5 Dec 2025
Sweden
Expat Cookbook

Recipe – Dajmkladdkaka (Daim Chocolate Cake)

Daim, that magical crunchy, chocolately toffee bar that sometimes seems well worth a few cavities. If you’re a fan then this is the cake for you.   What you need: The base: 200 g butter 200 g dark chocolate 4 large eggs 1 1/2 d. sugar 2 172 dl flour pinch of salt Cream topping:  […]

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Café Culture Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe: Kokostoppar

These delightful little nibbles are dead easy to make, so perfect for baking with the kids. You see how short this recipe is? We weren’t joking: this is just about as easy as it gets when it comes to baking so grab the three ingredients, pop on the oven and off you go! Preheat oven […]

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Café Culture Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe: Sarah Bernhardt cookies

These cookies are a magical mix of chewy biscuit, creamy filling and a gently crunchy chocolate coating. They’re deceptively simple to make but if you get it right harps will play, birds will sing, poems will be written … and you’ll be feted from one end of your home to the other. Good luck! Named […]

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Café Culture Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe: Semla

Originally eaten only on Shrove – Fat – Tuesday, Semla buns are a rare treat of pastry, almond paste and fluffy cream. The Protestant Reformation meant that Swedes stopped observing a strict fast during Lent and thus semla are usually available in Sweden from shortly after Christmas right up until Easter – although Shrove Tuesday […]

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Community Swedish Culture

YLC Guide: Swedish November Traditions

Just because it’s too early to crack open the glögg, doesn’t mean the month of November is devoid of celebration!

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Essentials Personal Number

YLC Essentials: How to get a Personal Number

Planning to come to Sweden? Or just arrived? How to obtain the three essentials: Residency, Personal Number, and ID card.

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Culture What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm Film Festival: Reader Giveaway

This week Stockholm International Film Festival (6-17th November) revealed its much awaited program, including more than 180 film premieres from over 50 countries. YLC has teamed up with the organizers for a fabulous reader giveaway! Held for the first time in 1990, the festival was the brainchild of Ignas Scheynius and Kim Klein together with […]

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Fashion & Beauty Lifestyle

Style in the City: the Art of Autumn Layering

YLC’s Victoria Hussey on staying warm – Stockholm style

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Café Culture Dining out Lifestyle

YLC guide: Stockholm Afternoon Tea

Allow us to help you navigate the high teas for the low season!

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Bars, Pubs & Clubs Café Culture Culture Dining out

Produce, Passion and Podcasts: Juiceverket

YLC discovers who is behind this fantastically fruitful endeavour!

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