Swedish can be a hilariously literal language and The Local has put together a few choice cuts for your light-hearted amusement.

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IN PICTURES: The Stockholm Subway Project

Scenes from Linköping’s Christmas market

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Sweden’s Icehotel through the years

Cinnamon Bun Day

Top ten false friends in Swedish

What Stockholmers do when the weather gets cool

Pride Parade 2014

Stockholm Pride: Allsång på Skansen

Top ten cafés in Stockholm

Pride Week 2014

10 hit songs you didn’t know were from Sweden

Eight great songs about Sweden

Midsummer at Skansen

In Pictures: One Direction fans invade Stockholm

Mikael Genberg’s weird and wonderful world of art

In Pictures: Eurovision 2014

Welcome to Sweden premiere party – March 18th

Banksy: Some of his best-known works

Golden age for Swedish museum showing Game of Thrones costumes

Swedes react to extended pension proposal