New Volume in Classic Series
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View ArticleSwedish Suburb Burning Childrens’ Classic
Bruce Bawer, at PJ Media, has the story. What is Swedish culture? A lot of people who still believe in such things would put Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) at or near the top of that list. During her...
View ArticleIn Sweden, Officials Are Simply Recycling Bronze and Iron Age Artifacts
One of the amulet rings from the Iron Age that archaeologists are recycling. Previously, this type of object was saved, says archaeologist Johan Runer. Rough translation from Swedish language article...
View ArticleCatching Monster Browns In Town in Sweden
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View ArticleSweden Appoints Pakistani-Born Muslim Head of Swedish Heritage Board
Qaisar Mahmood Front Page: Qaisar Mahmood, a Muslim born in Pakistan, is the new head of the Swedish National Heritage Board. This is an extremely anomalous appointment, since he readily admits that...
View ArticleComing Soon to Funeral Parlours Near You: Promession
The Sun reports on the latest “always something PC out of Sweden”: A controversial burial method that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze and disintegrate a dead body is being heralded as the future of...
View ArticleSpeaking of the Trojan War…
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View ArticleSwedish Nyckelharpa
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View ArticleBritain Has Knife Attacks; Sweden Has Grenades
Wikipedia: Bombings increased significantly in 2015, with Swedish police investigating around 100-150 explosions. There were over 30 explosions reported in the Swedish city of Malmö alone by August...
View Article“All Hail Saga, New Queen of Sweden!”
The Local (Sweden): An eight-year-old Swedish-American girl came across an exciting find swimming at her local lake, when she pulled an ancient sword from its depths. “It’s not every day that one...
View ArticleQueen Saga Speaks
Queen Saga I As told to the Guardian: Every summer, my parents, my six-year-old brother and I go to stay in a cabin by a lake called Vidöstern in Tånnö in southern Sweden, not far from where we...
View ArticleHow Finland Will Save Sweden
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View ArticleKulning: Swedish Cow Calling
Atlas Obscura: Less than a century ago, Swedenâ€s remote forests and mountain pastures swelled with womenâ€s voices each summer. As dusk approached, the haunting calls of kulning echoed through the...
View ArticleThe Swedish Government Wants to Ban Runes – Norse Religion and Heritage...
Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson wants to ban Runes and other symbols of the Pagan Norse Religion. Samhällsnytt: (translated:) The government is currently investigating the possibility of banning...
View ArticleSwedish Scholar Dates Beowulf to 550 A.D.
Pictorial Stone from the Church in Bro in Gotland. A year old story, but news to me. Bo Gräslund, a prominent Swedish archaeologist, published a book, arguing on several grounds for an earlier date...
View Article“Kvinnors Minnen” (Womens’ Memories)
Kvinnors minnen from Dalarnas museum on Vimeo. In the old days, Swedish women would take the cattle and goats for summer grazing in the hills. It looks like the film footage would have been taken...
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