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I spent some time doing my Swedish homework at the library today, and for the hundredth time I was boggled by the noise level around me. Granted, there were small children coming in and out, but still, I think that even at a young age, Americans learn to be quiet when entering a library. These particular kids were running around and chasing each other. In addition, there were plenty of …continue reading

Not that I’ve posted any of Sweden’s bad ideas here before, but this deserves to be the first and latest. Remember those pictures of when you were maybe two or three years old and clad in those “onesie” outfits with the padded feet? Well, they’re all the rage here… for ADULTS! Yes, the apparently Norwegian-born fad of OnePiece, is infecting Sweden with each passing day. Last weekend, I saw one …continue reading

My parents made their first trip to Sweden last month. Over the course of three weeks, we spent time here in Gothenburg, down in Halmstad, and 10 days in Germany, the land of my dad’s ancestors. I had never been to Germany before this trip, but luckily for me, living in Sweden made the transition into figuring out the German lifestyle much easier. For example: Road signs are the same (perhaps …continue reading

Swedes love to import American things: movies, music, TV shows, culture (Halloween is a fairly recent one but maybe to a fifteenth of the degree as it is back home). But they also like to export themselves there to experience all of this first-hand (“OMG, they do have yellow school buses and red fire trucks just like in the movies!”). I’ve been following a couple of blogs by Swedes who …continue reading

Spotify has rocked my world ever since Fredrik introduced it to me over a year ago. Added to the ranks of Swedish technological wonders as Skype and The Pirate Bay, this music phenomenon finally reached the U.S. on July 14. How we Americans ever lived without it is beyond me, but I’m glad Americans can now enjoy too. Has it been well received across the waters? Do you guys like …continue reading