not just anywhere but right in the middle of Gothenburg. Read more »
A Taste of Scandinavia in SFO
San Francisco has a new Scandinavian restaurant and if the client reviews at Yelp.com is any indication it is here to stay for a long time. Read more »
Sweden's most expensive hotel in 1874
No surprises there, it was the soon to be opened Grand Hotel on Stockholm's Blasieholmen, its grandeur reported on Page One of Nordstjernan in April 1874. Read more »
Swedish News:
Less trust in Reinfeldt. Women uncomfortable about work. Threats because of halal meat. Homelessness in Malmö. Priestess wants pagan pastoral cure. Fewer prisoners. Read more »
The lucky Swede.
One of the classic stories of rags to riches to rags is the career of the Swedish immigrant Erik Olof Lindblom. Read more »
Global student collaboration takes flight
Cooperation between universities around the world has proven to be the key to ensure knowledge exchange between students and to conduct cutting-edge research in different fields. Read more »
AWESOME and SWEDISH
The Swedish Semla
Whether you call it 'Fettisdag,' Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday or Mardis Gras, if you're in Sweden (or anywhere in Scandinavia) you celebrate with a 'semla' or 'fettisdagsbulle.' Read more »
The Holavedsleden trail between Tranås and Gränna runs in beautiful, hilly primeval forest. It’s the same idyllic landscape with bath-friendly lakes that inspired the great artist and illustrator John Bauer, the same forest in which thieves once lurked behind every other tree. Nordstjernan's Emil Sergel and Roger Borgelid instead encounter a magical tranquility in the deep forests of the Småland province. Premium contentRead more »
Allemansrätten - 'Everyman’s right'
There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona... Read more »
Swedes love fish and what's not to love when it's combined with fresh, spicy ingredients? Read more »
In search of new frontiers
"With the help of the James Webb telescope, we will be able to see parts of the universe and other things we have not been able to see before. And what we have already been able to see, we will be able to see better."
- astronomer Jens Melinder at the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University. Read more »
Last year, Nils Nordström, a driven student, embarked on an educational journey that bridged two continents, bringing him from the United States and the University of Minnesota to study materials engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Read more »
They're a symbol of the Sunshine State. When you think oranges in the United States, you think Florida. You certainly don't think Sweden.
Premium contentRead more »
We take the rough with the smooth, the ups with the downs ..
The first issues of our 149th year of consecutive publishing of Nordstjernan, have been published. Read more »
Walkabout Tour of Stockholm I
.. walk in the city of my youth: Leif Rosqvist goes for a walk through his old neighborhoods in the heart of Stockholm. Premium contentRead more »
From the Royal Family and their summer mansion on the island of Öland, to the apartment-dwelling Swede who spends summer evenings on the outskirts of town at a quaint little "shed" in his own miniature garden - the act of getting away from conventional residential surroundings is a passion built into the Swedish national mentality. Premium contentRead more »
Not surprisingly the online food trade has doubled in Sweden during the pandemic. 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. Premium contentRead more »
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 »
Moving to Sweden
What is it like to actually move to Sweden? A recently relocated Californian about his first year in Stockholm. Read more »
The box that changes the way we wash
This is how a small-scale innovation that started at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden got its founder into Forbes '30 under 30' list. Read more »