Swedish lifestyle
Sweden is changing — we’re creating fashion like never before and our culinary diversity is growing. But some things are the same: we still celebrate Swedish traditions like Midsummer and Lucia, and gender equality is still high on our agenda. Find out more about everyday Sweden.
by: Aleksander Kovacevic
Stockholm is a city full of love. But where do you find it? We ventured out among bingo halls, leafy parks and lakeside cliffs to get Stockholm couples to describe their own special places of the heart.
by: Marc Hogan, Pitchfork
Pitchfork’s Marc Hogan takes a closer look at the success of Swedish music, discovering that taxpayers have quite a bit to do with it. Public funding has helped many artists to fame.
by: Åke Daun, Professor of European Ethnology
Is it true that Swedes are suicide-prone? And what about Swedish sin — does it exist? Are Swedes as gloomy as people say? Are they cold, or simply shy? All nationalities are subject to myths, but all groups do in fact have distinctive characteristics.