It’s that time of the year. No, not stuffing yourself silly with lussekatter and glögg, nor putting up Christmas decorations. It’s … wait for it… wait for it… (my hideous rendition of a once beautiful design from Depresident, a political t-shirt...

Congrats if you made this far and managed to get a job, move to Sweden, find an apartment, drink a lot, and get some books in the hopes of educating yourself. Now is the time master the Swedish language. First, if you’re still working on the earlier...

Finally, November in Sweden is over. Well almost; squeaking in this post a few minutes shy to December. Everywhere, November gets a bad name. People really hate the month because it’s cold and dark and cold and dark. Basically darkness envelopes...

If Thanksgiving in America wasn’t American enough, there is Black Friday: the holiest shopping day of the year. Not to be confused with the stock crash and somber days of Black Monday, basically when the financial world came to a halt, Black Friday...

Today is Thanksgiving, an American holiday. While we have been learning about Swedish Christmas holidays, let’s take a step back to turkey day. As a Swede or any other national for that matter, you may be wondering what is the history of...