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Top 5 Swedish Names – Women
1 Mar2012
After having writer’s block, I thought I would do a fun top 5 list of women’s names in Sweden.
These are the overall standings, not just the most popular names from the past year.
1. Maria
2011 Rank: 100
Number of women in Sweden with the name: 444599
Number of men in Sweden with the name: 619
Name day: 28 February
Maria Montazami, the girl from all the annoying casino Ving ads (I confused her with Victoria Silvstedt) and is the ‘hemmafru i Hollywood’
2. Anna
2011 Rank: 84
Number of women in Sweden with the name: 302591
Number of men in Sweden with the name: 11
Name day [...] Continue Reading…
- In: culture|top 5 sweden
Swedish Grocery Store Adventures
27 Feb2012
My friend, J, loves visiting the grocery store when she travels to foreign countries. There’s so much to see and learn about a culture at the grocery store.
We took a lot pictures a long time when we were visiting Sweden but I decided to spend more time in the store and take photos of all things Swedish.
By the way, Swedes have a strange fascination with food in a tube. And you thought American food was weird…
Felix Ketchup
Sylt {jam} in a squeeze refill bag
The “Ethnic” Section – all five meters long
Mayonnaise in a tube – the first [...] Continue Reading…
- In: food
UPDATE: Feb 27, 15.30. Photos of Princess Estelle at four days old. Awww!
UPDATE: Feb 24, 11.29. Her name is: Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary !!!
What’s with the W spelling? I thought Swedish normally didn’t use a ‘w’ in the alphabet?
Update: Feb 24, 11.19 The name will be release live today. In the meantime, enjoy this FAIL from the Royal House by calling the new baby David.
At 4.26 this morning, Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
Mom and baby are doing well and are already on the way home! [...] Continue Reading…
- In: news|scandinavia
Homemade Swedish Semlor! {Recipe}
20 Feb2012
I figured since many of you are not in Sweden for the semlor eating festivity of fettisdagen, I would write a post on making your own semlor. And if you are in Stockholm, be sure to check out the best semlor in the city.
Dagmar, who blogs at A Cat in the Kitchen, wrote a semlor recipe article a few years and I decided to try it out. Let me just say, they were delicious!
Semlor are not hard to make but they are labor and time intensive. My weakness, however, is bread making and I was terrified [...] Continue Reading…
Fat Tuesday {fettisdag} is coming up in Sweden. It’s the day marking the beginning of Lent and giving up on something you love.
It is also the day to stuff yourself silly with the Swedish dessert, called semla or fettisdagsbulle. Here’s a short history about the semla but what you really need to know is why this is a heavenly treat.
The components of a semla
We’ll start at the bottom. The bun is soft, fluffy, and fresh. Hint of crushed cardamon will aromate the bread.
Next is the mandelmassa, almond paste. It’s sweet, fresh, and [...] Continue Reading…
Valentine’s Day in the United States is this overloaded, gift giving holiday invented by the flower, diamond, and chocolate cartels and headed by Hallmark, the godfather of greeting cards.
The benefit for them – they make a lot of money; the benefit to you – you’re stuck in a vicious cycle as a guy to give, give, give some more.
V-Day is a holiday that makes me puke. Men are coerced into buying useless gifts for women they are barely dating. The holiday revolves all around “making her happy” and sexist ideaology.
It is a codified [...] Continue Reading…
Fine Dining at a Swedish Restaurant
10 Feb2012
I heard this from a reader and just couldn’t stop laughing. Now I know we pick on men a lot for saying dumb things, but this, from a Swedish girl, is priceless.
An English guy who is dating a Swedish girl asked her to take him to a nice Swedish restaurant in Sweden.
Knowing that there were just too many Swedish restaurant choices, she took him to the one place with universality when it comes to food.
Blindfolded, they took the train and bus to this mysterious restaurant. When she took the blindfold off of him, the English boy saw [...] Continue Reading…
For the past year, I left you all in suspense regarding our wedding photos. They’ve been around for a while, but I was too lazy to share them. You did get a sneak peek to the madness but now here’s the real deal.
There are boatload of photos, so be ready for a long fika!
Photographs are by Christopher and Andrew. Also thanks to Kate, Sabina, Tinna, and many more for contributing.
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
Fil
Stinky fish
Should have never given Norway independence
Maybe we need to make a new one??
Why I love Melodifestivalen
29 Jan2012
I’ve never been into Melodiefestivalen. Honestly I don’t get it. I do enjoy Eurovision and all their political voting that goes on, but the whole singing around Sweden like a banshee isn’t for me.
Instead, I have asked my good friend, Melodietjej*, to write about her love affair with Melodiefestivalen. Oh, and she’s American too!
Over the next 6 weeks my friends will start coming out of their winter doldrums, enjoying the extra hours of light, and having parties that I cannot attend. Because I will be watching Melodifestivalen.
Yes, I love Melodifestivalen. It is an epic battle of [...] Continue Reading…
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