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Tag: Swedish Midsommar

Where to celebrate Midsommar in Sweden 2026: Best places by region – LikeSweden

Where to celebrate Midsommar in Sweden 2026: Best places by region

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🇸🇪 Posting in Swedish again... thank you for the amazing response to my first Swedish video ❤️

I was honestly a little nervous about posting it, but your comments were so kind and encouraging that I couldn’t wait to record another one.
So yes... there will definitely be more Swedish videos coming 😅

This time I made pressgurka - one of those simple Swedish side dishes that somehow ends up next to everything 🥒

The recipe comes from my Midsommar: The Swedish Way e-book, where I’ve collected some of my favourite Swedish recipes, traditions and Midsommar classics 🇸🇪🍓

If you’d like this recipe written out step by step (plus 2 more recipes from the book), just comment:
📖 EBOK
and I’ll send them straight to you in a DM ✨

Inside the full e-book you’ll find:
🍽️ 31 Swedish recipes
🎉 Midsommar traditions explained
🎶 snaps songs with English translations
📖 147 pages of Swedish summer inspiration
💡 ingredient swaps, serving tips and practical advice

And now I need to know...

👇 What’s your favourite thing to eat with pressgurka?

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🇸🇪 Posting in Swedish again... thank you for the amazing response to my first Swedish video ❤️

I was honestly a little nervous about posting it, but your comments were so kind and encouraging that I couldn’t wait to record another one.
So yes... there will definitely be more Swedish videos coming 😅

This time I made pressgurka - one of those simple Swedish side dishes that somehow ends up next to everything 🥒

The recipe comes from my Midsommar: The Swedish Way e-book, where I’ve collected some of my favourite Swedish recipes, traditions and Midsommar classics 🇸🇪🍓

If you’d like this recipe written out step by step (plus 2 more recipes from the book), just comment:
📖 EBOK
and I’ll send them straight to you in a DM ✨

Inside the full e-book you’ll find:
🍽️ 31 Swedish recipes
🎉 Midsommar traditions explained
🎶 snaps songs with English translations
📖 147 pages of Swedish summer inspiration
💡 ingredient swaps, serving tips and practical advice

And now I need to know...

👇 What’s your favourite thing to eat with pressgurka?

1️⃣ Save this recipe for later
2️⃣ Share with someone learning Swedish
3️⃣ Comment EBOK for 3 free recipes
—
Sweden · svenska · learning Swedish · pressgurka · Swedish food · Midsommar · Swedish traditions · life in Sweden · Swedish culture · Swedish recipes · Scandinavian food · expat in Sweden · Swedish language

🎭 Sweden’s theatre world had a busy week

This week’s Nordic Curtain Call includes everything from royal celebrations and major leadership news to musical auditions and summer theatre adventures:

✅ The Royal Swedish Opera celebrated King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s 50th wedding anniversary with a gala concert featuring First Aid Kit, opera stars, ballet and a world-premiere love song

✅ Göteborgs Stadsteater announced that Artistic Director Linda Zachrison will step down in 2027 after overseeing a major artistic revival and a huge increase in young audiences

✅ Auditions for the upcoming Black Jack musical have officially taken place in Göteborg as work continues on one of Sweden’s most anticipated new musicals

✅ An interactive family theatre production inspired by the Battle of Lund is inviting audiences to become part of the story this summer

✅ Allsång på Skansen revealed its full 2026 lineup, with artists including Carola, Lena Philipsson, The Ark, Oskar Linnros, Medina, A-Teens and many more

From royal galas to new musicals, summer theatre and Sweden’s biggest singalong tradition, the Nordic stage scene isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

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🎭 Sweden’s theatre world had a busy week

This week’s Nordic Curtain Call includes everything from royal celebrations and major leadership news to musical auditions and summer theatre adventures:

✅ The Royal Swedish Opera celebrated King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s 50th wedding anniversary with a gala concert featuring First Aid Kit, opera stars, ballet and a world-premiere love song

