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| Jan 8, 2006 |
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A guided tour of English-language Swedish blogs |
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You haven't seen me writing much about daily life in Sweden on this blog for some time, but that's just because I tend...
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| Dec 5, 2005 |
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Third time lucky for free speech in Sweden |
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Last week, Sweden's highest court (Hˆgsta Domstolen, HD) upheld an acquittal won on appeal by Pentecostal pastor ≈ke Green in February this year.A...
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| Nov 21, 2005 |
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Bloggforum 3 — what I saw |
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The Swedish blogosphere is insulated by language, as most of its constituents blog in Swedish. That's how it goes in most European countries,...
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| Nov 11, 2005 |
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Dumb and demagoguery |
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Dear Social Democrats, LO umbrella union members, Byggnad union construction workers: Eleven months ago, at the height of the Byggnads blockade of Latvian...
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| Oct 20, 2005 |
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Bloggforum 3: November 19 — Stockholm |
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It's that time of the year again: Bloggforum 3 is upon us. This time round you can enjoy it even if you don't...
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| Oct 2, 2005 |
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Bad UPC |
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It's time to move again, this time to the burbs, to Telefonplan, "a stone's throw from trendy restaurant"By way of context, the link...
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| Aug 5, 2005 |
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Bloggtr‰ff |
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D‰rfˆr att mÂndag, 8 augusti ‰r mÂnadens fˆrsta mÂndag, kommer Erik och jag att tr‰ffa varannan och dem bloggare som vill/kan p Storstad,...
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| Jul 31, 2005 |
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How to spend 48 hours in Stockholm (abridged) |
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Rhian Salmon paid Stockholm a visit this week in a futile quest to use up the vacation allowance she accrued during her 18...
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| Jun 19, 2005 |
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Branding Sweden III |
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This is the last one, promise. Previously, BS1 and BS2. Is there any overlap at all in the stories the social democrats and...
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| Jun 16, 2005 |
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Branding Sweden II |
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I'm not done yet blogging the branding of Sweden. A couple more points.You can read the first part here. What was interesting about...
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| Jun 12, 2005 |
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Branding Sweden |
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Last Wednesday I attended a half-day conference in StockholmAt Rival. on public diplomacy, nation branding, and Sweden's image abroad. Speakers included Olle W‰stberg,...
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| Jun 8, 2005 |
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Google politicking |
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People [Swedish] like to collect instances of google journalism — where journalists google a term and cite the number of hits they get...
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| May 22, 2005 |
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On Graphemectomy at the New York Times |
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The New York Times has an article today about Dag Hammarskjˆld's diary cum autobiography, translated into English and published posthumously in 1964 as...
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| May 20, 2005 |
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Sith pith |
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As I walked home from Episode III, the view from Slussen reminded me of night encroaching on Naboo: The classical turrets and spires...
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| May 3, 2005 |
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Bloggforum 2.0 |
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Bloggforum 2.0 is out of the gate, set for Saturday afternoon, May 28th, at Stockholm University's School of Journalism, Media and Communication. The...
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| May 1, 2005 |
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Emergency medicine in Sweden |
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James, a New Yorker, medical doctor and friend teaching emergency medicine here in Stockholm, has written a short paper on the state of...
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| Apr 10, 2005 |
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Initiativ till initiativ |
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F! Det synes vara l‰tt starta upp ett eget politiskt initiativ som F!. Man samlar ihop nÂgra likasinnade m‰nniskor, skriver ett manifest, leker...
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| Mar 15, 2005 |
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Infrequently asked questions |
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In the wake of Sweden's Social Democrats floating a trial balloon regarding the possibility of running on a tax-even-more-and-spend platform for the next...
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| Feb 24, 2005 |
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ƒmne: Utropsteckenomanerna |
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Hi!Did you know that when Swedes write emails, they tend to use a lot of exclamation marks? Practically on every line! I think...
