Archive for October, 2009

A Non Love Letter to System Bolaget (The Swedish Alcohol Monopoly)

29, Oct 2009

thanks to mindrepanda.com for this image. Dear System Bolaget, Your whole ‘system’ is a joke.  The guise of being a responsible seller without profit motive is just an attempt to gain moral authority and powertrip.  After more than 100 years of being abolished and the far majority of the OECD countries eliminating an alcohol monopoly [...]

Photos from Isafjordur, Iceland

26, Oct 2009

I only spent a few weeks in Isafjordur, and by far it’s been one of the best cities I have every visited. Mostly because of the friends I made but that, it’s still so routed in nature. Here are a few photos from my time there. The Viking man. We meet him while taking a [...]

Photo Monday: Visiting Narvik, Norway

19, Oct 2009

I love the Arctic cities. They are beautiful, words cannot express them. So without going too far into detail, here is this week photo set from Narvik, a small city in Arctic Norway. To get there, you take the train from Kiruna (sweden) via Stockholm and most coastal cities. Enjoy! An off the beaten path [...]

Living in Sweden: Swedish CV and the hopeful Job Interview

9, Oct 2009

This post is part two in the Living in Sweden Series.  In the first post, we discussed how to find a job in Sweden.  Now, once you found a job, you need to create a polished resume and prepare for potential interviews in Sweden. A CV, curriculum vitae, is a longer form of a resume.  [...]

Living in Sweden: Finding a Job

9, Oct 2009

The first step to moving to Sweden is to find a job. Without a job, you are pretty much SOL in terms of living in the country. There are a few exceptions to living in Sweden without finding a job. Here are the exceptions: Student in Sweden – Exchange students, post secondary education, graduate students. [...]

The Living in Sweden Series

7, Oct 2009

Inspired by my good friend Hairy Swede of Welcome to Sweden, I decided to write a moving and living in Sweden series.   My tale is about finding a job, finding a place, getting a work visa on my own.   I did not have the luxury of EU or Swedish citizenship or a Swedish boyfriend [...]

Photo Monday: Bryce Canyon and Vermillion Cliffs, Utah

5, Oct 2009

Nothing about Sweden or Swedish people today. It’s about our awesome roadtrip through California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Here are a few photos from the roadtrip along with the map of our route. After sleeping the night in the car at an RV park, we drove to Bryce Canyon and continued north to Salt Lake [...]

Google Wave Invite Contest: Write, Subscribe, Win

2, Oct 2009

New UPDATE: Nov 17th: Lots of invites to share again. Please just follow below. Have issues, then Twitter me. UPDATE WINNERS!: Here they are: Stefan (@lostinsweden), Demmos, Sam, Erik. Congrats guys! I may be getting more invites tommorow, saturday, so stay tuned if you have not received one yet and want to participate in the [...]

The Swedish Bikini Team – Blond Goddesses who have a dirty secret

1, Oct 2009

When I was small, I would hear about the Swedish Bikini team.  They were blond Swedish women who were of course busty and beautiful. They arrived in 1991 and remained part of pop culture legend. But the Swedish Bikini team has a dirty little secret, one that thousands, if not millions, of men did not [...]


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