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Smörgåstårta – Swedish Sandwich Cake

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 21, 2026January 13, 2026

Swedish sandwich cake was a huge shock when I first saw one. My mother used…

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The ox weeks

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 21, 2026January 13, 2026

In Sweden, we are now in what are called the ox weeks (oxveckorna), the dark,…

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Snow

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 17, 2026January 15, 2026

The snowy weather continues, dumping down all ten types of snow my Swedish students can…

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A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 16, 2026January 15, 2026

I have had the grey version of this blanket for years, and recently found the…

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A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 19, 2025December 18, 2025

I found this photograph, taken in the 1990s, of the Physics Department at Rhodes University.…

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The lions of Stockholm

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Coming from Africa as I do, I have often wondered why so many countries use…

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Stockholm has had 30 minutes of sunshine so far in December

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 14, 2025December 12, 2025

When there is thick snow on the ground, everything seems brighter, cleaner, and quieter. However,…

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Lucia celebrations in Sweden

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 13, 2025December 13, 2025

I wrote the post below the video last year, but today I was having lunch…

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City Hall Stockholm, Nobel week

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 10, 2025November 24, 2025

This is not from this year, but there are always beautiful lights on it during…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 3, 2025December 2, 2025

Lynx (men’s showercare) is called Axe in Sweden, and they always come up with weird…

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