{"id":4249,"date":"2013-01-09T20:26:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2017-07-31T04:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:27:24","slug":"swedish-dating-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/2013\/swedish-dating-site\/","title":{"rendered":"A Free Swedish Dating Site \u2013 For Practicing Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am always finding new ways to use and improve my Swedish. I am not the type to sit down and memorize 10 words every evening (though that helps a lot too when I do do it!) I prefer methods that don\u2019t seem like studying.\"Happy<\/a><\/p>\n

Lately, my roommate, brother, and friends have all been having a stab at online dating. Apparently, that is the new thing, and why not?<\/p>\n

Well, one reason that stopped me from trying online dating here in the U.S. is that I know I don\u2019t want to stay here. I want to go to Sweden. So it seems pretty pointless to date out here.<\/p>\n

But while I heard about my roommate\u2019s success with making some great friends, I thought maybe I should give online dating a try.<\/p>\n

The coolest thing about online dating is that distance doesn\u2019t matter! So I started searching for a free Swedish dating site<\/b> (sorry, but why would I pay if I could get it for free?)<\/p>\n

After a deep search, I discovered Happy Pancake<\/a>. As I dived into reading profiles and writing my own profile (in very bad Swedish, might I add), I realized that this is a great way to practice Swedish! I was writing back and forth to various Swedes, mostly in the Swedish language<\/a> (when you start in Swedish, it usually stays in Swedish) and I could tell it was really helping me master the overall language.<\/p>\n

I began to pick up new words and enjoyed having regular chats here and there. And soon, I was using Swedish every day again, and all while NOT living in Sweden. Hur kul!<\/p>\n

Now, obviously, this only works if you are single, though you can sign up to Happy Pancake<\/a> if you are in a relationship and are just looking for friendship<\/em>. Rule of thumb with dating sites, especially in a population where there are more men than women, men may have more trouble finding a pen pal, friend, lover, or whatever you are looking for than a woman would.<\/p>\n

But why not give it a go? Even just filling out your profile, writing an essay in Swedish, will provide great practice for using the language.<\/p>\n

Just remember when dating online in Swedish, you are up against a lot of Swedes. That is a lot of beautiful people online. So take a shower, freshen up, and take a beautiful picture of yourself to join the Swedes in finding love online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am always finding new ways to use and improve my Swedish. I am not the type to sit down and memorize 10 words every evening (though that helps a lot too when I do do it!) I prefer methods that don\u2019t seem like studying. Lately, my roommate, brother, and friends have all been having … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[275,276,131,277],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swedishfreak.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}