That the future of the Swedish language is in danger from the influence of immigrant tongues such as Turkish or Arabic is a load of hurdy gurdy. So most experts say. But while academics laugh off any threat posed by immigrant patois, it seems Swedish has a far bigger vernacular nemesis to contend with. And it’s not Finnish.
Controversial plans to move two government agencies from Stockholm to Visby on the island of Gotland have been given the go-ahead by culture minister Lena Adelsohn-Liljeroth, despite her own personal opposition to the move.
The Swedish art world received a fresh injection on Saturday with the opening of Bonniers Konsthall. The exhibition space is located on the ground floor of a triangular five storey building with a striking glass and steel façade.
A unique clock designed by Russian goldsmith and jeweller Carl Faberge fetched a record 19.1 million Swedish kronor at a sale in Stockholm on Thursday, auctioneers said.
The sixties were a golden age for live, improvisational music in Stockholm. Back then clubs like Gyllene Cirkeln attracted American jazz icons almost nightly and there was tight collaboration between international and Swedish artists. A lot has changed since then and most of it for the worse.
"Do you spell that with a single V or a double V?" - one of those puzzling questions foreigners often hear from Swedes. But perhaps not for much longer.
A Canadian totem pole that has been in the possession of a Swedish museum for the past 77 years will be returned this week to a Canadian native indian tribe at a ceremony in Stockholm.
A member of the organisation that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature has resigned – in protest against last year's winner. Swedish Academy member Knut Ahnlund, an author and literature professor, says that the award to Elfriede Jelinek has stripped the prize of value.
David Byrne, most known as “Talking Heads” lead singer and for classic songs such as “Burning down the House” and “Psycho Killer” is in Sweden for the opening of his new exhibition “Playing the Building”.
This weekend’s “Popcorn Festival” at Stockholm’s Södra Teatern will feature 40 music films from the likes of Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, George Michael and Emmylou Harris. But you can also catch the funniest rock'n'roll movie ever made, Rob Reiner’s 1984 “Spinal Tap”, some jazz, classical music or just hang out with the DJs and video screenings at the local club.
With a collection of over 9000 volumes, Stockholm's Serieteket is a unusual example of cultural innovation in Scandinavia: it is a library dedicated exclusively to the world's graphic novels, comic books and Nordic comic book creators.
