{"id":6002,"date":"2012-10-17T18:14:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T18:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2014-06-26T22:13:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:13:21","slug":"popular-swedish-souvenirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/popular-swedish-souvenirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Swedish Souvenirs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going to Sweden soon? What are your expectations? A shopping spree or a walk in the woods? Checking out different pizzeria\u2019s pizza salad? For those of you who have read this blog for a while now probably know more about Sweden than most.<\/p>\n

What would you then bring back from Sweden, either out of symbolic value or for maybe purely practical reasons? A famous Swedish invention? Osthyveln.\u00a0<\/strong>(like the cheese slicer?) A Barba Pappa mug or a mug with Astrid Lindgren\u2019s fictional characters on it? Would you maybe bring home a t-shirt with the warning sign with an elk on it? Varning \u00c4lg!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You probably recognize the most common ones like Dalah\u00e4starna<\/strong> (the Dala Horses, carved and painted figures). Or the t-shirts saying \u201cI love Stockholm\u201d (Jag \u00e4lskar Stockholm)<\/strong>. Bring home a midsommarst\u00e5ng <\/strong>(midsummer pole) and tell all the people who ask what it is that it actually symbolizes fertility. Suppose most of you can guess the rest \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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There are quite a few tips, but what have\/would\u00a0you <\/em>bring home? Are there things that you have brought home from Sweden and given to others that have been very appreciated?<\/p>\n

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Going to Sweden soon? What are your expectations? A shopping spree or a walk in the woods? Checking out different pizzeria\u2019s pizza salad? For those of you who have read this blog for a while now probably know more about Sweden than most. What would you then bring back from Sweden, either out of symbolic…<\/p>\n

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