The American Thanksgiving
Our 151st Thanksgiving in the U.S. For our readers outside the U.S., here’s a brief history of the American Thanksgiving:Read more »
The Swedish Newspaper of America
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Global student collaboration takes flight
Cooperation between universities around the world has proven to be the key to ensure knowledge exchange between students and to conduct cutting-edge research in different fields.Read more »
SWEDEN TODAY
Nobel ceremony moves forward as financial problems loom.
The 12 Nobel Prize laureates arrived Dec. 6 in Sweden to take part in lavish festivities in Stockholm as part of Nobel Week, event organizers said, even as the foundation that hands out the prizes said the global economic recession could force it to reduce the amount of the monetary awards.Read more »
Swedish Immigrants in Rhode Island
Interviews with members of Swedish immigrant families who settled in Rhode Island.Read more »
Soup or stew?
There's no practical difference: 'A liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients'Read more »
Hela Sverige Skramlar
Sweden’s greatest artists and entertainers came together to fundraise support for refugees, and it was Hans Rosling who stole the show and brought the message home.Read more »
Deep in the forest
The Holavedsleden trail between Tranås and Gränna runs in beautiful, hilly primeval forest. It’s the same idyllic landscape with bath-friendly lakes that inspired the great artist and illustrator John Bauer, the same forest in which thieves once lurked behind every other tree. Nordstjernan's Emil Sergel and Roger Borgelid instead encounter a magical tranquility in the deep forests of the Småland province.Premium content Read more »
Allemansrätten - 'Everyman’s right'
There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona...Read more »
Summer salad with salmon
Swedes love fish and what's not to love when it's combined with fresh, spicy ingredients?Read more »
In search of new frontiers
"With the help of the James Webb telescope, we will be able to see parts of the universe and other things we have not been able to see before. And what we have already been able to see, we will be able to see better." - astronomer Jens Melinder at the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University.Read more »
Exploring engineering in Sweden
Last year, Nils Nordström, a driven student, embarked on an educational journey that bridged two continents, bringing him from the United States and the University of Minnesota to study materials engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.Read more »
Swedes and citrus in the Sunshine State
They're a symbol of the Sunshine State. When you think oranges in the United States, you think Florida. You certainly don't think Sweden.Premium content Read more »
We take the rough with the smooth, the ups with the downs ..
The first issues of our 149th year of consecutive publishing of Nordstjernan, have been published.Read more »
Walkabout Tour of Stockholm I
.. walk in the city of my youth: Leif Rosqvist goes for a walk through his old neighborhoods in the heart of Stockholm.Premium content Read more »
Building on tradition
From the Royal Family and their summer mansion on the island of Öland, to the apartment-dwelling Swede who spends summer evenings on the outskirts of town at a quaint little "shed" in his own miniature garden - the act of getting away from conventional residential surroundings is a passion built into the Swedish national mentality.Premium content Read more »
Record number of people shop food online
Not surprisingly the online food trade has doubled in Sweden during the pandemic.Read more »
Orienteering: It's all about finding your way
Orienteering is a sport that mirrors the Scandinavian spirit - a love of the outdoors, a rational approach to detail and a respect for healthy competition.Premium content Read more »
Mountain Hiking in Sweden
- it’s for everybody not just for survivalists and hardcore connoisseurs.Read more »
Hiking trails in Sweden
Some are 4 or 5 hours away by car, others accessible from any of the major cities by night train or an hour and a half by air.Read more »
Food in the wintry north
Sami culinary traditions in Jokkmokk, kaffeost (coffee cheese) in Kangos and food served on ice in Jukkasjarvi.Premium content Read more »
Learning (and teaching) Swedish
As we work on offering you more opportunities to practice your Swedish, we had the opportunity to hear from a teacher of Swedish in Sweden.Read more »
Moving to Sweden
What is it like to actually move to Sweden? A recently relocated Californian about his first year in Stockholm.Read more »
A Swedish Midsummer!
'Svensk Midsommar' - the traditions, the table and a selection of the most popular recipes.Read more »
The box that changes the way we wash
This is how a small-scale innovation that started at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden got its founder into Forbes '30 under 30' list.Read more »