{"id":3028,"date":"2011-02-22T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2011-02-22T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:30:48","slug":"time-for-sportlov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/time-for-sportlov\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for sportlov!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting\u00a0from week 7,\u00a0children in Sweden gets a week of from school.\u00a0This week is called\u00a0sportlov (sport’s break<\/strong>)\u00a0and it happens at different weeks in different parts of Sweden. The southen\u00a0children 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 up there now.\u00a0 The break was actually “founded” back in the 1940ies in order to save a week’s worth of heating in all the schools…<\/p>\n

Anyway. I’m not sure how much sport that’s\u00a0actually happening during this week (I certainly never did any, but that’s probably just me in general…) but thought I’d share a fun piece about Swedes and sport with you – taken from the excellent book “Xenophobe’s guide to the Swedes<\/a>” – to give you an idea on what might be going on up there:<\/p>\n

“By the time Bj\u00f6rn Borg left world tennis in 1983, a wave of Borgomania inspired every local authority in Sweden to build lavish indoor and outdoor tennis facilites which produced champions such as Wilander, Edberg and J\u00e4rryd. Swedish seeds continue to germinate like dandelions on tennis lawns around the world.
\nStenmark has similary inspired Sweden’s victories on international ski slopes. The greatest annual ski event in Sweden is the Vasaloppet, a 10 000 strong cross country skiing \u00a0(l\u00e4ngdskidor<\/strong>) \u00a0marathon which winds its way along a 53 mile trek from S\u00e4len to Mora. The role model for this event is Gustav Vasa, who got on his skis in the Middle Ages to recruit farmers between S\u00e4len and Mora for a march on Stockholm to overthrow the foreign-dominated government.\u00a0
\nBicycling is almost as popular as recycling with enthusiasts of all ages taking part in an annual 180 mile race around the scenic Lake V\u00e4ttern. A common summer sight is a husband and wife and their 1 3\/4 children pedalling along wearing crash helmets and little else, like a formation of contented extra terrestrials.
\nThe Swedes are world champions in orienteering, a form of philately where the participants, armed with compasses and ordnance maps, jog all day through endless forrests to have their passbooks stamped. The are expert pathfinders; in post offices and wine shops they are the first to find the queue-eliminating ticket dispenser.
\nIn winter, some Swedes make a contest out of running naked from hot saunas\u00a0to roll around in the snow before heading back into their steaming sanctuary.
\nMoose hunting (\u00c4lgjakt<\/strong>)\u00a0is an initiation which is supposed to turn little boys into men, but more often excessive alcohol comsumption turns the men into guntoting little boys. With shots being fired at anything that moves, the wise moose stands absolutely still and watch with amazement.”<\/p>\n

By the way, lov is a tricky word. I found four different ways iof using the word, so beware!<\/p>\n

1. lov<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 tid d\u00e5 man har ledigt fr\u00e5n skolan <\/strong>\u2013 time off from school
\n2. lov<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 v\u00e4ndning, sv\u00e4ng<\/strong> \u2013 a turn of a boat ( a sailing term)
\n3. lov<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 svar eller f\u00f6rklaring som s\u00e4ger att man f\u00e5r g\u00f6ra n\u00e5got, till\u00e5telse<\/strong> \u2013 permission to do something.
\n4. lov<\/strong> \u2013 ber\u00f6m<\/strong> \u2013 praise<\/p>\n

Ha ett h\u00e4rligt sportlov!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting\u00a0from week 7,\u00a0children in Sweden gets a week of from school.\u00a0This week is called\u00a0sportlov (sport’s break)\u00a0and it happens at different weeks in different parts of Sweden. The southen\u00a0children 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…<\/p>\n

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