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Norway vs Sweden – The Differences {Venn Diagram}

31, Jan 2012

Found this great venn diagram from diesel sweeties: It also made me think of the differences between the two countries… Norway They always sound happy when they speak Lax Super athletic NATO Two languages: Nynorsk & Bokmål (why oh why…) North Pole Sweden Land of the semlor, kanelbulle The Swedish Bikini Team Station wagon baby-mobiles [...]

The Scandinavian Coat of Arms – A SATW Comic Drawing

28, Dec 2011

The comic Scandinavia and the World is my favorite. It is epic hilarious and awesome. You must read it, you’ll be crying yourself silly for more. This strip, about the lions on the coat of arms of the countries is by far my most favorite. EPIC. The real coat of arms in Scandinavia Denmark Image [...]

Q&A on American and Swedish Christmas Traditions

10, Dec 2011

I’ve been thinking about what makes Swedish Christmas different from American Christmas. After emailing with a friend back home in America, I realized there’s so many Swedish traditions not found in America and vice versa. I put together a list of questions and answers on how Christmas is celebrated in each of the countries. This [...]

Interview with Christopher Grant – The Daily Photo

15, Nov 2011

Today I’m interviewing a very good friend of mine, Christopher Grant. He’s a photographer, hiking master, and overall amazing photographer and friend. We meet a few years ago via Facebook when I was looking to meet other photographers in Sweden. And there he was! He’s a veritable road-warrior who has traveled the world for photographers. [...]

Scandinavian Clubs in the US

15, Sep 2011

I put together a list of clubs and organizations in the United States for Scandinavians (Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland). Most of the time you have to be a member or member’s guest to attend but there are several open events. You all should be able to get culturally immersed and maybe find a [...]

Domestic Terrorist Attack Kills 92 in Oslo, Norway

22, Jul 2011

Update, July 24, 10AM: The shooter, Anders Behring Breiviks, also produced a book on how plan a successful terrorist. This information was first released by 4chan.org. It is available on Piratebay and several other sites. Aftonbladet and DN have short Swedish translations here and here. Please beware the book is disturbing and promotes terrorism, violence, [...]

Jantelagen – Equality, Equality, Equality

12, Jun 2011

I’ve been reading a lot about jantelagen. Jantelagen is a system of principles on behavior. Aksel Sandemose wrote his observations about his town (fictionally called Jante) in the 1920s. From here he observed how people behaved in society. This principal is a fundamental of Scandinavian culture. Here in Sweden, many people consider jantelag as the [...]

The World’s Most Expensive Cities

11, May 2011

When I was doing research about the cost of living in Stockholm, I found a neat article from Business Week about the world’s most expensive cities. It’s not unusual that all the Nordic cities appeared on the list but rather amusing how much we pay for some basic items. Norway, was as usual, epic in [...]

War and Peace at the Nobel Ceremony

10, Dec 2010

It’s that time of year again, Swedish Christmas decoration, endless supplies of glögg, and the Nobel Prize awards ceremony. Most notably is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Mr. Liu Xiaobao, presented in Oslo. Last year the committee awarded President Obama the peace prize, a controversial decision considering the President’s short time in office. [...]

Smelling Pickled Herring in the Wikileaks Arrest

7, Dec 2010

When Wikileaks released the nearly 400,000 documents about the Iraq war, I was ambivalent. I did not like the idea of innocent civilians being exposed and possibly killed because of the information that leaked out. Or, having national security paraded on the internet. Then the diplomatic cables released and I thought the Wikileaks founder was [...]


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