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Bergman 'notes' go on the block in Stockholm

Society: 15 Dec 11
Personal notes, scribbled by revered Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman to his housekeeper, were auctioned off in Stockholm on Wednesday, fetching more than had been initially estimated. READ »

Gotland & Öland - Singular beauty at sea

Travel: 10 Jun 11
Ancient walled cities, storm-tossed islands and a dose of Bergmanesque atmospherics. The islands of Gotland and Öland make for a spectacular summer visit. READ »

Foundation seeks funds for Bergman centre

Society: 20 May 10
The Bergman foundation on the Baltic Sea island of Farö has applied to the Swedish government for 500,000 kronor ($65,700) to establish a resource centre in honour of the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman. READ »

Bergman's island home to become arts centre

Society: 24 Oct 09
A Norwegian businessman has bought the home of the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman on the remote island of Fårö and plans to turn the property into an arts centre. READ »

Sweden-based UK artist draws on Darwin for Stockholm exhibition

Lifestyle: 14 Oct 09
British artist Richard Sexton marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth with an exhibition inspired by the great naturalist at the Mornington Hotel in Stockholm. READ »

Bergman auction prices soar past estimates

Society: 29 Sep 09
Collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans proved willing to pay far more than expected for a range of the legendary filmmaker’s personal items auctioned off in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Fans revel in auction of Ingmar Bergman's personal effects

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 09
Movie buffs, art collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans will be able to put their hands on the legendary Swedish film-maker's personal items as they go under the hammer Monday in Stockholm, writes the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine. READ »

July in Sweden: Clock off, tune in, chill out

Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
The Year in Sweden - July: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Swedish navy locates German WWII mines

Society: 16 Jun 09
The Swedish Navy has uncovered a ten-kilometre band of German World War II mines at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. READ »

Bids rolling in for Ingmar Bergman's island home

Society: 19 May 09
The island home of legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has now gone up for auction, the company charged with the sale said on Tuesday. READ »

New Bergman foundation aims to buy filmmaker's home

Society: 26 Mar 09
A new foundation dedicated to the legacy of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is seeking financing to buy his home, a source close to the project said on Thursday amid reports the house would sell for more than $4 million. READ »

Ingmar Bergman’s home up for auction

Business & Money: 1 Jul 08
The children of world-renowned Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman are carrying out their late father’s wishes to have his home auctioned off to the highest bidder. READ »

Family and friends bid farewell to Ingmar Bergman

National: 18 Aug 07
Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the most influential film directors of the 20th century, was buried on Saturday in a private funeral on the island of Fårö in the Baltic Sea. READ »

Bergman remembered on Fårö

National: 9 Aug 07
Around 140 people gathered on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Fårö on Wednesday evening to remember film director Ingmar Bergman, who died last week at the age of 89. READ »

World mourns 'a genius of our time'

National: 31 Jul 07
Tributes have been pouring in for Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday. "The dream ended, the music went quiet that night on the island of Fårö, where Ingmar Bergman died," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. READ »

Woody Allen: Bergman 'was the finest director of my lifetime'

National: 30 Jul 07
American film icon Woody Allen on Monday said he was devastated to hear Swedish filmmaker and playwright Ingmar Bergman had died, hailing him as cinema's greatest director. READ »

Obituary: Ingmar Bergman

Society: 30 Jul 07
Ingmar Bergman was the master of turning tales of anguished love and loneliness into films that made him one of the leading directors of the 20th century. READ »

Ingmar Bergman dead

National: 30 Jul 07
Legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman has died at the age of 89. He died at his home on the island of Fårö, his daughter Eva Bergman told news agency TT. READ »

Tranquillisants dans l?eau du robinet et arsenic au fond des puits!

Smörgåsbord: 20 May 05
Les risques liés à la santé et à l’environnement sont nombreux et variés dans nos sociétés. Cette semaine, ce sont les réserves d’eau potable des suédois qui sont menacées. Entre tranquillisants à Stockholm et arsenic dans le nord, certaines découvertes sont inquiétantes. Par ailleurs plusieurs procès concernant des délits sexuels sont en cours en Suède et mettent en cause des personnalités du monde judiciaire et militaire. Et petites actualités cinématographiques pour finir… READ »

Cannes features Bergman documentary trilogy

Lifestyle: 16 May 05
Three documentaries about the Greatest Living Film Maker shed some revealing light on the inspiration and thinking behind Ingmar Bergman's movies. READ »


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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 »

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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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