Where I left from In my next episode, I will talk about my first impressions of my new home USA. But to really understand what I experienced I think you need some background of where I started. I was living in a small town in the south of Sweden called […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
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Why do you ask this? One of the pillars of the US is freedom of religion and has been from the very birth of the country.But still, religion plays a very important role in many people’s lives. And not just when it comes to faith, a question that surprised me when […]
A 180 degree turn? This week we are going from Sweden and sex to Sweden and religion. A rather drastic change maybe, but in large Swedes think about religion the similar way they think about sex, this is personal. I will take you through a quick religious history of Sweden’s […]
in this episode I will discuss the 70 year old stereotype about Sweden and Swedes are all decadent, promiscuous, and sexually liberated.
The long lasting stereotype Since the early 50s, the stereotype is that Swedes, in particular Swedish women, are decadent, and promiscuous. For 70 years we have lived with this picture of us, and it doesn’t look like it is getting any better, so in my next episode I am taking […]
Trying to keep my promises, and this week I actually did (so far). It is Tuesday and I am preparing you all for next week’s episode of A Swedish Fika. This time I am going to get onto a somewhat controversial topic, one that is filled with stereotypes and in […]
The stereotype about looking Swedish is; tall, blond, blue-eyed , and beautiful But how true is that description of us Swedes?
Can’t seem to get things together I am so sorry, but no excuses, I just seem to get overwhelmed, and having too many things I want to do and posting here slips away from me. I have the intention of posting here Tuesday, Thursday, and of course, my show notes […]
In today’s episode, I will talk about the very strange relationship we Swedes have with alcohol. On one hand, we are very restrictive about drinking during the work week but it is almost a must during the weekend. I will also address how the Swedes change from the silent, almost […]
The other side In my last two episodes, I have talked about the silence and how the low of junk has affected us and our way of being, but there is an opposite side too, and that is the drunk Swedes. But we Swedes have a very ambivalent relationship with […]