av LYS editorial team | 2024, mar, tis | Swedish for Parents, Swedish for Parents
What is your experience of having children in Swedish förskola? Anything that should be added or omitted from this bingo sheet? Send us an email at redaktion@lysforlag.com or tag us on social media. We are @lysandelagom. Do you want to know more about how to connect...
av Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux | 2024, mar, ons | Make Sweden your Home, Swedish for Parents, Swedish for Parents
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...
av Sarah Cambell | 2019, aug, ons | Make Sweden your Home, Swedish for Parents
It’s time If you are feeling even the tiniest bit emotional about your child starting school in Sweden, I recommend that you do not listen to Abba’s weep-along smash hit Slipping Through My Fingers. However, if you do feel tempted to press play and have a...
av Sarah Cambell | 2019, jun, tis | Swedish for Parents
You’ve been in Sweden with your family for a while now. You’ve read the books on Swedish culture, and you think you’re getting to grips with how things work here…. Don’t draw too much attention to oneself. Avoid chit chat with people you...