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| Feb 20, 2005 |
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On the applicability of the Juche Idea to the Nordics |
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Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Kungsholmen cadre of the Sweden-Korea Friendship Association, Feb 20, 2005. In attendance: Comrade Geens ó Acting...
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| Feb 13, 2005 |
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Winter finally arrives in Stockholm |
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Enjoy the view from my window, sort of live, for the next few hours while I am off to il Caffe to do...
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| Feb 12, 2005 |
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Dˆm and Dˆmber |
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Remember ≈ke Green, the backwater pastor who publicized an obsessively homophobic sermon in 2003, for which he was convicted to a month in...
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| Feb 11, 2005 |
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How much is that silver lining in the window? |
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It was during my jog this evening, precisely as I wended my way under the Escheresque arches of Stadshuset, that it all began...
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| Jan 22, 2005 |
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Nyordslista 2005: iKapsel, fˆrnischad, framtidig |
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Hade middag med Steffanie, Jonas och Erik hos Jenny ikv‰ll, och snart bˆrjade vi argumentera om svenska webb ord. Vi alla hˆll med...
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| Jan 17, 2005 |
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Bloggˆl |
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Even if you don't speak a word of Swedish, do show up next Monday, 7pm, downstairs in the back. If you're in Stockholm,...
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| Jan 16, 2005 |
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2005: The year in preview |
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Taking the adage "Think globally, blog locally" to heart, here are my predictions for what will happen this year in the Swedish blogosphere:...
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| Dec 22, 2004 |
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Jinge.se |
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Ikväll försökte jag lämna en kommentar till ett inlägg hos jinge.se om Bloggforums förment fördomen. Det fanns 19 kommentarer redan. Jinge påstådde att...
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| Dec 9, 2004 |
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The obstruction industry, part III |
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Argument 1:The blockade is good for the LatviansArgument 2:The blockade is good for SwedenArgument 3: The blockade is good for Swedish construction workers....
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| Dec 5, 2004 |
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The obstruction industry, part II |
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Part I should to be read first.Argument 2: The blockade is good for Sweden: Let's imagine for a moment that these pesky Latvians...
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| Dec 5, 2004 |
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The obstruction industry, part I |
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Dear Social Democrats, LO umbrella union members, Byggnad union construction workers: So which is it? Nine months ago, your organizations prophesied the end...
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| Dec 1, 2004 |
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Rebel Rebel |
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It's been just a tad busier than usual here, and I'm only mentioning it by way of explanation for a whole four days...
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| Nov 22, 2004 |
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Stockholm International Film Festival |
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The 15th iteration of the Stockholm International Film Festival is up and running as of a few days ago, and lasts until next...
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| Nov 16, 2004 |
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Bloggforum postmortem |
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Update 2004-11-16: My dad just asked if Bloggforum was "dead". Er, no. In English, you can use the term "postmortem" for any analysis...
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| Nov 12, 2004 |
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Fler listor |
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What's going on? Read Francis Strand's entertaining blow-by-blow account of Sweden's first blogwar (not counting l'Affaire Azzman), just in time for Bloggforum next...
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| Nov 6, 2004 |
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Stockholm afresh |
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The parents were in town earlier this week, their stay straddling those two crystalline autumn days we had then. Dad, who of...
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| Nov 6, 2004 |
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Lˆrdagsfyran |
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FrÂgor kommer h‰rifrÂn.1. Vann r‰tt person presidentvalet i USA? Om jag bodde i USA skulle jag ha blivit j‰ttebesviken, men h‰r i Europa...
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| Nov 5, 2004 |
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Metablogg |
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Uppdatering kl.17.42: FˆrlÂt, ordet "blogg" var inte helt nytt p Nationalencyklopedin, utan reportage. Erik bloggade "blogg" (hur meta kan man blir?) h‰r. FÂr...
