In today’s episode, I will talk about something very close to my heart education, and the focus will be on primary education. I will divide this into five sections. In the first section, I want to give you an overview of the Swedish school system. Then I want to talk […]
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Last Sunday, September 9th, was the election day in Sweden, and since this is a podcast about Sweden and Swedes, I had to cover that. But before we talk about the actual results of the election, and what changes it will lead to, let’s talk about the election process in Sweden.
The red Cottage Red cottages with white corners and other white trimmings are as iconic as Fika in Sweden. Many houses in Sweden are made of wood and need to be painted, the question is why so many are painted in the color Falu Rödfärg – Falu red? But to […]
Some general background Swedish is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Norweigan and Danish, and all three languages are developed from the old Norse. Swedish is generally divided into three main dialect areas;Northern Swedish Eastern Swedish (Finnish Swedish and Estonian Swedish) […]