“Get me a chocolate muffins,” my Swedish friend says. “I’ll fix a taxi.” As I stroll into the bakery, I realise that a novice to Sweden might be confused at this point. What exactly did my friend order? How many oversized cupcakes is “a muffins”? The answer is one....
Lördagsgodis is le thing. It’s on the BBC, it’s in Villa Volvo Vovve (this is the only book about Sweden you need rigt now) and it’s on Swedish children’s lips every Saturday. The concept is simple enough, that is, kids (and adults alike) are allowed sweets (or candy)...
What the h**l is a roundabout dog? Every country has its traditions, and although some of them may be rooted in something historically significant, something that had consequences, something important, some traditions stem from nowhere, and are entirely whimsy....
Until recently, not many Swedish words were known outside the country, with just a few of its words adopted elsewhere, most of them fairly unexciting: ‘orienteering’, ‘ombudsman’, ‘smorgasbord’. But then a trend for Scandinavian culture swept the globe, boosted by...
The Swedish language (just like all languages) has its peculiarities. Social media has become a great place for memes that share the funny, obscure, and downright nonsensical. But who makes these memes and how accurate are they? And what do they teach us about Swedish...
Landing a job in a new country can be tough. Securing work in a field that your trained in and pursuing a meaningful career can often start with an internship. For many, this seems like a backward step and one that might seem counter intuitive. But it might just lead...
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