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| Oct 29, 2004 |
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Cold comfort |
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If Bush says we hate freedom, let him tell us why we didn't attack Sweden, for example. Top 10 reasons why Osama Bin...
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| Oct 26, 2004 |
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Blogging eye for the Swedish political guy |
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Politiskt.nu should be the center of political debate in the Swedish blogosphere. It is not. The site is all dolled up with fancy...
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| Oct 25, 2004 |
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Bloggforum Stockholm 2004 |
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Finally a good excuse for guilt-free metablogging during the next three weeks: Bloggforum Stockholm 2004, on November 15. More here soon, but...
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| Oct 14, 2004 |
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Regeringens l‰nkningspolicy |
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The website of the government of Sweden has a linking policy which states: "Specify the link to www.sweden.gov.se and www.regeringen.se in a neutral...
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| Oct 13, 2004 |
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Radiotj‰nst guy |
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Well, they found me. The knock on the door came barely a month after having moved. I actually thought it was the landlord...
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| Oct 8, 2004 |
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The de Bruijn Code |
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Instead of doormen, Stockholm apartment buildings have a little keypad at the front door, into which you key a 4-digit code to gain...
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| Sep 29, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, IX |
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The ninth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceationFive: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna ABFour: Temporal engineeringThree: Tunnelbana...
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| Sep 19, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyran: Vad heter din blogg? |
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1. Vad heter din blogg? Det finns blog@stefangeens.com, MemeFirst, Swedish Research News och Oog som jag k‰nner mig ansvarig fˆr, men den sista...
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| Sep 10, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyran |
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FrÂgor kommer frÂn h‰r.1. Vilken fˆrfattare, dˆd eller levande, skulle du vilja se som bloggare? Utan tvivel, JM Coetzee. ƒven om det var...
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| Aug 30, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VIII |
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The eighth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceationFive: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna ABFour: Temporal engineering Three:...
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| Aug 26, 2004 |
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Murder by numbers |
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Via Strang's Blog: Olle Wästberg, until just now Sweden's consul general in New York, returns to Sweden on the wings of an an...
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| Aug 24, 2004 |
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The kr‰ftskiva |
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Somewhere towards the northern end of the Stockholm archipelago there is a red wooden house atop its own island, snug in a glade...
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| Aug 17, 2004 |
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Sweden's population reaches 8,999,993 |
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Sweden passed the 9-million registered inhabitant mark last week. This fact is only of interest to those who are simultaneously enthralled by the...
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| Aug 3, 2004 |
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The winning ticket |
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This is why we love blogging, and bloggers, so: I can unplug completely from Swedish media for the duration of the summer vacation,...
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| Jul 14, 2004 |
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Tabun |
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In this post, I build a theory as to why it is incredibly rude to ask a Swede which party they voted for...
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| Jul 11, 2004 |
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≈ke Green Redux |
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This week I forwent the pleasures of the internet for a stint of unwired living on Sandhamn, with moss and pine needles underfoot...
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| Jul 2, 2004 |
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Insult isn't injury |
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Last summer, on an island off the coast of Sweden's bible belt, Pentecostal pastor ≈ke Green said some very nasty things about homosexuals...
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| Jun 30, 2004 |
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State of the blogosvea |
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Amazing how not writing for a week tongue-ties my three typing fingers. You can take the preceding sentence as evidence of that. At...
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| Jun 22, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VII |
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The seventh in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceationFive: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna AB Four: Temporal engineering...
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| Jun 20, 2004 |
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The letter, part 4: Meeting Margaretha |
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If you haven't yet read parts one through three, you can read all four parts chronologically here. In fact, it's a good refresher...
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| Jun 17, 2004 |
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Swedish chef, cont. |
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— They are going to get that Swedish chef someday. — Who is? — The Smorgasbord of Health. For 20 minutes of guaranteed...
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| Jun 9, 2004 |
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Swedish cleavage! |
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I think there is an interesting realignment underway in the Swedish party political system. Parties, and even factions within parties, are no longer...
