Balloons, excellent music & feel-good vibes. The 3 main ingredients to a marvellous Melodifestivalen. Anybody new to the Swedish tv & music scene would be forgiven for thinking it’s all darkness & Scandi noirs but every year Sweden, a nation obsessed with music and competitions, brightens up our screens during the dark winter with Melodifestivalen. […]
Eurovision
Sweden – the kingdom of pop
Did you know that Sweden is the world’s biggest exporter of pop music? When I have tweeted this on several occasions for sayitinswedish.com people have responded with ‘no, that’s definitely America’ and such comments. I agree that this statement is very bold, since Sweden’s population just went over 10 million (whereas the USA has about […]
Come together and enjoy Eurovision!
It’s finally time for Eurovision! Stockholm has been sparkling the whole week and visitors from all around the globe have come to enjoy the Eurovision. But how much do you know about this musical event? For instance, why are the Swedes so crazy about it? And why does the event cause such a debate? The […]
