Comments on: Swedish Easter Traditions

By: Delishhh

Delishhh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:49:32 +0000

Great post. I just wrote about Swedish Easter Traditions as a kid on my blog too: http://delishhh.com/?p=772

By: Beatrix

Beatrix — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:55:37 +0000

Hej Anna.

tack för din lilla artikel om Påsk, den var nyttig

Is påskris the branches decorated by feathers? I really like those.. will have them next year for sure

By: Minty

Minty — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:33:19 +0000

Thanks James, I know culture shock is probably not the most reliable source material, but it is not the only thing I am using. I live with my Swedish boyfriend, so everything in that book becomes a point of discussion. Im also using Byki to learn the language. I will look into the other stuff you mentioned though.

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:38:03 +0000

Minty, Beforehand?
“Culture Shock: Sweden” can do you more harm than good. To get the nuances and pick up on what you need to from a broader view read Swedish literature (Lagerlöf, Strindberg, Sara Lidman, Lars Gustavsson, Kerstin Ekman, P O Enqvist, Pär Lagerkvist, Eyvind Johnsson, Harry Martinsson, Hjalmar Söderberg…) and Swedish history. Spend time in Swedish webforums. Learn some Swedish before you arrive. Another good thing to read is travel writing by Swedes–sometimes national characteristics become more apparent when those characteristics are set up to deal with a foreign topic. Likewise, look at how Swedes view the rest of the world politically. Also, you can check out my blog (Notes from the North), I recently took away the old posts and began focusing only on writing about Swedish phenomena for an international crowd.

By: Luke (Sydney)

Luke (Sydney) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:13:55 +0000

G’day Minty, I found this site very handy and it’s good for reading aftonbladet too.

http://translate.google.com/translate_t#sv|en

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