This weekend it’s a big one in Sweden, probably the most loved holiday of the year is happening on Saturday: Midsummer (Midsommar – sv) This holiday is a very serious celebration… Read More

The Swedes love their strawberries.  And with good reason; Swedish strawberries are delicious.  They are only available in the summer and are sweet with strawberry flavor, totally… Read More

What does March 22nd and the most famous Swedish holiday, midsummer, have in common? In this Swedishness podcast, Kattis and Phillip interview experts in Swedish tradition, as well as others… Read More

"If an unmarried picks seven or nine kinds of flowers in midsummer and put under the pillow, the person will dream of her future spouse." Read More

When I joined an international pen pal club in November 1959, I had no idea how it would change my life. I was an RN at a large hospital in Bremen, in northern Germany. By December, the le… Read More

Top Foods You Have to Try in Stockholm  Kanelbullar Think of it as a Swedish cinnamon bun. Here, you won’t find it gooey and covered in frosting. You’ll find it with lots o… Read More

Swedish architecture firm Bigert and Bergstrom design the sauna cabin which shaped like an egg. Golden Egg Sauna is open for local public and visitors who are visited in Kiruna Sweden… Read More

Via Business Insider: From the beginning of April to midsummer Sweden had a special phone number that the curious could call to ask questions to random Swedes. Unfiltered and uncensored… Read More

For many in Helsinki the summer doesn’t begin properly until the Midsummer bonfires at Seurasaari Open Air Museum have burned out and thousands of metal fans, from all over Europe, arr… Read More

National Day 2011 at Millesgården, Lidingö, Today is Sweden’s National Day, and practically no one cares. Under the headline “National Day, a bluff clothed in Blue an… Read More

Interesting...1. Nike - "Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold" - Viewed 22.6 million times2. Pepsi - "PEPSI (Britney Spears, Beyonce, Pink - We Will Rock You)" - Viewed 14 million times3. McDonald's … Read More