February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Folkets_hus":
Lifestyle: 16 Jul 10
Every summer Herräng, a sleepy one-horse town north of Stockholm, is transformed into a jazz-era mecca as the Herräng Dance Camp rolls into town. The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson grabbed his dancing shoes and travelled up country in search of this thing they call swing.
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Lifestyle: 31 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Sweden is dancing this week with tap dance in Stockholm, Bolivian Caporales in Gothenburg and tango in Malmö.
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Society: 16 Nov 09
A local politician from Landskrona in southern Sweden has decreed that only one “immigrant wedding” can be held at the town’s local community centre every month.
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Lifestyle: 9 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Jazz Festival & Britney Spears in Stockholm; Deep Purple (UK) in Gothenburg; Bennie Man (JAM) & Bollywood in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Millennium trilogy tour and roots festival in Stockholm; BB King in Gothenburg; Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band (UK) in Malmö.
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National: 23 Apr 09
Several people were arrested by police at a demonstration against the Iranian regime held in Malmö on Thursday morning.
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Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Valentine's burlesque and Zoom Kaboom in Stockholm; Anna Ternheim in Gothenburg; new-traditional Slovak dance in Malmö.
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Travel: 13 Feb 08
Alec Forss heads to the Arctic Circle to take in Sami culture and reindeer games at the world’s coldest winter market in Jokkmokk.
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Society: 12 Dec 07
ICA's supermarket rivals Axfood and Coop have both repackaged old meat in order to change the best-before date.
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Smörgåsbord: 1 Feb 06
A suspected bomb found in the mailbox of a trade union in Filipstad, central Sweden, has led to parts of the town being evacuated. It looks like a primed dynamite cartridge, say police.
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Society: 30 Jul 04
Tens of thousands are flocking to Stockholm for this year's Pride Festival - safety in numbers, perhaps, against rapidly increasing homophobic crime.
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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 »
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 »
"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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