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| Jun 8, 2004 |
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Venuspassagen 2004 |
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Stockholm is perfectly positioned to see the transit of venus across the face of the sun, currently underway, but a stubborn cloud cover...
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| Jun 6, 2004 |
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Bernard Mengal |
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If I can stop laughing long enough I would like to offer Swedes who read this an apology on behalf of us Belgians...
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| Jun 3, 2004 |
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Finns cafÈer med trÂdlˆs bredband i Stockholm? |
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I slutet av min tid i New York brukade jag kˆpa ett kaffe att ta med frÂn CafÈ Pick-me-up, s‰tta mig med min...
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| Jun 3, 2004 |
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If on a summer's night... |
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While walking up the stairs after my run today I thought I might write boastfully here about my first sub-hour circumnavigation of Sˆdermalm,...
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| Jun 1, 2004 |
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Heart of Twilight |
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In my continuing mission to infiltrate the Swedish psyche I managed to finagle my way into a proper Swedish student ball over the...
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| May 29, 2004 |
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The first quinquennial Swedish EU parliamentary election poster slogan review |
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I'm not going to vote in the EU parliamentary elections on June 13 because I cannot. I found out too late I am...
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| May 23, 2004 |
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Decrying spilt milk |
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The British and Irish are censoring this film on account of the nipple. Ranting about their prudishness is something the Brits and Hibernians...
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| May 17, 2004 |
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MÂndagsfyran |
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Sweden is probably going to trade in a Christian holiday for a new national holiday. I approve, because I do not believe religious...
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| May 15, 2004 |
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Apocalypse Nˆw, II |
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Yes I am recycling titles. You can read Apocalypse Nˆw I, about surstrˆmming, here.Gˆran Svensson looks over his shoulder as he pilots his...
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| May 13, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VI |
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The Sixth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceation Five: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna AB So, Radiotj‰nst,...
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| May 10, 2004 |
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Swedish Research News |
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Here's what I was up to over the weekend: Readying Swedish Research News, a new site that syndicates news about discoveries and...
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| May 6, 2004 |
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Two-minute taxes |
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May 3 was the deadline for declaring one's taxes in Sweden. As I am far more efficient under deadline, I left everything until...
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| May 2, 2004 |
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Weekend report |
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I have seen the future, and it is taller than me. On the occasion, it was also drunker — the occasion being Walpurgis,...
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| Apr 29, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, V |
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The fifth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceation. This one really baffles me. If you've...
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| Apr 28, 2004 |
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Behˆvs civil olydnad? |
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Is there a role for civil disobedience in a democracy? Tough question, especially when you have to answer in Swedish. In short, I...
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| Apr 25, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, IV |
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The fourth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature mastication. For some time, it has been apparent to me...
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| Apr 23, 2004 |
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Public service announcement |
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This week it was the annual joke show on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion, that liberal gem of a radio show hosted by...
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| Apr 21, 2004 |
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Fˆrsenad fyran |
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The Swedish alcohol monopoly system is once again the topic of debate, this time precipitated by the news that hard liquor is being...
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| Apr 20, 2004 |
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When gridlock is good |
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It now seems likely that Sweden will be the only EU member not to have immigration controls [Swedish] in place when 10 new...
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| Apr 18, 2004 |
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Stockholm: Random observations |
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Today was the first perfect spring day, as bright as a day can get, and Stockholmers walked about their city as if they...
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| Apr 8, 2004 |
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Nuclear known unknowns |
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Some things I learned this week: Almost half of Sweden's electricity is produced by its 11 nuclear power plants. Polls show Swedes to...
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| Apr 2, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyra v 14 - 04 |
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It turns out I am named after the founder of the Serbian nation, Grand Zupan Stefan Nemanja. He atoned by becoming a monk...
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| Apr 1, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, III |
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The third in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planning. In New York, planning a typical night's entertainment went something like...
