.
Comments:
Danne:
The word Fika is an example of the back slang (Månsing) used in the 19th century, in which syllables of a word were reversed, deriving fika from kaffi, an earlier variant of the Swedish word kaffe (“coffee”).From fika also comes the word fik (a colloquial term for “café”) through a process of back-formation.
Torben:
Kaffepause CoffeeBreak