ScandinavianFolk Festival in upstate New York Celebrate Scandinavian culture in Jamestown, NY - with music and dance, food, lectures and exciting vendors. READ MORE »
The Nordic Way I
Part 1 in a series of The Nordic Way, on inequality and well-being in the Scandinavian nations. READ MORE »Premium
Design is everywhere
A new exhibit in Gothenburg highlights how a new generation of designers take on the problem of waste in the ocean. READ MORE »
Documenting Swedish America
The photography of Lennart Setterdahl - depicting a lifetime of recording our mutual history in the United States. READ MORE »
New Glass Now
The Corning Museum of Glass offers a blueprint of contemporary glass in a highly anticipated exhibit opening on May 11. READ MORE »
The Herring lovers' cake The most popular kind of herring for Midsummer is the Matjes herring and over 1,500 tons will be served this weekend. READ MORE »
Swedish summer in America 2019
Scandinavian summer celebrations: The most comprehensive listing of where you can celebrate a 'Svensk Midsommar' in the United States. READ MORE »
Orienteering: It's all about finding your way Orienteering is a sport that mirrors the Scandinavian spirit - a love of the outdoors, a rational approach to detail and a respect for healthy competition. READ MORE »Premium
Suspected money laundering
Multi-billion amounts may have been laundered through Swedbank, according to an investigative reporting team... READ MORE »
No help for ISIS Swedes
Donald Trump has urged European countries to take back their respective IS members captured... READ MORE »
Russian jet provocation
A Russian fighter jet flew just 70 feet (20 meters) from a Swedish signal... READ MORE »
More foreign students
The number of international students at universities and colleges in Stockholm keeps rising and... READ MORE »
Best burgers in Europe
The list of 50 Best Burgers in Europe from Big 7 readers. READ MORE »
Sweden ranks high among Best Countries
Best in the world for women, raising children and green living. READ MORE »
Building tall in Sweden
Today, there are not many skyscrapers in Sweden, but this may change within a few years. READ MORE »
Sweden's 'High Coast'
The area included on the World Heritage list stretches over 60 miles along the Baltic. READ MORE »Premium
Learning (and teaching) Swedish As we work on offering you more opportunities to practice your Swedish, we had the opportunity to hear from a teacher of Swedish in Sweden. READ MORE »
Blue and yellow: the Swedish national costume
We wanted to offer a little history on nationella draekten, the national costume, and in our research we discovered there is more to the blue and yellow than meets the eye. READ MORE »
Moving to Sweden What is it like to actually move to Sweden? A recently relocated Californian about his first year in Stockholm. READ MORE »
A Swedish Midsummer! 'Svensk Midsommar' - the traditions, the table and a selection of the most popular recipes. READ MORE »
Chalmers and Berkeley
Chalmers teams up with Berkeley to help Volvo Cars READ MORE »
Midsummer 101
A Swedish midsummer is "endless" summer with sun, fun, great food, flowers, dancing and joy ... a piece of Swedish culture to be proud of. READ MORE »
Today's Fact Hjalmar Branting (1860 – 1925)
Led the Social Democratic party into power and became the party’s first prime minister. Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1921. MORE »
Baking with Skansen
A playful way to bake some traditional Swedish cookies and breads, virtually and in the oven. PLAY »
News Gallery
Swedish midsummer in the U.S. A Swedish midsummer is "endless" summer with sun, fun, great food, flowers, dancing and joy ... a piece of Swedish culture to be proud of.
Aerial Stockholm Sweden's capital is one of few major cities where hot air ballooning over the town is till allowed. (Not while President Obama visits but most of the ...
Sometimes touring the country ..will offer surprise encounters along the way, such as this one, just north of Umeå, European Cultural Capital in 2014.
Traveling in the Summer ..through Sweden can offer the most amazing sceneries, the colors and experiences out of this world.
Landmark No. 267 The Swedish American Hall in San Francisco, officially designated City Landmark #267 in 2015 and on May 11, 2017 its landmark plaque was unveiled.
Palme d'Or to Östlund May 28, 2017: Swedish director and scriptwriter Ruben Östlund’s The Square won the film world’s most prestigious prize, the Palme d’Or, at the Cannes ...
The Vikings are back The exhibit Vikings: Beyond the Legend is showing at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science until August 13.
Roofing of the Goats Door County, Wisconsin's Swedish restaurant Al Johnson's is known for - among other things - the goats on its sod roof.
World Champion Young lumberjack, Ferry Svan, the first Swede to ever enter the Junior World Cup in Timbersports recently won first place.
As the crow flies ... Sweden's latest crime writing duo, Erik Axl Sund, pen name of authors Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Sundquist were in the U.S. to promote their novel, The...
Swedish Food Classics Christmas cinnamon truffles READ MORE »
