Swedish designers

This post contains commercial links  Lars Wallin Swedish fashion designer Lars Wallin has a degree from Beckmans’ School of design and has won the prestigious designer award  “Guldknappen”. Wallin has designen outfits for scenkläder the Eurovision Song Contest, The Royal Opera in Stockholm and several Swedish artists and royalties. Lars Wallin is inspired by French coutureContinueContinue reading “Swedish designers”

Ikea

IKEA is a Swedish multinational company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, home accessories and other useful goods. The company was founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, who at the time was only 17 years old. The company name, IKEA, is an acronym of Kamprad’s initial (I K) with those of Elmtaryd (theContinueContinue reading “Ikea”

The three largest cities

The three largest cities are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. In that order. The main part of Stockholm is situated in the region of Uppland, and a smaller part belongs to the region of Södermanland. Stockholm is also the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is known for many things, not the least the The Royal Castle. InContinueContinue reading “The three largest cities”

Abba, Zlatan and Björn Borg

Photo: Bohuslänningen I am quite sure you’ve heard of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. If not, he’s one of the world’s most successful and well known soccer players of all times. And he’s from Sweden. Maybe you’ve heard of Abba, Greta Thunberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Icona Pop and Robyn too? Did you know they’re all from Sweden? Abba wasContinueContinue reading “Abba, Zlatan and Björn Borg”