Sweden from the inside

I live in the north of Sweden – the most beautiful place on earth. When I say north – I really mean north. I live just below the Arctic circle and we have long and dark and cold winters with lots...

Astrid Lindgren - do you know her?

Finally I have decided that my love to Astrid will be placed here together with a review about The Children of Noisy Village. A story I have grown up with. Sorry if the names are not correct for...

How's daycare where you live?

I will tell you about how we chose day care for our older girls and a bit about day care in SWEDEN in general. First of all we have 390 days of maternity leave here in Sweden 195 days for the...

Piteå - a town in the north of Sweden

Piteå is a town in the north of Sweden but below the Arctic Circle. The population is about 50.000 people in the whole community and around 10.000 in the town. The most of the population speaks...

Growing old - a blessing - is it different now?

Yesterday my maternal grand father turned 80 years old. Today we're having a party for him. The one that has baked most stuff is my grandmother (turns 78 years old this summer). I remember when...