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Elina predicts the Academy Award winners

Elina is the Managing Editor at Swedes in the States and an avid film enthusiast. She has been working in…

6 years ago

Is mandatory workouts going to be the new thing in Sweden?

Scandinavians are generally known for being relatively healthy. With the Swedish friskvårdsbidrag (a health deduction that Swedish people can use…

6 years ago

Joel Kinnaman in new Netflix series Altered Carbon

Sweden got some big names in Hollywood right now, such as Alicia Vikander, Noomi Rapace, Alexander Skarsgård and Joel Kinnaman…

6 years ago

Nordic Companies Are The Most Innovative In The World

Are the Nordics edging out Silicon Valley? Bloomberg thinks so. Earlier this year, Bloomberg released their 2018 Innovation Index, an annual list…

6 years ago

Swedish government is looking to prohibit public smoking by 2019

The Swedish government recently submitted a suggestion for a new law that would make it illegal to smoke in public…

6 years ago

The Nordic Update: 2018 Winter Oympics in PyeongChang

The 2018 Winter Olympics are heating up thanks to a talented and tenacious group of Nordic athletes. Norway, the historical…

6 years ago

Norwegian Björgen becomes the greatest Winter Olympian of all times

Marit Bjørgren from Norway has with her bronze medal in cross-country team sprint, become the greatest winter Olympian of all time.…

6 years ago

Vasa Bryggeriet stops the production of their popular soda Trocadero

By the end of 2018, Vasa Brewery in Njurunda will stop the production of their big seller Trocadero, also called…

6 years ago

Scandinavia stays on top while democracy declines globally

Global democracy is at its worst decline in years, reports The latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index. Norway,…

6 years ago

Sweden wins first Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang

Swedish cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla won the first gold in the first medal event of the Winter Olympics on Saturday. Kalla…

6 years ago

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