Frogsong at Midsummer
In modern Sweden, Midsummer's Eve and Midsummer's Day (Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen) is celebrated Friday and Saturday between 19 June and [...]
Blue anemone – the beloved Swedish spring flower
Swedish spring has finally arrived! Do you recognise these famous Swedish spring flowers? The white is called a "krokus" [...]
Royal Visit continues….
This article appeared in the Swedish Magazine 'Svensk Damtidning'. The couples are having a Swedish 'fika' together.... Maybe talking about [...]
Competition in ‘Svensk Damtidning’
Ta chansen och tävla! Just nu lottar vi ut samma sångböcker som Kate och William fick av NK [...]
Its time for a singing “Semla”…
It that time of year again, when Swedes around the world long for a so called "Semla" . The official [...]
Kung Hei Fat Choy – Happy New Year!
Chinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, [...]
Pitch perception, working memory, and second-language phonological production
Just came across this study. I am not allowed to post the full article, but you can read a lot [...]
Meet Astrid Lindgren’s Chinese translator: Li Zhiyi
Swedish Radio has met up with the man who translated Astrid Lindgren's books to Chinese. Mr Li Zhiyi is a [...]
Speaking different dialects can have the same cognitive benefits as being bilingual
Interesting article published in the magazine Cognition. Shows how speaking and knowing different dialects can stimulate the brain the same [...]