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| Mar 28, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyran |
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Basically, I have always disdained blog gimmicks like the Friday Five. In Sweden, this meme translates to the Friday Four, because Swedes are...
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| Mar 26, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, II |
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The second in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seating.Nine: Culinary relativism. I am a food racist. There, I've said it. I'm not proud about...
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| Mar 18, 2004 |
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Commute |
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The weather turned balmy this week, above freezing even, and so I shed layers and took the iPod to work yesterday, the extra...
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| Mar 13, 2004 |
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Status quo vadis? |
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The Swedish government on Friday announced it intends to restrict immigration from the new EU member states for at least two yearsThe proposal...
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| Mar 12, 2004 |
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Immigrants or welfare? |
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On Thursday I set out to blog a panel discussion at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs on a topic dear to my...
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| Mar 6, 2004 |
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FˆrsprÂng genom teknik (v 3.0) |
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It's a post about Firefox, that great new extensible browser, and how one extension lets you do one-click (sort of) instant translations of...
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| Mar 4, 2004 |
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When good Swedes go bad |
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On Monday I attended a "debate" in the press room of the foreign ministry, topic Hur ser dom p Sverige? — How do...
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| Feb 28, 2004 |
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SoFo |
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New York has SoHo, NoHo, Nolita, TriBeCa and Dumbo, so why can't Stockholm? Last year, somebody had that very thought, opened a cafÈ...
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| Feb 25, 2004 |
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Date with Domesticity |
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Apparently, I have just done something terribly Swedish: I have reneged on a movie date with a friend on account of it conflicting...
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| Feb 17, 2004 |
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Dumpa Byggnads |
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An advertising campaign by the Swedish contruction worker's union has the temerity to suggest that preventing immigrants from competing on price helps them...
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| Feb 11, 2004 |
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Free Brunei |
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When it comes down to it, if somebody were to put a gun to my head and credibly demand to know my one...
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| Feb 5, 2004 |
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Feud for thought |
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Let's pretend for a moment, for the sake of a nifty segue and the argument that follows it, that Eskimos do indeed have...
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| Feb 4, 2004 |
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The wallet |
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Discovered via the "Oddly Enough" section of Yahoo! news: A wallet lost by an 18-year old girl in southern Sweden 40 years ago...
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| Feb 2, 2004 |
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It takes two to sambo |
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Stockholm is being overrun with small children. Everyone's getting them. This is a wonderful thing, but where do they come from? How do...
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| Jan 28, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm |
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The first in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seating. Why do normally civil Stockholmers turn French when they set foot inside McDonalds? All the...
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| Jan 26, 2004 |
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Bloggosf‰rens evolution i Sverige |
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On the right, I try to express in Swedish how surprised I am at the speed with which the Swedish blogosphere has evolved...
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| Jan 22, 2004 |
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Snˆvit in person |
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Blogged Wednesday afternoon:Historiska Museet's cafeteria abuts the courtyard where Snˆvit is installed, and I am sitting there now, with an unimpeded view of...
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| Jan 19, 2004 |
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Compromising Snow White |
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I tried to go see the exhibit containing "Snow White and The Madness of Truth" todayFirst, read this morning's post.. At the door,...
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| Jan 19, 2004 |
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Is it ever right to deface art? |
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Israel's ambassador to Sweden triggered a major diplomatic row between the two countries this weekend when he disrupted an installation piece depicting a...
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| Jan 12, 2004 |
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In fatta |
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It's linguistic deja vu all over again: After embarrassing episodes with mores and awry it now turns out I've been making arguments in...
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| Jan 9, 2004 |
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Ingrid Thulin |
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A free rag on the subway to work this morning carried the news in a few grafs: Ingrid Thulin, who so memorably played...
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| Jan 7, 2004 |
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Mijailo Mijailovic confesses |
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Mijailo Mijailovic confesses he murdered Anna Lindh. The specter of the botched Palme police investigation lifts; and with lots of false courage Aftonbladet...
