Trottoarpratare (* Side walk speaker) – Funny Swedish Words

Trottoarpratare/Gatupratare (* Pavement speaker/Street  speaker)- An A-Board on the side walk to direct passers-by to pop into the shop. Also called "The Ambassador of the shop". Hopefully the Oh So Swedish's *Trottoarpratare on The Brighton Riviera will attract visitors into the Seafront studio. Sven-Arne , The Swedish Moose on the A-board (WeezaGraphics) will be a great Ambassador for...

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Swedish Fika & Wallander Blue Police Princess Cake

Why not treat your self to a Swedish *Fika Paus  (*a coffee with cake or sandwich) at Fridolfs Konditori - Ystad, like Kurt Wallander? A fika with Pickled Herring & Egg or try the "Blue Princess Police Cake" *Swedish; Prinsess Bakelse/Tårta*, normally light green with a pink rose.  Plus the local paper Ystad Allehanda, of course.   Links: /In the...

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Nordic Walking (Swedish *Stavgång) For everyone and everywhere. No more excuses, just do it!!

                  Nordic Walking  is a very popular and common way of Fitness Exercise in Sweden/the Nordic area.  In Europe there are more than 6 million people practising Nordic Walking! A good choice and advantages for those who have too many thresholds to climb before get up, out and get moving.   Below some tempting pros for Nordic Walking, from my personal...

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A Red Rose to Rosengård, Malmö – Another side of “Zlatans” infamous suburb

              A Rose to all the people  who try to improve the tainted reputation of Rosengård, Malmö.  I wish you the best of luck with projects like "Yalla Trappan ("Yalla the Stairs"project for immigrant women), Drömmarnas Hus (The House of Dreams" youth project), The "White Wing"  and other initiatives to improve Rosengård. And to the beauty of the Roses in...

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Diversity in Sweden – A Salute to the Sami National Day 6th of February

                Sami culture and designs - The Sami National Day mark the day of the first Sami conference 1917 in Trondheim, Norway. The Sami People lives in four countries  with a population of around 80 000 (20 000 in Sweden).  http://www.thelocal.se/38956/20120206/ Great Sami Designs for colder days, see Karin Vasara's Designs http://www.karinvasara.com/27.html...

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