Nationaldagen, June 6

In spite of Swedish pastries, flags, and entertainment, Swedes aren’t much for celebrating their national day, June 6. They don’t gather the way Americans, Norwegians, and the French do. Why is that? Well, according to Swedish media, Swedes simply don’t feel they have that much to celebrate.
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Gla i Glaskogen forest, Värmland

[Happy in the Happy Forest] Gla is a parochial version of glad, meaning happy in Swedish. Welcome to Värmland's largest nature reserve—with a mission of promoting outdoor life.
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When did Swedes go blond?

What do Emil in Lönneberga, Anders Zorn’s “dalkullor,” and Kalle on the tube of Kalles Kaviar have in common? They’re all Swedish, blond, and blue-eyed.
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Forsta Maj - May First

Traditionally a worker’s day, May First in Sweden has become a day to make voices heard for a variety of causes - school, the housing situation, even fishing in a lake ...
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Deep in the forest

The Holavedsleden trail between Tranås and Gränna runs in beautiful, hilly primeval forest. It’s the same idyllic landscape with bath-friendly lakes that inspired the great artist and illustrator John Bauer, the same forest in which thieves once lurked behind every other tree. Nordstjernan's Emil Sergel and Roger Borgelid instead encounter a magical tranquility in the deep forests of the Småland province.
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Allemansrätten - 'Everyman’s right'

There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona...
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Sustainability within reach

Gothenburg, on Sweden’s windy west coast, has built its reputation on sustainability and innovation. For Americans Peter Bergman, Meron Wonderad and Abigail Kruegle, studying at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg offers the chance to learn and live where sustainability is woven into daily life. All three are recipients of the U.S. Friends of Chalmers Scholarship, which covers full tuition for top academic performers.
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Reed between the lines

When Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh set out to design a nature center with a difference, he didn't need to look much further than the shore of the lake it would stand on.
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Summer salad with salmon

Swedes love fish and what's not to love when it's combined with fresh, spicy ingredients?
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In search of new frontiers

"With the help of the James Webb telescope, we will be able to see parts of the universe and other things we have not been able to see before. And what we have already been able to see, we will be able to see better." - astronomer Jens Melinder at the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University.
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Bountiful garden with a touch of the exotic

A lavish arboretum in the northern Stockholm archipelago — a fertile Eden where magnificent flowers and beautiful deciduous trees bend and bow wherever you turn your gaze.
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The lucky Swede.

One of the classic stories of rags to riches to rags is the career of the Swedish immigrant Erik Olof Lindblom.
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Swedes and citrus in the Sunshine State

They're a symbol of the Sunshine State. When you think oranges in the United States, you think Florida. You certainly don't think Sweden.
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Walkabout Tour of Stockholm I

.. walk in the city of my youth: Leif Rosqvist goes for a walk through his old neighborhoods in the heart of Stockholm.
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Building on tradition

From the Royal Family and their summer mansion on the island of Öland, to the apartment-dwelling Swede who spends summer evenings on the outskirts of town at a quaint little "shed" in his own miniature garden - the act of getting away from conventional residential surroundings is a passion built into the Swedish national mentality.
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Record number of people shop food online

Not surprisingly the online food trade has doubled in Sweden during the pandemic.
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Orienteering: It's all about finding your way

Orienteering is a sport that mirrors the Scandinavian spirit - a love of the outdoors, a rational approach to detail and a respect for healthy competition.
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Mountain Hiking in Sweden

- it’s for everybody not just for survivalists and hardcore connoisseurs.
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Food in the wintry north

Sami culinary traditions in Jokkmokk, kaffeost (coffee cheese) in Kangos and food served on ice in Jukkasjarvi.
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Learning (and teaching) Swedish

As we work on offering you more opportunities to practice your Swedish, we had the opportunity to hear from a teacher of Swedish in Sweden.
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Moving to Sweden

What is it like to actually move to Sweden? A recently relocated Californian about his first year in Stockholm.
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