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| Jan 7, 2004 |
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Tvungen eller fˆrbjuden |
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In the wake of that digraceful ruling by the French, the debate concerning the acceptability of the muslim headscarf in Swedish schools heats...
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| Jan 4, 2004 |
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New Year's in Stockholm |
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On New Year's eve, while I am packing for an early move on Jan 1, my friend E— calls. Her Polish cleaner is...
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
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JulkommittÈ |
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HELP. I've been volunteered to the JulkommittÈ, or Christmas committee, where I work: It's my very first representative position at a Swedish institution,...
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
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The Letter, part 3: Margaretha writes back |
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[If you haven't yet read The Letter, parts one and two, please do so first. This post won't make any sense otherwise] Margaretha...
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| Dec 1, 2003 |
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The Letter, part 2: Finding Margaretha Lennerbring |
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[If you haven't yet read The Letter, an earlier post about a letter I found on a New York City sidewalk sent to...
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| Nov 28, 2003 |
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Sveriges utbildningspolitik |
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Well, it's a relief to write in English again — I think I just had my first case Swedish writer's block. There isn't...
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| Nov 22, 2003 |
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Tu bi Âr nÂgot tu bi |
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To be or not to be(or what is Sweden's suicide rate, once and for all?)Here is a loose translation of what I just...
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| Nov 18, 2003 |
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Animal rights vs human rights (vs common sense) |
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A friend mentioned last week that kosher butchers are illegal in Sweden. I thought to myself, that can't be right, that would be,...
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| Nov 14, 2003 |
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Best Swedish Weblog |
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Sweden's Internetworld has presided over what is becoming a recognized coming-of-age ritual in national blogging communities: In our case, it's the first ever...
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| Nov 5, 2003 |
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Swish Nobels |
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The Volokh Conspiracy has a spirited defence going of Swiss creativity, for the most part successful, marred only by its dependence on dubious...
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| Nov 3, 2003 |
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Sunday morning |
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My Statue of Liberty postcard went missing overnight, 3 days after I put it up. Any suggestions for the next step? I...
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| Oct 26, 2003 |
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What is Sweden's murder rate? |
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I've been sent an English translation of an official body-by-body investigationStrangely, the English translation is more detailed than the Swedish original conducted earlier...
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| Oct 14, 2003 |
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Swedish Chef |
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I've been having far too much fun for the past half hour listening to the Muppets' Swedish Chef over and over again. It's...
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| Oct 2, 2003 |
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Cookie, Monster? |
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A comment left on this site a few days ago led me to the contributor's blog, where I discovered an odd disclaimer: "In...
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| Oct 2, 2003 |
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Pop and Circumstance |
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The view from my office is straight into the upper stories of Stockholm's Royal palace, across the street. Nobody ever seems to be...
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| Sep 26, 2003 |
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Reality check |
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Dagens Nyheter gives up on the silly Swedish press code and goes public with the name and picture of Anna Lindh's new murder...
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| Sep 26, 2003 |
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Blame Sweden? |
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In light of the little flurry of comments here on whether the murder of Anna Lindh proves anything about Swedish society, I decided...
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| Sep 24, 2003 |
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Feed me |
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Aftonbladet has now also noticed that an English-language AFP newsfeed about Swedish news published on Sweden.se contained a story which names the [now...
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| Sep 20, 2003 |
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O-Per-ah |
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This whole self-imposed Swedish press censorship phenomenon I've come across this past week doesn't cease to amaze me. I'm not done yet with...
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| Sep 19, 2003 |
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Lindh suspect named |
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The Guardian has named the suspect held for the murder of Anna Lindh. It's a very typical Swedish name. Other wire services are...
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| Sep 18, 2003 |
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Sushi blogrolls |
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On Wednesday night, 10 active members of the Stockholm blogging community got together for sushi and conversation. While I had never met another...
