So you’ve just been given an admission for your undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral studies in Sweden and you are super excited! You will be leaving your home country to study “abroad”. But after the excitement comes reality. And a move from an Africa country to Sweden can be a bit of a challenge. There are […]
swedish behaviour
Short & Sweet – ‘Fika’
Want to make Swedish friends? Want to know them more or want to learn more about Swedish behaviour? Yes? then there is a ‘Short & Sweet’ way to do that – and in Sweden we call it a ‘Fika’. When I heard this word for the first time, I had several thoughts ranging from fika […]
What I did to learn Swedish
Learning an entirely new language is always an interesting and slightly daunting task. And let’s face it, for most of us Newbies, we didn’t find ourselves hearing much Swedish before coming here. If you grew up in Britain, there was the Swedish chef from the muppets, (whose mastery of Swedish intonation we are all in […]