✅ Göteborgs Stadsteater announced that Artistic Director Linda Zachrison will step down in 2027 after overseeing a major artistic revival and a huge increase in young audiences

✅ Auditions for the upcoming Black Jack musical have officially taken place in Göteborg as work continues on one of Sweden’s most anticipated new musicals

✅ An interactive family theatre production inspired by the Battle of Lund is inviting audiences to become part of the story this summer

✅ Allsång på Skansen revealed its full 2026 lineup, with artists including Carola, Lena Philipsson, The Ark, Oskar Linnros, Medina, A-Teens and many more

From royal galas to new musicals, summer theatre and Sweden’s biggest singalong tradition, the Nordic stage scene isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

1️⃣ Save this for later
2️⃣ Tag your theatre bestie
3️⃣ Follow LikeSweden for more Nordic Curtain Call
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🏡 A town in Sweden is giving away apartments for FREE. Purchase price: 0 kronor.

Hällefors, a small town in the forests about an hour from Örebro, has a shrinking population, and a local housing cooperative can’t sell its empty apartments. So five of them are now being given away.

The logic is very Swedish: in a housing cooperative, empty apartments mean higher monthly fees for everyone else. A new neighbour who pays their share is worth more than an empty flat.

The catch? You still pay the monthly fee, plus a small transfer cost. But ownership itself is free.

A few years ago these apartments were in demand. Now they can’t be given away fast enough. That’s rural Sweden’s population shift in one story. 📉

Would you move? 👀

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🏡 A town in Sweden is giving away apartments for FREE. Purchase price: 0 kronor.

Hällefors, a small town in the forests about an hour from Örebro, has a shrinking population, and a local housing cooperative can’t sell its empty apartments. So five of them are now being given away.

The logic is very Swedish: in a housing cooperative, empty apartments mean higher monthly fees for everyone else. A new neighbour who pays their share is worth more than an empty flat.

The catch? You still pay the monthly fee, plus a small transfer cost. But ownership itself is free.

A few years ago these apartments were in demand. Now they can’t be given away fast enough. That’s rural Sweden’s population shift in one story. 📉

Would you move? 👀

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🇸🇪 Posting this before I change my mind 😅

This is only the second video I’ve ever recorded entirely in Swedish.

I’ve been learning Swedish for years, yet every time I speak it on camera, my brain somehow forgets that making mistakes is part of the process 😂

This video was a double challenge: not only was I speaking Swedish, but I was also filming in public, which still makes me surprisingly nervous.

While editing, I spotted several mistakes. One of them I fixed because... let’s be honest, I accidentally swallowed an entire syllable and changed the word completely 🤣
And at some point I had to stop rewatching the video because every time I did, I found something new to cringe at. So instead of overthinking it, I’m pressing publish.

The funny thing is that I use Swedish almost every day. But mostly for work, client meetings, branding projects, websites, marketing, emails, and everyday errands.

Conversations about everything and nothing? Those are much rarer (@dzhana__beauty made me realise that 😆)

And that’s exactly why I need more practice.

So if you spot mistakes, feel free to correct me 🇸🇪 For these Swedish videos, I’ll be replying to Swedish comments in Swedish too.

Let’s see how this goes 😅

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🇸🇪 Posting this before I change my mind 😅

This is only the second video I’ve ever recorded entirely in Swedish.

I’ve been learning Swedish for years, yet every time I speak it on camera, my brain somehow forgets that making mistakes is part of the process 😂

This video was a double challenge: not only was I speaking Swedish, but I was also filming in public, which still makes me surprisingly nervous.

While editing, I spotted several mistakes. One of them I fixed because... let’s be honest, I accidentally swallowed an entire syllable and changed the word completely 🤣
And at some point I had to stop rewatching the video because every time I did, I found something new to cringe at. So instead of overthinking it, I’m pressing publish.

The funny thing is that I use Swedish almost every day. But mostly for work, client meetings, branding projects, websites, marketing, emails, and everyday errands.

