In two months exactly, it’s my children’s birthdays. This time, they will turn 10. “Vi fyller jämnt,” ponders my son. (Att fylla jämt (“to fill even”) is an expression Swedes use to refer to big birthdays, such as 40, 50, 60, or 70.) His twin sister sneers. “You are...
In school years three, six, and nine, Swedish schoolchildren write an exam called nationella prov (‘national exams’). Nationella prov are also written in gymnasiet, the last three years of school. Third-graders take exams in Swedish and mathematics only, and six- and...
“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...
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