Aron Johansson is the founder of Aronski Äventyr och Tillverkning. Based in the north of Sweden, Aronski offers guided ice climbing activities for both the absolute beginner and the experienced ice climber. Sessions...
On 3 December, Sweden’s Riksdag effectively rejected the budget proposed by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s government. In response, Löfven announced that he would call a snap election, which is scheduled to take place on...
meå stands alongside Riga as one of two European Capitals of Culture for 2014. Since its introduction in 1985, when Athens served as the first official European Capital of Culture, the designation...
Following the 2014 Swedish general election, which took place yesterday, 14 September, Sweden is set for a new government and a new political leader. The results show the Social Democrats with 31.2%...
As a sort of coda or poetic epilogue to the series of photographs of Sweden which I posted last week, here are ten visuals: nine photographs of the late-evening mist, and one...
ided and abetted by good fortune, over the last month and a bit I’ve enjoyed what were essentially holidays in Sweden and New York. My partner and I spent a couple of...
Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen together comprise one of the central holidays in the Swedish calendar. With its beginnings in ancient pagan fertility rites, Midsummer in Sweden remains tied to longstanding practices: traditionally occurring...
Having previously lived in two countries, England and Sweden, moving recently to my third, the Netherlands, I well appreciate that the commonly utilised units of measurement differ between countries and provide, therefore,...
Kladdkaka translates from Swedish into English as ‘sticky cake’. The name refers to a chocolate cake that uses relatively little flour in relation to its quantities of sugar, butter and egg. Owing...