{"id":169,"date":"2009-02-21T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=169"},"modified":"2009-02-21T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T19:00:27","slug":"sportlov-season-is-upon-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/sportlov-season-is-upon-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sportlov Season Is Upon Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/02\/winterbreak.jpg\" aria-label=\"Winterbreak\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-170\"  alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"162\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/02\/winterbreak.jpg\"><\/a>And that\u2019s \u201c<strong>lov<\/strong>,\u201d NOT \u201clove,\u201d not to be confused, and the meaning is totally different as well.<br \/>\n<strong>Sportlov<\/strong>, aka <strong>vinterlov<\/strong>, or <strong>skidlov<\/strong> is simply Swedish for \u201cwinter school break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>lov<\/strong> is a tricky word \u2013 it has several meanings, and depending on the meaning, it can be either an \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>en<\/strong>\u201d word, or exist without any other form.<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s take a closer look at this mysterious \u201c<strong>lov<\/strong>,\u201d shall we?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.    <strong>lov<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>lovet<\/strong>, <em>indef.pl:<\/em> <strong>lov<\/strong>, def.pl: <strong>loven<\/strong>) \u2013 <strong>tid d\u00e5 man har ledigt fr\u00e5n skolan \u2013 sommarlov eller vinterlov<\/strong> \u2013 time off from school \u2013 summer break or winter break. School holidays, in other words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2.    <strong>lov<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>loven<\/strong>, <em>indef.pl:<\/em> <strong>lovar<\/strong>, <em>def.pl:<\/em> <strong>lovarna<\/strong>) \u2013 <strong>v\u00e4ndning, sv\u00e4ng<\/strong> \u2013 a turn (of a boat) \u2013 it\u2019s a sailing term<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>3.    <strong>lov<\/strong> (without any other forms \u2013 such a weird noun in Swedish is called \u201c<strong>ob\u00f6jligt substantiv<\/strong>\u201d) \u2013 <strong>svar eller f\u00f6rklaring som s\u00e4ger att man f\u00e5r g\u00f6ra n\u00e5got, till\u00e5telse<\/strong> \u2013 permission to do something.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>4.    <strong>lov<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>lovet<\/strong>, no plural forms) \u2013 <strong>ber\u00f6m<\/strong> \u2013 praise (used as a noun).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, there\u2019s plenty of reasons to be careful with this noun. It also pops up in many expressions and compound words. Of course \u201c<strong>sportlov<\/strong>\u201d is one of such compounds.<\/p>\n<p>Why is a winter school break called literally \u201ca sports holiday\u201d that I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m a very non-sporty person. But I\u2019m sure it has something to do with going outside and playing in the snow. One of the synonyms for \u201c<strong>sportlov<\/strong>\u201d is simply \u201c<strong>skidlov<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 skiing holiday.<\/p>\n<p>And sure it is. Last night I was at <strong>Cityterminalen<\/strong> in <strong>Stockholm<\/strong> waiting for my bus, and while I sat there doing nothing I watched groups upon groups of school age kids with all sorts of skis and snowboards piling into buses to such exciting destinations as <strong>Hemavan<\/strong> and <strong>\u00c5re<\/strong> (popular skiing areas).<\/p>\n<p>Kids in <strong>Stockholm<\/strong> get their <strong>sporlov<\/strong> during week 9. In fact, the whole<strong> sportlov<\/strong> schedule is staggered, so the break comes at different weeks in different regions of the country. Below is the usual outline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F\u00f6ljande delar av Sverige har sportlov f\u00f6ljande veckor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Vecka 7: G\u00f6teborg, Kungsbacka, J\u00f6nk\u00f6pings l\u00e4n, Ydre<br \/>\n* Vecka 8: Uppsala l\u00e4n, Sk\u00e5ne l\u00e4n, S\u00f6dermanlands l\u00e4n (utom Gnesta), \u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands l\u00e4n (utom Ydre), \u00d6rebro l\u00e4n, Hallands l\u00e4n, Blekinge l\u00e4n, Kalmar l\u00e4n, Kronobergs l\u00e4n<br \/>\n* Vecka 9: Stockholms l\u00e4n, Dalarnas l\u00e4n, G\u00e4strikland, s\u00f6dra H\u00e4lsingland, V\u00e4stmanlands l\u00e4n, V\u00e4rmlands l\u00e4n, Gnesta, \u00c4lvkarleby, Gotland<br \/>\n* Vecka 10: V\u00e4sterbotten, Norrbotten, norra H\u00e4lsingland, V\u00e4sternorrlands l\u00e4n, J\u00e4mtlands l\u00e4n, Idre<br \/>\n* Vecka 11: Jokkmokk<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSo, what will your kids do during <strong>sportlov<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>PS. Back in the olden days <strong>sportlov<\/strong> was called <strong>kokslov<\/strong> and it was a school break designed to reduce school heating costs during cold winter months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"200\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/02\/winterbreak.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>And that\u2019s \u201clov,\u201d NOT \u201clove,\u201d not to be confused, and the meaning is totally different as well. Sportlov, aka vinterlov, or skidlov is simply Swedish for \u201cwinter school break.\u201d But lov is a tricky word \u2013 it has several meanings, and depending on the meaning, it can be either an \u201cett\u201d or \u201cen\u201d word, or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/sportlov-season-is-upon-us\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3282,3393,3414,364865,3519],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-lov","tag-school-holidays","tag-sportlov","tag-vocabulary","tag-winter-break"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}