Christmas in Sweden: the ultimate guide
Snowy rooftops, flickering candles and the warm smell of freshly baked gingerbread wafting across the streets: Sweden does…
Snowy rooftops, flickering candles and the warm smell of freshly baked gingerbread wafting across the streets: Sweden does…
Slowly abandoned when Christianity spread throughout Scandinavia, and then forgotten about for centuries, Norse Paganism is making a bit of…
Looking for an unusual name for your newborn? Why not check out some Finnish baby girls’ names? Finnish women have…
Looking for an unusual name for your baby boy? Why not check out some cute Norwegian boy names? Norwegian boy…
Viking names for girls are pretty popular right now, and if you want to give your newborn daughter a strong…
When you think about the Vikings, you might imagine a blonde-haired warrior wielding a battle axe. But this stereotype may…
Choosing a Viking name for your baby boy is a great idea, especially if you want a name that suggests…
It’s not exactly Hollywood, but Sweden has a long tradition of cinema and film-making. And Ingmar Bergman, one of the…
Icelandic surnames are unusual in that many of them end in the suffix -son or -dottir. But why is this?…
Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries are often touted as successful socialist states. But, is Sweden really socialist? Or is…