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Enjoy some of the highlights at Sweden.se right now!

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Dream factory — short films from young filmmakers

Dream Factory (Drömfabriken) is an annual inspirational weekend for young filmmakers in Sweden arranged by the Swedish Film Institute. Enjoy our small selection of films!

 

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Art for reflection and understanding

by: Sara Jeswani

Safety gear for small animals or hypnosis to experience climate change through the eyes of a polar bear is art’s way of dealing with our time’s great challenges.

 

Film studio Sweden

by: Aleksander Kovacevic

Sweden — with its midnight sun, northern lights and areas with certainty of snow — is attracting filmmakers from all around the world. Besides an exotic environment, Sweden has other advantages as a shooting location. But some argue for further incentives if we are to continue successfully attracting international productions.

 

5 questions for Maria Ernestam

by: Judith Hammer

The novels of journalist-become-author Maria Ernestam are both serious and humorous. Sometimes compared with works by Isabel Allende, Fay Weldon, Ingrid Noll and Ruth Rendell, Ernestam's books have been a great success with readers and critiques alike.

 

Making Sweden
more accessible


By: Erika Wermeling

The Swedish action plan "From Patient to Citizen — a national action plan for disability policy" has accessibility goals to be achieved by the end of 2010. What do people with disabilities have to say about accessibility in Sweden today? Meet Jesper Odelberg, Victoria Webster and Veronica Hedenmark.

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Sweden introduces tuition fees and offers scholarships for students from outside EU

by: Studyinsweden.se

The Swedish government has presented a bill outlining tuition and application fees for students from non-EU/EEA countries from the 2011/2012 academic year, to be supplemented by scholarship programs.

 

Exclusive catwalk films from Stockholm

Watch 18 designers on the catwalk in these streamed films from Stockholm's recent Fashion Week by Berns, courtesy of Bon Magazine. Lovisa Burfitt, Cheap Monday, Diana Orving, The Local Firm and many others.


Sensual silhouettes by Lovisa Burfitt

by: Sweden.se

Swedish designer Lovisa Burfitt won the Max Factor Award 2010. Her fall/winter 2010 collection is inspired by French artist/photographer/writer Claude Cahun, who liked to play with the concepts of gender and sexuality.

 

Colorful collage by Helena Quist

by: Sweden.se

Helena Quist won the Young Fashion Industry Award 2009. The prize: the production of a new collection and her own catwalk show at Fashion Week by Berns in 2010.

 

Fall/winter fashion 2010 — behind the scenes

by: Maria Soxbo

Seven Swedish catwalk designers talk about their brand new collections. Meet Hope, Whyred, Stylein, Odeur, House of Dagmar, Cheap Monday and Filippa K.

5 questions for Kerstin Ekman

by: Judith Hammer

Swedish author Kerstin Ekman started writing detective novels, then moved on to more psychological and social themes. In September 2009 she released her latest novel Mordets praktik. Sweden.se asked Ekman a few questions.

 
 

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