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17 FEBRUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 76 This week, I’m answering questions from you! We’re covering everything from how to practice Swedish while traveling in Sweden and how far you can get in a language without living in the country, to my favorite Swedish food and the best ways to improve your listening […]

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10 FEBRUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 75 This week’s episode is a little different. After the school shooting in Örebro in February 2025, I found myself thinking about how the conversation around crime and safety in Sweden has changed during my lifetime. In this episode, I share my own thoughts and reflections on […]

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3 FEBRUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 74 Nils has followed the trail all the way to Vittskövle, where the white goose has been captured. But getting inside the castle and finding him isn’t exactly easy when you’re only a few centimeters tall. This week, Nils hides in a bag and accidentally joins a […]

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27 JANUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 73 What things are completely overrated, and what deserves much more appreciation than it gets? This week, I’m sharing some of my personal opinions about things I think are either overrated or underrated. We’re talking about everything from avocado, fine dining, sparkling water and berries to fake […]

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20 JANUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 72 It’s time to practice your Swedish writing again! This week, we’re focusing on some of the spelling and grammar details that can be tricky even when you already understand spoken Swedish quite well. We’ll practice de and dem, the many different spellings of the Swedish sj-sound, […]

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13 JANUARY 2025 · SLOW SWEDISH · EPISODE 71 This week, we’re talking about a dark chapter in recent Swedish history: the murder of 14-year-old John Hron in 1995. John was attacked and killed by a group of young neo-Nazis after refusing to say that he loved Nazis. We’ll talk about who John was, what […]

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