Conversations about everything and nothing? Those are much rarer (@dzhana__beauty made me realise that 😆)

And that’s exactly why I need more practice.

So if you spot mistakes, feel free to correct me 🇸🇪 For these Swedish videos, I’ll be replying to Swedish comments in Swedish too.

Let’s see how this goes 😅

1️⃣ Follow for more honest moments from life in Sweden 🇸🇪
2️⃣ Share this with someone who’s learning a language and being way too hard on themselves ❤️
3️⃣ Save this as a reminder that progress comes before perfection 😉
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😱 Someone in Sweden just sold a box of Pokémon cards for 649,687 kronor.

Not a rare single card though. A sealed, unopened booster box from 2005: the EX Unseen Forces series, one of the most hunted sets in the world.

It sold on Tradera, Sweden`s biggest auction site, to a Danish collector who said he`d been searching for one for years. It`s the most expensive Pokémon item ever sold on the platfor, beating the previous record by almost 200,000 kronor.

And the Pokémon market in Sweden is genuinely exploding: over 540,000 cards sold on Tradera last year, up 276% from the year before. 📈

Twenty years ago, kids ripped these boxes open in seconds. The ones who didn`t… are rich now.

Go check your attic 👀
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😱 Someone in Sweden just sold a box of Pokémon cards for 649,687 kronor.

Not a rare single card though. A sealed, unopened booster box from 2005: the EX Unseen Forces series, one of the most hunted sets in the world.

It sold on Tradera, Sweden's biggest auction site, to a Danish collector who said he'd been searching for one for years. It's the most expensive Pokémon item ever sold on the platfor, beating the previous record by almost 200,000 kronor.

And the Pokémon market in Sweden is genuinely exploding: over 540,000 cards sold on Tradera last year, up 276% from the year before. 📈

Twenty years ago, kids ripped these boxes open in seconds. The ones who didn't… are rich now.

Go check your attic 👀
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Sweden · Pokémon · Tradera · collectibles · nostalgia · only in Sweden · Scandinavia

🇸🇪 Some of you were already asking:

“But where’s the matjessill?”
“What about snaps?”
“And surely there has to be knäckebröd?”

Of course there is 😏

Part 2: what’s actually on a Swedish Midsommar table 👉
🐟 Matjessill with fresh potatoes 🥧 Silltårta 🧅 Pickled red onions 🌾 Homemade knäckebröd 🥚 Gubbröra 🥃 Homemade snaps (plus the songs that go with it)

These are some of the dishes that make an appearance on Swedish Midsommar (and other festive) tables year after year.
And yes... they’re all included in my Midsommar e-book. 🇸🇪🍓

I wanted to put together a guide that helps you understand what Swedes actually eat, drink, sing and celebrate during one of the biggest holidays of the year.

🍓 Comment EBOOK and I’ll send you 3 free recipes from the book 💪

👇 Which of these dishes have you already tried?

1️⃣ Save this for Midsommar planning
2️⃣ Share it with someone who loves Swedish food
3️⃣ Comment EBOOK for your free recipes
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Sweden · Midsommar · Swedish food · Swedish traditions · life in Sweden · Scandinavian food · Swedish summer · matjessill · silltårta · gubbröra · knäckebröd · snapsvisor · Swedish culture · midsummer celebration · LikeSweden · Swedish recipes · food in Sweden · Swedish lifestyle 🇸🇪🍓

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🇸🇪 Some of you were already asking:

“But where’s the matjessill?”
“What about snaps?”
“And surely there has to be knäckebröd?”

Of course there is 😏

Part 2: what’s actually on a Swedish Midsommar table 👉
🐟 Matjessill with fresh potatoes 🥧 Silltårta 🧅 Pickled red onions 🌾 Homemade knäckebröd 🥚 Gubbröra 🥃 Homemade snaps (plus the songs that go with it)

These are some of the dishes that make an appearance on Swedish Midsommar (and other festive) tables year after year.
And yes... they’re all included in my Midsommar e-book. 🇸🇪🍓

I wanted to put together a guide that helps you understand what Swedes actually eat, drink, sing and celebrate during one of the biggest holidays of the year.

