It is music at the Museum – wake up your ears, exercise your fingers and play along with us! Musicians and instructors Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler co-host a Scandinavian Jam at the Swedish American Museum the second Sunday of every month. Join us for an afternoon of traditional roots music starting with instruction from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. New tunes are taught in the call and response “aural” tradition. The afternoon continues with a brief snack, and the jam session kicks off at 2 p.m. Build a repertoire with the unique tones and unusual rhythms of Scandinavia. Recording devices are encouraged. Bring your instruments, request your favorites, share a tune and play along on what you can, sit back and listen when you want a break. Contact Scandi.Fiddler@yahoo.com or PTyler@ameritech.net with any questions.
Details
Date: December 10
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Venue
Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St Chicago,IL60640United States
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Where: The Sovereign in Georgetown
1206 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007
The Nordic Young Professional Happy Hour is hosted by the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce (SACC-DC), Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) and the American-Danish Business Council (ADBC).
Welcome to SWEA Los Angeles 38th Annual Swedish Christmas Fair! The fair has something to offer everyone. A great selection of genuine Swedish handicrafts – jewelry, fine art, toys, and Christmas collectibles – will take care of all your holiday shopping.
You can enjoy vibrant folk dancing (and try it out for yourself) and the radiant Lucia pageant and her choir performs twice during the day, at 12 noon and at 3 PM. When you get hungry there is plenty of traditional holiday foods and baked goods to choose from, including our very own mulled spiced glögg.
Children have their own fun corner where they can say hello to Santa and create crafts to take home. As usual, there will be a raffle with a special grand prize. We have this year combined the two popular booths: the Second Hand Book Shop and White Reindeer Sale where you are sure to make some great bargains on all things Scandinavian.
The Christmas Fair is an non-profit, all volunteer work force event! Proceeds go to educational scholarships.
Activities you’ll be able to take part in:
Lucia Pageant (12 PM and 3 PM)
Swedish Food
Glögg Bar
Raffle with prizes
Scandinavian Gifts
Handmade Crafts
SWEA Baked Goods
Santa’s Workshop for Kids
Jultomte
…and more!
The admission is an donation of $10 which proceeds towards funds for SWEA Los Angeles Film Scholarship. Kids under 12 can enter for free.
Event information: Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 10 AM – 5 PM
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
Ken Miller Recreation Center
3341 Torrance Boulevard, Torrance
For more information, visit www.losangeles.swea.org or contact: SWEALAChristmasFair@gmail.com
Are you arranging an event or do you know of an event in the Los Angeles-area that you feel should be featured on Swedes in the States? Contact me at elina.sundqvist@swedesinthestates.com
Did you know that people living in Sweden and Norway live longer than most people on Earth?
Japanese people live the longest, averaging a lifespan of 84 years, while people living in Sweden are expected to live an average of 82 years, according to the report ”Health At A Glance 2017″ by OECD. This positions Sweden in the 10th spot on the list of countries where people live the longest.
The report compares the life expectancy in 1970 with 2015, which shows that the expected length of life has increased by ten years. In the 35 OECD-countries on the list, people are expected to live up to 81 years old.
How come people live a whopping 10 years longer now than in 1970? The biggest reason for the prolonged length of life is the development of health care, which is significantly better now than in the 70s. Out of all of the 35 countries in the report, USA has the largest costs of health care, around $10 000 per person and year. This is double the cost of any of the other countries. Other reasons include an improved educational system in all of the countries.
However, not everything is sunshine and rainbows. Even though the healthcare has improved, more people suffer struggle with being overweight. More than 50 percent of the residents in OECD-countries are overweight and about 9 percent suffer from obesity. It’s specifically bad in the U.S. and Mexico where 30 percent of the population is overweight. Unfortunately, with that being one of the main reasons U.S. life expectancy is all the way down at 78 years, making it the country with the lowest life expectancy of all the western countries.
Sweden takes tenth place in the world when it comes to high life expectancy, according to OECD report.
Interested in learning more? Find the OECD-report here.
Making our way up I-95 through the grinding Thanksgiving Day traffic, we are soothed by a familiar voice on the radio, ruminating about Swedish meatballs and Jansson’s Temptation. After two days of turkey in New Jersey, it was time for something different. We couldn’t think of anywhere else but Marcus Samuelsson’s newest restaurant in Newark.
The relaxing but hip bar serving signature craft cocktails and NJ micro brews.
Despite its location just minutes away by train from Manhattan and boasting one of America’s busiest international airports, Newark struggles with its reputation and the city is determined to shed its negative connotations, from the years of political corruption it suffered to alarmingly high crime and poverty levels.
