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A Quick History of Swedish Music
While stalking Sweden online (it is what I’m doing for a living, woot!), I came across the amazing American Swedish Institute. It is actually a museum, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a museum I managed to completely miss when I was visiting family in Minneapolis! If you are in Minneapolis, do not miss out on the American…
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The Dessert Sweden is Talking About
What do you get when you cross a princesstårt and a semla? Why, a Princess Semla of course! A bakery in the town of Nässjö, Sweden (south of Stockholm) has come up with the semla (plural is semlor) of the year. (Don’t know what a semla is? Check out our amazing semlor recipe!) Everyone seems to…
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Ice Hotel Now Year Round
The famous ice hotel I’ve heard about ever since I’ve heard about Sweden, it seems like. The ICE Hotel is built ever year (since it was made out of ice) in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi. It features not only rooms guests can sleep in (yes, made out of ice), but also has a famous ‘ice bar’…
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Sankta Lucia Song
I am surprised after all these years I haven’t found the whole Sankta Luica song, nor found the time to translate it! Well, TG for YouTube. Easy enough to search for one, and I found this great channel that not only has the song, but includes the lyrics in Swedish! Enough for me 🙂 Here are…
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Lucia for Dummies
One thing I absolutely love about the Swedish government is how informative they are about Sweden! In researching a bit about St Lucia, I found a video that gives you the breakdown you need for Lucia in Sweden. AKA, Lucia for Dummies! I’m glad I watched it too, because I was forgetting something important. What is needed…
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Lucia Morning in Sweden
In our monthly newsletter, I usually feature a product of the month. I thought I would go into a little bit more detail this month and create a blog post out of it! This month we are looking at the children’s book “Lucia Morning in Sweden“. It tells the story of 3 children living in…