2 Feb 2026
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Extraordinary Expats: Lucy Robertshaw

At 16, Lucy Robertshaw was not an ordinary teen obsessing over boys and sneaking out of the house on a weeknight. Instead, she chose the path less travelled by and ended up in the Swedish woods with a successful company of her own. If someone had told Lucy Robertshaw three years ago that she would be […]

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Extraordinary Expats: Emma Jenkins of Frankie’s Coffee

Emma met Frankie a year ago. This summer they took the plunge, moved to Sweden and set up shop.

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Extraordinary Expats: Comedian Ben Kersley

Sweden’s only Svengelska stand-up comedian – soon to be seen on the Stadsteatern stage!

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Extraordinary Expats: Miles Wernerman, Living with Progeria

How people from around the world gather around one little boy.

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Extraordinary Expats: Tammy Gaymon, Bikram Yoga Teacher and Swedish Champion

Keeping a level head in 40 degree heat, always smiling but always serious about her yoga – Tammy Gaymon.

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Extraordinary Expats: Josh Thorne, Film Producer, Football Chairman and Musician

Talking to Josh Thorne, one gets the sense of a tornado sweeping through life. However, instead of causing destruction everywhere, Josh causes production – literally, since one of his many hats is that of film producer. But he’s also a musician, fisherman and chairman of an English football team right here in Sweden.

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Extraordinary Expats: Yukiko Krigh, Architect and Interior Designer

She’s the genius behind Bisou Bisou, a Harvard graduate and mother of two. Now, with her husband Mathias, she’s brought some of her design magic to Stockholm with the new ‘3-experiences-in-1’ concept, Tjoget.

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Extraordinary Expats: Josh Lenn, Actor & Teacher

He performs on the stage and in Battlefield 3; he’s both a teacher and a father of 2; he’s an American actor in Stockholm. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Joshua Lenn, our extraordinary expat this month. Actually as a child in San Francisco, Josh didn’t want to be an actor, but another A-word: […]

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Extraordinary Expats: Kenny Stamatopoulos, AIK Goalkeeper

I’m married to a Spaniard, which means, amongst other things, that I know a lot about Spanish football and nothing of my native English football. Swedish football was just a dark mystery to me, so I was very happy to interview Kenny Stamatopoulos, goalkeeper for the Canadian national squad and Sweden’s own historic team: AIK. […]

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Extraordinary Expats: Andy Foster, Founder of Language Exchange Stockholm

I originally wanted to interview Andy Foster for ‘Extraordinary Expats’ for his fantastic work founding and then building up the Language Exchange Stockholm group, featured earlier on Your Living City. When I contacted Andy, his son Lucas had been born 12 days earlier and it was clear that the whole family deserved the epithet. For […]

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