🍓 Comment EBOOK and I’ll send you 3 free recipes from the book 💪

👇 Which of these dishes have you already tried?

1️⃣ Save this for Midsommar planning
2️⃣ Share it with someone who loves Swedish food
3️⃣ Comment EBOOK for your free recipes
—
Sweden · Midsommar · Swedish food · Swedish traditions · life in Sweden · Scandinavian food · Swedish summer · matjessill · silltårta · gubbröra · knäckebröd · snapsvisor · Swedish culture · midsummer celebration · LikeSweden · Swedish recipes · food in Sweden · Swedish lifestyle 🇸🇪🍓

🏠 Sweden`s latest money laundering risk report is out and the property market is one of the four sectors flagged as highest risk.

The assessment, published by a coalition of Swedish authorities including Finanspolisen and Finansinspektionen, is the fifth of its kind. The conclusion: the risk is higher than five years ago.

The four sectors under the spotlight:
👉 banking,
👉 payment services,
👉 accounting firms,
👉 and real estate agents.

The head of Finanspolisen said it directly: property is attractive to criminals who want to clean money or hold onto criminal profits in a tangible form.

Estate agents in Sweden are legally required to report suspicious transactions to Finanspolisen. No proof neede, suspicion is enough.

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🏠 Sweden's latest money laundering risk report is out and the property market is one of the four sectors flagged as highest risk.

The assessment, published by a coalition of Swedish authorities including Finanspolisen and Finansinspektionen, is the fifth of its kind. The conclusion: the risk is higher than five years ago.

The four sectors under the spotlight:
👉 banking,
👉 payment services,
👉 accounting firms,
👉 and real estate agents.

The head of Finanspolisen said it directly: property is attractive to criminals who want to clean money or hold onto criminal profits in a tangible form.

Estate agents in Sweden are legally required to report suspicious transactions to Finanspolisen. No proof neede, suspicion is enough.

1️⃣ Save this for later
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Sweden · money laundering · Swedish economy · real estate · property · Finanspolisen · crime · Scandinavia

This is what a real Swedish Midsommar table looks like 🌿

Not a Pinterest board or a restaurant menu.

The actual food Swedes have been making for generations: gravad lax that cures for two days, a cucumber salad that takes ten minutes, a strawberry cake you simply cannot skip, and yes, homemade crispbread that makes everything taste better.

I’ve been obsessing over Swedish recipes for years. Researching recipes, talking to Swedes, testing what actually works and I put it all into an ebook.

👉 31 recipes
👉 Cultural chapters
👉 Food safety guide
👉 Snaps songs.

Drop your must-have Midsommar dish below 👇 I’ll tell you if it’s in the book.

Comment EBOOK and I’ll send you 3 free recipes to get you started.

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This is what a real Swedish Midsommar table looks like 🌿

Not a Pinterest board or a restaurant menu.

The actual food Swedes have been making for generations: gravad lax that cures for two days, a cucumber salad that takes ten minutes, a strawberry cake you simply cannot skip, and yes, homemade crispbread that makes everything taste better.

I’ve been obsessing over Swedish recipes for years. Researching recipes, talking to Swedes, testing what actually works and I put it all into an ebook.

👉 31 recipes
👉 Cultural chapters
👉 Food safety guide
👉 Snaps songs.

Drop your must-have Midsommar dish below 👇 I’ll tell you if it’s in the book.

Comment EBOOK and I’ll send you 3 free recipes to get you started.

1️⃣ Save this before Midsommar (it’s in 2 weeks!)
2️⃣ Share with someone planning their first Swedish summer
3️⃣ Follow LikeSweden for more life in Sweden
—
Midsommar · Swedish food · Sweden · Swedish recipes · Midsommar food · life in Sweden · Swedish culture · moving to Sweden · Scandinavian food · likesweden

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