Ten Years in Sweden
A blog about Swedish culture, societal norms, and personal insights from a decade in Sweden.
- By Javier Toms
- Based in Sweden
- First post on
Posts per year
| Year starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 2 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
The Estonia disaster of 1994, in which a Baltic Sea ferry sank and hundreds of people lost their lives, symbolizes a problematic phenomenon in Swedish society: faith in the state. This event has raised deep …
Once again, one of these countless, long, and agonizing meetings occurred in a Swedish luxury resort. A strange mixture of busyness and relaxation typical of this event characterized the atmosphere. Knowing that the problems were …
Sweden is a nanny state. Some people there don't like to hear that. It's a humorous, sometimes slightly mocking term for a social system in which the state plays an overly caring or patronizing role. …