Season 2 of A Swedish Fika is around the corner, and there will be a few changes. First of all, I want to make this season more personal, more from my point of view, and tell more about my own experience both from Sweden and from the US.To do so, […]
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The start of Christmas The Swedish Christmas starts on the 1st of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas Eve, and we lit the first candle in our advent calendar. This is a 4 candle holder often decorated with green moss and red berries, and on the first Sunday of Advent we […]
Who was Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833. He was among many other things the inventor of dynamite and the blasting cap, synthetic rubber and leather, and artificial silk. By the time of his death, December 10, 1896, he had 355 patents in his […]
Thanksgiving in the US Thanksgiving was the first holiday I ever experienced in the US before I even decided to stay here, and it will always be a special holiday for me. Not for the reason that it is an official holiday but on a very personal level. This was […]
The Swedish System One thing that fascinates Americans from time to time is that we have a king in Sweden. So today I want to tell you about the Swedish monarchy, how it functions and who the Royal family are. Sweden has a long history of kingdoms, some say it […]
Why so few posts? I don’t know if I have told you this, but I have a couple of YouTube channels besides this podcast, one of them is a video version of A Swedish Fika. And right now I am trying to change my content on them, which takes a […]
Landing in what once was New Sweden When I first moved here in 2003, I lived in the south of New Jersey, very close to both Delaware and Pennsylvania. Little did I know at that point that I was moving into a part of America that had once been a […]
Where it all began Sunday, November 14th, 1907 in Vimmerby Sweden a girl was born by the name Astrid Ericsson. She would grow up to be known as Astrid Lindgren, one of Sweden’s most beloved authors, mostly known for her children’s books. And to celebrate her birthday I wanted to dedicate […]
Three months old I, for one, can’t believe that we already are in November. My podcast has been up for three months already, it feels like I just started. The results still surprise me. In these three months, I have released nine episodes and a trailer. I have reached over […]
My favorite childhoos author Sunday, November 14th, 1907 in Vimmerby Sweden a girl was born by the name Astrid Ericsson. She would grow up to be known as Astrid Lindgren, one of Sweden’s most beloved authors, mostly known for her children’s books. And to celebrate her birthday I wanted to […]