Sweden

Dill and Feta Sauce

This sauce is so easy and delicious! It goes perfectly with grilled salmon or even grilled chicken or pork. Swedes love dill. They put it on so many dishes and in the summer it is a staple. I have found living here in NC dill is not that easy to […]

Swedish Artist Focus:: Kajsa Leijström Keramik

During my time living in Sweden one of my most favorite times was my Thursday night ceramics class. It was a small group, mostly women except for our fearless leader Yria. We took turns bringing fika and spent our time working on what made us happy, talking and laughing. It […]

Swedish Shrimp Salad Recipe

This Swedish recipe is a classic! Shrimp salad is such a well loved classic that you can even find it in IKEA here in the states. This swedish recipe is so easy you will enjoy keeping this in your rotation from week to week. This is a great recipe that […]

Swedish Word of the Week | Potatis

This week we will learn the word potatis. It’s a hard one…I bet you can’t guess what it means! ;P Potatis=potato Potatoes are consumed by Swedes daily. They eat them boiled, skinned, and cut into large pieces, “riced”, mashed, baked, baked in cream, etc. There’s no limit to how they […]

Första Maj!

Första Maj is a big holiday in Sweden. If you live in Sweden you likely have the day off today and it is considered a “red day”. It is the International Workers’ Day. The first May is the International Women’s Day of the Workers’ Movement celebrated since 1890 on the […]

Swedish Word of the Week | Grön

The Swedish Word of the Week this week is grön. Grön means green in Swedish and I thought it was an appropriate word for the week as we have experienced so much rain. Everything outside is sure to be a nice lush green by the end of the week. Sweden […]

Swedish Word of the Week | Påskkärringer

This should be a fun one to explain. Since we just celebrated Easter I thought we should learn a word that has to do with Easter traditions in Sweden. I chose this word because we do not have anything like this in the U.S. Påskkärringer=Easter Witch An ancient popular tale […]

Swedish Word of the Week::: Vår

Tomorrow we celebrate the first day of spring! And so that is our Swedish word of the week this week! Vår is the Swedish word for spring. This time of year is much anticipated in Sweden. Winters are hard and long. Much of the country endures darkness most of the […]

Swedish Word of the Week | Lagom

*This post contains affiliate links. Purchasing them here from my blog is no extra cost to you but I do earn a commission that helps in the cost of running this blog. Thanks for your support! It’s time again for our Swedish Word of the Week! (SWOW) This week we […]

Swedish Word of the Week | Semla

Oh yum! Semla is our SWOW, Swedish Word of the Week, and it is a delicious one! Semla=Sweet bun A Semla is a sweet bun spiced with cardamom that has been divided in half and filled with a dollop of marsipan (almond paste) and then filled to the brim with […]