29 Mar 2024
Books
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Northern delights: interior design from a Scandinavian perspective

With interest in Scandi design rising internationally, YLC’s Emma Ladlow catches up with Swedish interior design stylist and blogger Emma Fexeus, the author of a new book on Scandinavian style, published in March. Although Scandinavian design has long been known for being minimal, simple and functional it was perhaps Sweden’s interior and furniture design that […]

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Our favourite Swedish crime novels

A great way to learn about your new city is to read a few novels about city life. The most famous Swedish novels are by the crime authors Stieg Larsson, John Ajvide Lindqvist and Henning Mankell. I highly recommend the works of these authors. Here’s the first part of our Swedish book recommendation list. We […]

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Our favourite Stockholm travel guides

It’s always hard to figure out what travel guide will fit a particular trip and person? What has the most interesting content for you and your trip? Should you purchase a traditional paper guide, download an eBook or choose a mobile app? We have chosen our favourite Swedish / Stockholm travel guides. Here’s what we […]

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Bookshops in Stockholm

For those who are sick of shopping for books online and have mastered the ‘internal compass setting’ to successfully navigate yourself around the city! lol there are many bookshops in Stockholm that sell a range of…

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Frog for Valentine

One of the easiest ways to familiarize yourself with the Swedish language is probably to read a picture book (or watch a Swedish animated film for children with subtitles). This is one of my favourite books, although it isn’t originally Swedish (it’s Dutch), it has been published both in Sweden and the UK, so if […]

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Book review: Ronia, the Robber’s daughter

RONIA, THE ROBBER’S DAUGHTER / RONJA RÖVARDOTTER Ronia (Ronja in Swedish) the Robber’s daughter was my favourite book when I was a child. And it will probably remain in my top 5 forever. Ronja is adventurous, strong-headed, funny, smart and caring. Whether it comes to her friend Birk, the son of her father’s archenemy Borka, […]

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