Norrland North of Sweden

Norrland in Sweden – 5 (Likely) Reasons Most Swedes Do Not Want to Live There

Sweden has about 10 million inhabitants. About 80% of the population live in the bottom 20% of the country. Why? Here is an attempt to answer the question why most Swedes live in the south, … Read more

What Swedes fear

Swedish Mentality: 5 Things Swedes Hate or Fear

Swedes, just as citizens from any other nation, are afraid of … certain things. To understand the Swedish psyche a little bit better, read the following list of “phenomenas” that many Swedes feel very uncomfortable … Read more

Swedish citizenship test

Swedish Citizenship – New Test – 10 Questions You Must Answer

Disclaimer: If you are looking to find useful information on how to receive the Swedish citizenship, this is not the right page for you. Below you will just find my underwhelming attempt to entertain you, … Read more

Swedish citizenship advantages

Top 5 Benefits of Swedish Citizenship – Advantages of Having a Swedish Passport

Disclaimer: The following benefits of having a Swedish passport are not really true. The purpose is entertainment and not factual accuracy. Swedish citizenship You have heard about how beautiful Sweden is? Maybe you even travelled to … Read more

Swedish citizenship passport

Sweden: Citizenship Requirements – How to Become a Swedish Citizen – (Not That Serious)

Disclaimer: For serious information about how to apply for Swedish citizenship, go to migrationsverket. The purpose of this site, you’re reading right now, is entertainment, not accuracy. Just so you can’t say I didn’t tell you … Read more

Grönåsen Elchpark moose park Sweden

Grönåsen Moose Park in Småland, South Sweden

Are you looking for a moose park in Småland, in South Sweden? Here is my top tip, you want to see a living moose near the cities of Växjö and Kalmar: In Grönåsen Älgpark, in … Read more

Växjö pronunciation - how to pronounce Vaxjo correctly

How to pronounce “Växjö” (City in Småland, Sweden)

Yes, it looks a bit weird and it sounds even weirder – the name of the city of Växjö. The first time I read it, it looked already a bit funny. Later, when I heard … Read more

Reasons to love Växjö Småland Sweden

5 Reasons to Love Växjö – City in Småland, Sweden

Are you going to travel to Växjö or considering moving there? Here are my top 5 reasons to fall in love with Växjö. Växjö = Småland = Sweden Sweden is often associated with Abba, Pippi … Read more

Moose in Sweden

Moose Shot on His Way to the Gothenburg Book Fair

A police man stopped me and other pedestrians on the way from the parking lots to the Gothenburg book fair. “Stop! You can’t pass here. There is a moose”, the friendly police man said. A … Read more

National Day of Sweden Celebrations - King of Sweden in Växjö

National Day of Sweden: June 6th – Why & How Swedes Celebrate Their National Day

Celebrations of the Swedish national day become more and more popular. Nowadays, about every third Swedes celebrates their nation. Originally the June 6th was called the “Swedish flag day”, svenska flaggens dag. First in 1983 it … Read more

Privacy Overview
Hej Sweden logo

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

You can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side.

To view our full privacy policy click here

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analyticsand Facebook Pixel to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.