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Discover Sweden8 min read

Tomte or Santa? And other Jul oddities in Sweden

Ellen Boyer Pokorny

Christmas (Jul) in Sweden is a cozy time – filled with lots of white lights, snow, freezing temperatures, trees lit up in every town centre. It is also the darkest...

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Is Sweden religious after all?

Neil Shipley

An American friend landed at Arlanda airport in Stockholm and jumped into a taxi towards the city. On the road, he looked out of the window and watched the Swedish...

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Swedish Christmas Playlists for the Holiday Spirit

Totto Pastime

The end of the year is here and we yearn for the white winter. It is almost like the way they celebrate Christmas Eve and New Year in every other...

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Is there such a thing as something genuinely Swedish?

Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux

With the winter solstice around the corner and the streets waiting for snow glisten like Christmas cards, the Swedes are turning inwards, in space and time. Knowing there is no...