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Secrets behind the 1961 Nobel prize in Literature revealed

Lifestyle: 3 Jan 12
No outsider is privy to what goes on behind locked doors when the Nobel committee decides the winner of Sweden's prestigious literature prize - not until fifty years later when the documents become public at the Nobel Library in Stockholm. READ »

Poetry and performance infuse Tranströmer's Nobel lecture

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 11
Eighty-year-old Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, the first Swede in 40 years to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, looked on with tears in his eyes as he watched his poetry set to music during the 2011 Nobel Lecture in Literature on Wednesday, writes contributor Charlotte West. READ »

Swedish poet awarded 2011 Literature Nobel

National: 6 Oct 11
Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has been awarded the 2011 Nobel prize in Literature. READ »

Nobel lit prize winner: writing 'alerts us to oppression'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 10
Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa spoke of the power of writing and the need to defend liberal democracy during his Nobel lecture on Tuesday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, writes contributor Charlotte West. READ »

Peruvian author wins Nobel literature prize

Society: 7 Oct 10
The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has been awarded the Nobel prize in Literature 2010, it was confirmed on Thursday. READ »

Date released for Nobel Literature Prize

Society: 1 Oct 10
The Swedish Academy said on Friday that the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday, October 7th at 1pm. READ »

'Selman' 20 kronor note given late reprieve

Business & Money: 19 May 10
Sweden's Riksbank wants to replace the 20 kronor ($3) note, known as 'Selman' as it depicts the celebrated Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, with a new coin, but the parliamentary finance committee has called a halt to the plan. READ »

What can't be said can be written: Herta Müller

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 09
Nobel literature laureate Herta Müller contemplated the power and meaning of words as she began her literature lecture on Monday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. READ »

Le Clézio travels into 'the forest of paradoxes'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 08
Nobel literature laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio explores the paradoxes of his profession and argues that the eradication of hunger and illiteracy go hand-in-hand, writes Charlotte West. READ »

'Do more to encourage talented students': Moderates

Education: 19 Nov 08
Schools need to do a better job of encouraging and taking responsibility for talented students, according to Moderate Party working group. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Sweden’s best English-language bookstores

Lifestyle: 2 Jun 08
Sometimes there’s no substitute for browsing the shelves and taking a book home with you, writes James Savage, who trawls the land in the search for some top notch English-language bookstores. READ »

Doris Lessing wins Nobel

National: 11 Oct 07
British author Doris Lessing - "that epicist of the female experience" - has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy has announced. READ »

No jokes please, we're the Nobel Prize Committee

Lifestyle: 3 Oct 07
Sweden's literati-glitterati are whispering the names of the candidates for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. As Jeanne Rudbeck writes, jokes and vulgarity don't go down well at the academy that bypassed Joyce and Wodehouse. READ »

Turkish writer wins Nobel literature prize

National: 12 Oct 06
The Turkish author, journalist and social commentator Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the world's most prestigious literature prize - and a cool 10 million kronor. READ »

Nobel Prize dates set

National: 18 Aug 06
The Nobel Foundation has set the dates for the announcements of this year's Nobel Prize winners. READ »

Harold Pinter wins Literature Nobel

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 05
Nobel Prize in Literature: the last twenty winners
British playwright Harold Pinter has been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy described him as "the foremost representative of drama in post-war Britain" and said he had restored theatre to its basic elements. READ »

Academy man quits over Nobel winner

National: 11 Oct 05
A member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has resigned in protest at last year's winner, creating controversy just days before the recipient of the 2005 prize is announced. READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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