Surviving In Sweden

They say the hardest thing to learn when moving to a new country are the unwritten rules. This is an attempt to learn & analyze many of the unwritten rules of life in Sweden. Chose to obey or ignore at your own risk!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Making Pre-school Playdates in Sweden (or just in my weird neighborhood)

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I have to admit I’ve never had a pre-school age kid in the US, so most of what I understand of the culture over there I have learned second-...

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Chicken pox, vaccines and getting sick in Sweden

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This winter has meant the chicken pox for our little Swedamerican family, and let me tell you, it has been an adventure. In the US, the...

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Sweden 2014

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It’s 2014 and I’m trying to get back on my feet, back to this blog, get my shit back together – all kinds of getting back. Right now I ...

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Being Jewish in Sweden

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The subject is a difficult and complex one, but I thought this article in The Local was well worth checking out. One of...

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Monday, October 14, 2013

Is Sweden today like 1950s America?

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Part of the reason my rather politically conservative dad is actually happy I am living in a socialist wonderland, is, bi...

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Surviving Sweden: Armchair anthropologist, ex-pat, Swede-in-training contact me at (type as one word) surviving in sweden @ hotmail

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