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| Sep 16, 2003 |
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Decisive result |
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Here is an interesting take on the the Swedish referendum results I haven't seen elsewhere: Undecideds routed in Swedish EMU referendum Sun September...
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| Sep 14, 2003 |
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It's Nej |
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The no side won by a wider margin than expected — 56.2% to 41.8% with 2.1% blank — especially after polls in the...
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| Sep 14, 2003 |
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Voting day |
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This morning, on a beautiful late summer day, I went to my local school here in Stockholm to vote in Sweden's EMU referendumIt...
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| Sep 12, 2003 |
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Wall Street Jeckyll |
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I take it back, my approving mention in the preceding post of The Wall Street Journal's "gracious" op-ed piece lauding Anna Lindh as...
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| Sep 12, 2003 |
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US/UK press review: Lindh |
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The New York Times obit of Anna Lindh is a straightforward affair, with nothing much we didn't already know; more surprising perhaps is...
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| Sep 11, 2003 |
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Anna Lindh |
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Anna Lindh didn't make it. She died at 5:29 am; the announcement was made half an hour ago. Other posts about the murder...
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| Sep 11, 2003 |
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September 11 in Stockholm |
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Stockholmers went to work with a leaden step this morning. From my 46 bus, as it drove along Sˆdermalm's northern shore, you could...
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| Sep 10, 2003 |
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"Gud, han har knivhuggit mig i magen" |
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I heard of the knife attack that seriously wounded Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in Stockholm's NK department store this afternoon as I...
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| Sep 5, 2003 |
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Remainders |
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IKEA's product naming conventions exposed. Next time I need to send an anonymous letter, forget cutting words from newspapers; I'm going straight for...
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| Aug 30, 2003 |
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Please vote yes, some of you |
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Argh. I can't take this. The no side is going to win in Sweden's euro referendum, and for the first time in my...
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| Aug 24, 2003 |
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Rˆstkort |
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Having resigned myself to cajoling from the sidelines in the upcoming referendum on whether Sweden should join the EMU, I was surprised and,...
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| Jun 28, 2003 |
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The letter |
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In the summer of 1999 my morning commute went thus: I would walk up St. Marks Place to the N/R subway under Broadway,...
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| Jun 24, 2003 |
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Fear and loathing in Hummelmora |
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Last weekend I was witness to the most important Swedish ritual of the year — Midsommar — wherein small children are converted to...
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| Jun 17, 2003 |
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May I introduce Miss Philips? |
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Zed and Clarice swept through town over the weekend, bringing Georgian cognac The cognac came labeled with a strange and wonderful script I...
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| Jun 14, 2003 |
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The Economist, the euro, Sweden, Germany |
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The Economist focuses on the Nordic region in a special report this week. I scanned the part where it reports on Sweden's upcoming...
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| Jun 9, 2003 |
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Sweden in EMU: Better late than early |
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I would like to break out a comment posted in response to my arguments against Sweden joining the EMU from a few weeks...
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| Jun 5, 2003 |
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Summer of the mind |
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There is something Platonic about summer in Sweden. On one level, it is an abstraction, a collection of ideal things about summer, much...
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| May 24, 2003 |
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The (Euro)Vision thing |
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21:07 CET: I thought I might blog the EuroVision song contest (ESC) in semi-real time. It's starting just now in Riga, Latvia, and...
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| May 19, 2003 |
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State of the (Swedish) blog |
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The Swedish blogging community is still in its infancy, yes, but a made-for-blog event is looming: The September 14 referendum on joining EMU....
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| May 16, 2003 |
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In defense of Swedish exceptionalism |
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A comment by Charles Kenny on a post of mine last year has stuck with me: One possible measure for innovation per capita...
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| May 15, 2003 |
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Sourze vs Weblogs.se |
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It sounds like a dotcom business plan from the summer of 1997: "Let's make a vanity publishing website, where people pay us to...