If Samuelsson’s bright new bistro is anything to go by, exciting times are on the way for the Garden State’s most populous community.
Marcus B&P opened in mid-November in the heart of Newark’s downtown, on a beautiful street lined with old brick buildings, in a once-bustling department store that had sat vacant for decades. The restaurant is surprisingly small and cozy. I can’t decide if the white and blue checkered napkins are supposed to look Southern or Swedish. It doesn’t matter. It feels chic and homely at once. My husband and I, and our two friends are quickly at ease.
The Gateway.
Then there is the feeling of coolness that comes with the first sip of the bar’s cucumber dill vermouth, prepared ahead of time in a pressurized canister. The drink is mixed with gin and lemon tincture, garnished with a squiggly cucumber on a stick, making The Gateway the standout of the cocktail menu. Two New Jersey microbrews nicely round out the beer selection.
BP, or back pocket, is a play on words derived from the literal translation of the Swedish “bak-ficka”. A fancy restaurant’s “back pocket” means walk-ins aren’t sneered at. Au contraire, they’re welcomed. Think Daniel Boulod’s DGBG.
Conceptually, the cuisine is a jumbled amalgamation. Offerings include passable chicken and waffles, a delightfully subtle fluke crudo and everything from steak frites to shrimp and grits. If there is a unifying thread, it’s perhaps the wonderfully simple category of “good food” – dishes that aim to please, made with the best ingredients.
Crudo with delightful hints of jalapeño.
The cornbread came perfectly moist, with ample butter and honey. The glorious, giant Tomahawk steak was beautifully presented and cut straight from the bone. Doughnuts and ice cream formed a fine finish.
The wine list lacked some magic and might have benefited from some more adventurous pairings. Still, at $27 a carafe, the Malbec offered decent value.
Marcus B&P strives to be a lynchpin in Newark’s gamut of new offerings. It employs chefs and staff from the area, and the enthusiastic staff speaks proudly about the larger social mission of their restaurant. One bartender even jokes: “We’re supposed to save Newark.”
Early days are notorious for nervousness, and there was plenty during our visit. The hosts seemed intent on giving us minute-to-minute updates on the status of our table. Our appetizers didn’t arrive until after the steak. Minor complaints: Their palpable excitement over being a part of something new and exciting for their city was infectious.
Walk-ins are welcome in the cozy Newark establishment.
The list of things we miss from Scandinavia is long, but we’ve got some good news – your list might be shorter now! We’ve found some websites that sell Scandinavian beauty products right here in the United States, hopefully, some of them are your favorites as well!
A lot of Scandinavians have sensitive skin that needs gentle products. Estelle & Thild’s soothing day cream is suitable for those with sensitive skin, and 99.79 percent of its ingredients come from natural origin. You can find some of Estelle & Thild’s products on Net-a-Porter.com.
This brand, owned by the H&M group, has a couple of stores in the US, plus an online shop where you can buy their beauty products. Their body scrub and body soufflé smells fantastic!
In a lot of American cities, we might be exposed to more pollution than our Scandinavian skins are used to. Verso’s Anti-pollution mist works as an extra shield and can help to protect the skin from irritation, dryness, and wrinkles.
Lumene, founded in Finland, is the Nordic equivalent of L’Oréal. Their Valo Arctic Berry Cocktail Brightening Hydra-oil helps balance the moisture level in the skin. One of its prized ingredients is the Arctic berry. Lumene was the first beauty company to hand-pick these super berries.
For Scandinavians who are blond, this product is guaranteed to help you! SACHAJUAN’S Shampoo is filled with pigments that reduce the appearance of yellow discoloration for a brighter and glossier look. Its formula also helps protect from the UV and prevents your hair color to fade in the sun. What more can we say? It’s a Swedish brand, so of course they know how to keep you cool.
On Amazon, you can find many of Kerstin Florian’s products.The Rehydrating Neroli Water is a mist your spray on your face or body that can help soothe and hydrate the skin.
This gentle body wash does not only smells amazing, but it also has skin-friendly pH balance. It is enriched with vitamins from sea buckthorn and organic birch extract that can help to hydrate and de-stress your skin.
Wild rose hand cream, anyone? This amazingly scented hand cream can help dry and chapped skin. One of the ingredients is Shea butter that protects and moisturizes.
At Neiman Marcus, you can find Byredo’s famous candles and perfumes. This body lotion nourishes the skin and has a scent of fresh soil, deep forests, and campfires.
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