Tag Archives: Sweden

The Swedish flag

The national flag of Sweden was adopted June 22, 1906. It has a rather unique design seeing that there are only three other nation flags (Kazakhstan, Palau and Ukraine) using the same color scheme. The Swedish national flag was adopted in 1906 and is, currently, one of four flags with a yellow and blue colorContinueContinue reading “The Swedish flag”

The Swedish master chef

Seeing that he is an award-winning chef, author of several cook-books and the owner of multiple restaurants, one must say that Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson has come a really long way. Marcus’s journey hasn’t always been easy or straight forward, wich can’t be said about his focus; to become a renowned chef. A renowned chefContinueContinue reading “The Swedish master chef”

The Swedish language

The Swedish language consists of approximately 126 000 words according to SAOL (Svenska Akademiens Ordlista). This can be compared to the English language which consists of around 750 000 words, with new ones added on a weekly basis. The Swedish alphabet There are 29 letters in the Swedish alphabet, which is a form of theContinueContinue reading “The Swedish language”

Two world champions

The 2023 Biathlon World Championships was crowned with two Swedish gold medals. Both Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson had to fight hård för it but managed to keep it together until the very end. The Biathlon World Championship 2023 was held in Oberhof, Germany. On the final day both Swedish teams managed to secure three medals.ContinueContinue reading “Two world champions”

Feast of Lent

Fettisdagen, also known as Fat Tuesday, originates from the Christian “feast of Lent”. The purpose is to eat plenty of fat food before Easter. In Sweden Fettisdagen is celebrated some time between February 3:d and March 9:th, supposedly 40 days before Easter. Since Easter is eans it is celebrated some time between February 3:d -ContinueContinue reading “Feast of Lent”

The current Prime Minister of Sweden

As a result of the latest election, held on September 10 in 2022, the Swedish people elected a new head of state. Head of State/The Prime Minister of Sweden: Ulf Kristersson (M). Photo: Axel Adolfsson Personal life His name is Ulf Kristersson; a middle aged man (born 1963) who was born in Lund and laterContinueContinue reading “The current Prime Minister of Sweden”