Sweden 2013 - Tweets, news stories & videos re Sweden & Swedish people, places & things























@swedense: Northern Lights have returned to Sweden, from Luleå last night
















Helen Sjöholm sings Valborg, from SVT's Allsångsscenen är din: Håkan Hellström (Live på Skansen 2013-09-07)
Helen Sjöholm - Valborg, from SVT's Allsångsscenen är din: Håkan Hellström

























Edda Magnason - Sakta vi gå genom stan - Allsång på Skansen, August 13, 2013
shows https://twitter.com/hashtag/STHLM?src=hash">#STHLM's beauty! http://t.co/YBBfktDe3M">http://t.co/YBBfktDe3M http://t.co/Xw1drxUvle">http://t.co/Xw1drxUvle— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/520642235202043905">October 10, 2014

As seen on my August 14, 2013 blog post, 
Heavenly! A month before her film 'Monica Z' opens in Sweden on September 13th, Edda Magnason sings "Sakta vi gå hem genom stan” (Slowly we walk through town) LIVE on SVT's Allsång på Skansen, Stockholm, August 13, 2013, on the last show of 2013. With lyrics! Now THAT'S how you promote a film featuring great music!; #monicaz, #eddamagnason, @manszelmerlow, @svtallsang, @PeterBirro</blockquote>






























Now that he's correctly postponed his visit to see President Putin in Moscow, President Obama has decided to go to Stockholm in early September.


Say it with cheese!

























As seen in my July 31st, 2013 blog post titled, "Which European country has the most attractive citizens?" Sweden won in a landslide with almost four times as many votes as second-place France, with Spain third and Norway fourth. Yes, seeing is believing!; Norwegian.com's non-stop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Oslo start in 4 months! :)
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/boredpandacom-poll-of-europeans-asked.html











For someone like me who is a longtime recycling enthusiast, one of the best things about Sweden is the average person's commitment to keeping the city and nature free of debris. You pay a few SEK for products packaged in recyclable plastic or aluminum, like sodas, at both stores and from vendors, but get your money back via self-serve machines when you recycle at stores. All of this gives people a real  financial incentive to return items to stores, as well as for others to pick-up any you see lying on roads or in parks and get that money, which is one of the reasons that Stockholm is SO CLEAN!


In my opinion, only one of the best people-watching places in all of Stockholm, esp, when the ice skating rink is open in the winter! Unlike in Miami where there's lot of wasted space near Metrorail stations, there, The Pizza Hut a block away is located ABOVE one of the the T-bana station exits and across the street from the Scandic Hotel Malmen. In January, one weekday night, for about an hour, while sipping some coffee on a bench and trying my best to keep my camera covered and warm, amd watching people ice skate, I also watched dozens of entire families make like ants and pull/carry/push Christmas trees down city sidewalks over to a recycling area set up there on the plaza, something you'd never see in a million years in South Florida. And on my way back to the hotel, I saw more families with trees heading that way. Now that's commitment!







As I learned while I was there in January, Stockholm has the best-tasting tap water in the world -and no fluoride.






Though I'm a committed meat-eater, especially when it comes to pizza, this actually looks good enough to try next time I'm in Stockholm, at Kungstensgatan 62.


Even in the Land of the Midnight Sun, there are always some summer days that are grey skies and complete wash-outs. Above, looking east from the Skeppsbron promenade, in front of the Royal Palace in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. Last time I was there -in January- it was 17 very snowy & windy degrees!












As seen in my July 6, 2013 blog post titled, "Trending -with style!- at Hallandale Beach Blog: Maria Sharapova and her knowing, nuanced and amusing tweets about sports, food, fashion, travel and the unusual under-the-microscope life she leads; @MariaSharapova, #Sugarpova, #Stockholm: ABC News Nightline video of her 2010 trip to Chernobyl"

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/trending-with-style-at-hallandale-beach.html





































Glad midsommar till alla mina vänner och läsare i Sverige. Jag önskar jag kunde vara med dig just nu! ♥ Tack för att du läser min lilla blogg!

As seen in my post of June 21, 2013 titled, "Glad midsommar till alla mina vänner och läsare i Sverige. Jag önskar jag kunde vara med dig just nu!; Awesome turnout at Battery Park on Friday night at Swedish Consulate of New York's Swedish Midsummar Festival; ♥ #midsommar, #sweden, @MarieSerneholt, #nycmidsummer, #swedennewyork, #FIKA"

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/glad-midsommar-till-alla-mina-vanner.html

















Tre Kronor på Kungsträdgården, Stockholm; day after winning the World Ice Hockey Championship

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