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| May 14, 2003 |
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Why Sweden should vote against joining EMU |
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So far there is nothing to worry about. With every passing day, Swedes are less and less likely to be choosing EMU when...
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| May 8, 2003 |
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24 nya fotografer |
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Anna Lekvall is having her first "real" photo exhibit, as part of a group show with fellow classmates from Kulturama. Needless to say,...
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| Apr 28, 2003 |
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Draken |
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There Sweden has the highest per-capita number of cinema screens in Europe, according to this book, which is also the source of the...
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| Apr 10, 2003 |
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Swedish Odds & Ends |
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The acute reader may have wondered, as I did upon rereading my own recent posts, how I could have known that the La...
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| Mar 29, 2003 |
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La Bohème |
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I went to La Bohème at the Kungliga Operan on Thursday. Curiously, they've decided to set the Opera in a Södermalm-ish present day,...
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| Mar 17, 2003 |
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Swedish cultural extremes, part II |
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On Saturday, Helena (Gustavsson, from SAIS Bologna days) and her sambo Christer sambo: person you live with but are not married to.hosted an...
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| Mar 17, 2003 |
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Swedish cultural extremes, part I |
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Friday night, I finally got to see Lukas Moodysson's Lilja 4-everAnd it pains me to say it, but he is barely three months...
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| Mar 14, 2003 |
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Continued travails in Swedish: Social Realism |
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Three days in a row it's been 10ºC and sunny in Stockholm. Three days in a row all the Swedes I know have...
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| Dec 8, 2002 |
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Dead heat |
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I just found out tonight that my apartment's central heating is provided in part by a local crematorium. Surprisingly, this little nugget of...
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| Dec 5, 2002 |
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Continued travails in Swedish... |
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There are two kinds of Swedes in the winter. One kind is moody, depressed, melancholic, alcoholic, and as a result not too productive....
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| Oct 21, 2002 |
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Krugman, continued. |
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The Krugman article I blogged just below has elicited this response, from an anonymous economist, on Andrew Sullivan's letters page. Because this page...
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| Oct 20, 2002 |
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Money Money Money |
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Economic laissez faire apologists seethe whenever Paul Krugman engages them with facts. He must be on to something, because the conservative blogosphere feels...
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| Oct 19, 2002 |
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Swedish lessons, continued |
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Some Swedes' mastery of the English language is a bit frayed at the edges. I've been apartment hunting, and today I found a...
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| Oct 2, 2002 |
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New phone number |
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My new permanent number is +46 70 611 5711. I wanted to get a 555 number to freak out Felix but they were...
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| Oct 2, 2002 |
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Fun facts about the Swedish language |
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The alphabet goes from A to Ö ; there is no W, but after Z we get an Å (oh), an Ä (ay)...
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| Sep 30, 2002 |
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Stockholm Stories I |
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Milk cartons here have public service announcements, like they do in the US. Sometimes it's a poem. Sometimes it's a tip for healthy...
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| Sep 30, 2002 |
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Svenska Scrabble |
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I played my first game of Swedish Scrabble yesterday, with Magnus and Anna. I tied with Magnus; Anna wasn't even close. The game...
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| Sep 30, 2002 |
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Please kill me |
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The Swede of Tunisian origin who tried to board a plane for London last month with a loaded gun on him has been...
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| Sep 25, 2002 |
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Virtually There |
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I am listening to WNYC on the stereo. It's 4 am in New York so the BBC is on. Soon, the news shows...
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| Sep 19, 2002 |
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The importance of being Ernst |
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I've just finished Boo Hoo, the story of the rise and fall of boo.com, written by its CEO, the Swede Ernst Malmsten. I...
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| Aug 13, 2002 |
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Apocalypse Nöw |
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I'm always happy when surströmming articles happen. There is a new one in today's Wall Street Journal, though I am very disappointed with...
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