Today’s episode is inspired by an article on vox.com from 2017 that I accidentally stumbled on. The title of the article is I’m an American living in Sweden. Here’s why I came to embrace the higher taxes. Tom Heberlein writes the article, and I have a link to the full […]
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Today I am returning to a topic I have talked about before, and that is food. It seems like many of you enjoy it when I talk about Swedish food. So today I’m gonna take a look at the calendar for special celebration days for different foods in Sweden. Some […]
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 […]
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) […]
After living more than 20 years in the US as a Swede, I have thought a lot about how little Americans know about Sweden and what a small country Sweden really is. So for today's episode, I started searching the internet for the most commonly asked question about Sweden. And Swedes, and I will try and answer them as well as I can.
According to the RSF (Reporters Without Borders) World Press Freedom Index for 2022 Sweden ranks #3 just behind Norway and Denmark. The list is based on the degree of freedom that journalists and news organizations have in each country and the efforts that authorities make to safeguard this freedom. Today […]
Although. I have lived here for 22 years now, and here in the US, there is still food that I really miss from Sweden. Food that is hard to get here, and if I really wanted, I have to cook it myself. Today I want to talk about food. Food that […]
My relation to music Music has always been a part of my life. I have played instruments, listen to, and enjoyed music of all kinds. During my upbringing in 2nd grade, I played the recorder, which was obligatory for everyone that wanted to move on to another instrument in 3rd […]