by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Thu | Make Sweden your Home
Anywhere you go in this world, there will be certain, but sometimes unwritten, rules about how to deal with the last bits of food you are served. In some countries, you should always leave a bit of food on the plate, to communicate that you are satisfied. In other...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Tue | Make Sweden your Home
We’ve ALL been there: making that nice cup of coffee (Sweden’s all about fika, right?), grabbing a carton of milk, and voilà – what is that? Well, it’s called filmjölk, or simply fil, and despite the name, it’s not really milk but rather...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Make Sweden your Home
You have probably been told about the upcoming event, Midsommarafton, taking place on Friday (24/6). The aim is to celebrate the summer solstice (actually occurring today) and the fact that from now and onwards, every day will be a little bit shorter until we hit rock...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Make Sweden your Home
I am often told miracle anecdotes about people who learn fluent Swedish in three months. Apparently, this makes others feel inspired, and it is also concluded that such fast progress is due to motivation. “She really wanted to learn.” I am very sceptical to all of...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Swedish language
You know when you want to make that monster really frightening, and you end up calling it a pattern? There must be plenty of post-ignorant expats out there, laughing smugly at their idiotic co-patriots who are too ignorant to take those dots seriously enough. When...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Make Sweden your Home
The word think, or the equivalent(s) in your language, is conveniently translated into three different words in Swedish: tycker, tänker, tror. Do not believe that you can use these sporadically, as per your own preference, because for any Swede, these three words have...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Make Sweden your Home
To celebrate the change of clocks this weekend, please find this guide to help you through the tunnel, that will be the experience of your Swedish life up until mid-April next year. Why? Like most people, I believe that it is not the cold that presents the greatest...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Swedish language
There are some more complicated and some less complicated challenges when it comes to Swedish pronunciation. I have collected five particularities of the Swedish language, that should be rather easy to master technically, as soon as you have recognised their...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Swedish language
It is late mid morning, and your Swedish colleague you are working together with, suddenly says: Hejurere? Jörenåt aja ätelunch nu? Jae ungri. You will need to answer with: Reelungt. Gårebra omja joinarej? Your colleague, a bit distracted on their phone, goes: Vasaru?...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Nov, Fri | Make Sweden your Home
It is late September and the Swedish business crowd is back to business after sealing all the important deals under the pretence of leisure and below birch branches in the summer gardens. You are back to business, too, doing your best to blend into the crowd of...
