Working mothers I often receive emails from people wanting to relocate to Sweden, asking what the situation is for working mothers. Now, I should be able to share some personal experiences here, as I work, and I have two children. That would, from many perspectives,...
A comparative study of the Swedish and the British understanding of uselessness at work Both of them are women. Both of them are useless. None of them are real. Six months ago, Sweden was split in half due to Britt-Marie, a fictional character representing the...
You know you are working in Sweden when… … your coffee consumption grow exponentially every week. … you attend meetings to plan other meetings. … you count time in weeks instead of days and months. … your employer is asking you to go on...
In light of recent events, that is, the infamous Tomas Spragg Nilsson (author of Fear and Falukorv) spreading fear across Sweden by voluntarily eating a semla in June, LYS has founded a campaign to educate new Swedes in the importance of eating the right sweet food at...
Have you noticed the beautiful Swedish concept of förmiddag – “forenoon” as opposed to afternoon, and being the time between early morning and noon? Also, there’s the useful concept of dygn, meaning a full 24-hour period, whereas dag refers...
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