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Jan 28 2010

What's new in Sweden?

Would you like to keep up with the current topics and phenomena concerning Sweden? Have a look at the webpage Sweden.se where new articles in a variety of subject areas are presented a few times per month.

At Sweden.se you can find general information, fact sheets, articles, theme sites, etc. about all the different aspects of life in Sweden. There are five organizations behind Sweden.se with overall responsibility for promoting Sweden abroad: the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Government Offices including the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, the Invest in Sweden Agency, the Swedish Trade Council and VisitSweden.
> www.sweden.se

Here is a taste of recent articles (courtesy of Sweden.se):

Sweden 2009 — from royal weddings to flu frenzy

The ups and downs of 2009 were a fitting end to the first decade of the new millennium. Rob Hincks rummages through a mixed bag of memories to look back on what the year meant in Sweden.
> Read the article on Sweden.se

5 questions for Kerstin Ekman

Swedish author Kerstin Ekman started writing detective novels, then moved on to more psychological and social themes. In September 2009 she released her latest novel Mordets praktik. Sweden.se asked Ekman a few questions.
> Read the article on Sweden.se

The Swedish Model in practice

The term “Swedish Model” is used to describe the fact that the Swedish society is based on a high degree of public financing. Let’s find out what this means in practice by following a regular Swedish mother and daughter through a normal day.
> Read the article on Sweden.se

A certain number of local news can also be found at Sweden.se. More at: Local news




Last update 2010-01-28

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