{"id":216,"date":"2009-06-18T18:03:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T22:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=216"},"modified":"2009-06-18T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T22:03:37","slug":"midsommar-book-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/midsommar-book-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsommar Book Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s almost summer! I am saying \u201calmost\u201d, because we all know that the summer season officially starts with midsommar<\/strong>. And speaking of midsommar<\/strong> \u2013 what are your plans?
\nI will spend the occasion in Vancouver, actually, I’m on my way there right now – I\u2019m sitting at the airport while typing this.<\/p>\n

But, it’s not airports I wanted to talk about today.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the beginning of summer, I have something special planned for you.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but for me it just wouldn\u2019t be summer without a dorky summer pop hit, beach and summer reading. You just can\u2019t have a summer break and NOT read a funny, lighthearted book. Do you agree?<\/p>\n

And I remember how some of you complained about how hard it is to get Swedish books abroad.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m going to help you out a bit with this book problem! To celebrate the beginning of summer, I thought a little something special was in order.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And tah-dah! We have our first annual Swedish Blog midsommar<\/strong> book contest.
\nThe book you can win is \u201cPopul\u00e4rmusik fr\u00e5n Vittula<\/strong>\u201d by Mikael Niemi<\/strong>. Which just happens to be one of my most favorite books, ever.<\/p>\n

It was the winner of the August Prize for the best Swedish novel of 2000 (vinnare av Augustpriset som b\u00e4sta svenska roman 2000<\/strong>). So, you can say it\u2019s almost a classic.<\/p>\n

I picked this book not because I have an extra copy sitting around (thought that\u2019s true, too) but because of its location \u2013 a lovely little town called Pajala<\/strong> in the north of Sweden. And you know how much I love the far north! The rest of Sweden is really, well, the rest, if you live in the north.<\/p>\n

This book has been translated into English, so if you want to read along with an English version, that\u2019s possible, too. That\u2019s another reason why I decided to give away this particular book, and not another. I want to make this Swedish reading experience as fun for you as possible, so even if you\u2019re not confident you can manage all the way through in Swedish, you can follow along in English when you get tired.<\/p>\n

OK, enough of me talking.
\nDo you want to win it?
\nAll you need to do is to tell me in the comments section, p\u00e5 svenska<\/strong>, in 15 words or less, why I should send this book to you (and not to someone else). The deadline – June 30th.<\/p>\n

Easy? Very!
\nJust remember when you leave your comment to enter a valid email address, it won\u2019t be seen by other blog readers, but it\u2019s visible on my end, and this is the email address, I will use to contact you, OK? Don’t leave your mailing address in the comment – I will ask you for it when my distinguished panel of judges (consisting of me, myself and I) selects the winner.<\/p>\n

Oh, and one more thing \u2013 the contest is open only to subscribed readers of this blog (to subscribe click in the box to the right – it means that you will be getting new Swedish Blog posts by email)<\/em> from countries other than Sweden<\/span>. I know, I know, it doesn\u2019t seem fair. But you guys in Sweden can just saunter down to your local library and read all summer long.<\/p>\n

Trevlig midsommar!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It\u2019s almost summer! I am saying \u201calmost\u201d, because we all know that the summer season officially starts with midsommar. And speaking of midsommar \u2013 what are your plans? I will spend the occasion in Vancouver, actually, I’m on my way there right now – I\u2019m sitting at the airport while typing this. But, it’s not…<\/p>\n

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