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Category: Sweden
Welcome to Egyptology!
In the two years since my last post I’ve retired from Radio Sweden (after 40 years), and gone back to school to earn a B.A. in Egyptology. Uppsala University is the only school in Sweden to offer Egyptology, so over…
Waterloo More Important Than Midsummer?
Midsummer is the most important holiday in Sweden and Denmark, after Christmas. Anyone who has experienced the darkness of the Scandinavian Winter can appreciate the desire to celebrate the light of Summer. Yet every year, it seems, the European Union…
New iPhones in Sweden a week after US
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to go on sale in Sweden (at least by Telia) on September 26.
Stockholm Hosts European Baseball Tournament
This week Stockholm is hosting a qualifying tournament for the 2014 European Cup. Besides the Swedish champs, the other teams taking part are from Moscow, Vilnius, and Bern: http://www.baseballstats.eu/2014/stockholm/schedule.php Opening Day saw Moscow drubbing Bern 12-1, while Stockholm defeated Vilnius…
Stockholm Baseball Opens 2014 season with Double Wins
Defending Swedish champs Stockholm opened the 2014 season taking a doubleheader from visiting Leksand, 6-5 and 9-3. Leksand led the first game until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Stockholm tied with a bases loaded walk. The winning run…
One of the best days of the year up here in the North
The return of Summer (Daylight Savings) Time to Europe. The end of the Darkness (for a time).
Telia how could you delete files from my harddisk?
After Christmas I prepared for the 2014 MLB season by watching my recordings from the 2013 World Baseball Classic. This was fun, following the progress of the Netherlands to the semi-finals….but about a week ago I discovered that all of…
Systembolaget delivers (just slowly and dearly)
We have received a wine delivery from Systembolaget, Sweden’s state-owned retail alcohol monopoly. This was extraordinary, but it also reflects the company’s twin missions, to sell alcohol, while at the same time discouraging people from buying alcohol. Home deliveries as…
Netflix eclipses HBO, Amazon surrenders
Americans dream of being able to access quality TV programming without a cable subscription, and Scandinavia has been the testing ground for the coming services. There have been definate winners and losers here. Netflix has emerged as the victor. HBO…