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 […]
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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 […]
From the country side to the city I moved to the US in the shift between 2002/2003, 18 years ago, and that was quite a change. But before I share some of the things that made an impression on me let me tell you a bit about where I move […]
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 […]
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 […]