A Swedish Fika

06/02/2023

Higher Education in Sweden A General Overview Sweden is known for its strong higher education system and is rated as one of the countries with the highest student satisfaction globally. The country's educational philosophy strongly emphasizes egalitarian sustainability and critical thinking. This is reflected in the structure of higher education systems and the opportunities available to students. Educational Philosophy The Swedish higher education system is based on the principles of democracy and equality....

Higher Education in Sweden A General Overview  Sweden is known for its strong higher education system and is rated as one of the countries with the highest student satisfaction globally. The c…

09/01/2023

A comparison of the healthcare systems in Sweden and the US, looking at the governments involvement, costs for the state and the individual, , types of services, and a comparison in pure numbers....

A comparison of the healthcare systems in Sweden and the US, looking at the governments involvement, costs for the state and the individual, , types of services, and a comparison in pure numbers.

02/01/2023

Today I want to talk about elementary education and compare my experience in Sweden and the US....

Today I want to talk about elementary education and compare my experience in Sweden and the US.

09/11/2022

Started a new YouTube channel dedicated to the Swedish language...

Started a new YouTube channel dedicated to the Swedish language

09/11/2022

I have started a new YouTube channel called Swedish For Fun. The purpose is to have some fun with the Swedish Language, and maybe you can pick up a useful phrase or two.
https://YouTube.com/

07/11/2022

How many Swedes emigrated? During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the mass emigration of some 1.3 million Swedes to the United States occurred. Why did they leave? Emigration was due to several reasons. One was the sharp population growth. Between 1825 and 1900, the number of children born yearly doubled. The difficult living conditions in cities and the country­side were also important reasons people chose to leave Sweden....

How many Swedes emigrated? During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the mass emigration of some 1.3 million Swedes to the United States occurred.  Why did they leave? Emigration wa…

23/10/2022

I must cancel this Monday's episode of A Swedish Fika since I have lost y voice. After several attempts to record, I know sometimes it is not good to be stubborn, but I have finally given up and decided to let everyone know that there will not be an episode on Monday, 10/24/22. I am sure you all understand, but I still felt it necessary to announce it somehow....

I must cancel this Monday’s episode of A Swedish Fika since I have lost y voice. After several attempts to record, I know sometimes it is not good to be stubborn, but I have finally given up …

19/10/2022

Why is the US still NOT metric?
New episode out today

When I first moved to the US from Sweden, some things changed that I still today have trouble with, and I am talking about measurements. So let's look at som...

03/10/2022

Today I am returning to a topic I have talked about before, and that is food. It seems like many of you enjoy it when I talk about Swedish food. So today I'm gonna take a look at the calendar for special celebration days for different foods in Sweden. Some of them I have mentioned before. and some I haven't talked about at all. ...

Today I am returning to a topic I have talked about before, and that is food. It seems like many of you enjoy it when I talk about Swedish food. So today I’m gonna take a look at the calendar…

26/09/2022

New video

https://youtu.be/WqvPCMyTYwQ

In today's episode, I will talk about something very close to my heart education, and the focus will be on primary education.I will divide this into five sec...

06/09/2022

New episode
Audio https://aswedishfika.com/fun-with-the-swedish-language/ #!/

Video https://youtu.be/3kzQm_ltoN4

Some general background Swedish is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Norweigan and Danish, and all three languages are developed from the ol…

05/09/2022

Some general background Swedish is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Norweigan and Danish, and all three languages are developed from the old Norse. Swedish is generally divided into three main dialect areas;Northern Swedish Eastern Swedish (Finnish Swedish and Estonian Swedish) Svea, Gutniska (Gutamål, Gotlandic, Gotnic) Standard Swedish is based on the Svea variant....

https://aswedishfika.com/fun-with-the-swedish-language/

Some general background Swedish is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Norweigan and Danish, and all three languages are developed from the ol…

22/08/2022

According to the RSF (Reporters Without Borders) World Press Freedom Index for 2022 Sweden rank #3 just behind Norway and Denmark. The list is based on the degree of freedom that journalists and news organizations have in each country and the efforts that authorities make to safeguard this freedom. Today I want to explore what freedom of speech and censorship mean in Sweden....

https://aswedishfika.com/freedom-of-speech-and-censorship-in-sweden/

According to the RSF (Reporters Without Borders) World Press Freedom Index for 2022 Sweden rank #3 just behind Norway and Denmark. The list is based on the degree of freedom that journalists and ne…

16/08/2022

New episode on YouTube

Although. I have lived here for 22 years now, and here in the US, there is still food that I really miss from Sweden. Food that is hard to get here, and if I...