Drumming gives result Students' grades have gone up since a Swedish school began a project of banging on drums. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Strawberry pie Is there anything more summery and Swedish than strawberries? Probably not. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

A Day of remembrance
for Holocaust survivors and their descendants at the Nachas Health and Family Network in Brooklyn, NY on May 14. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

May 18 In History
852 years ago, Sweden's patron saint was murdered in Gamla Uppsala. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Education to dominate next election? If you believe research, education will dominate the next Swedish election (which will take... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Spring Luncheon in Boston
SWEA Boston met on May 12 to recognize scholarship recipients and welcome spring. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Princess Estelle's arena?
Argo Arkitekter feels there's a need for a third arena in the Stockholm area, this one close to Haga Palace, home of H.R.H. Princess Estelle. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Mind games in a relationship
Strindberg East and West: play premieres in NYC this Friday, May 18, the Cutting Ball Theater's series in SFO continues and a Strindberg Film Festival in LA. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Summer with the von Sydow sisters
Book announcement and a refreshing, light avocado gazpacho for the upcoming hot summer evenings. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

August Strindberg's 'Playing With Fire' in New York
A great cast with actors from The Negro Ensemble Company tackles August Strindberg's comedy "Playing With Fire" and does so marvelously. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Scandinavia best for moms!
Norway, Iceland and Sweden at the top in a recent 'Save the Children' report on mothers' situation in the world. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Honeymoon over for new party leader?
The support for the Social Democrats has evened out and even decreased in May compared to April READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Strongest bear in the world
'Bamse' created by "the Disney of Northern Europe," Rune Andreasson, becomes animated. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Swedes' love for Springsteen is an expensive affair American musician Bruce Springsteen, aka "The Boss," is certainly popular in Sweden. He is... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Facebook makes job hunting more fun Strangers who hook up to inspire and pep each other in the hunt for... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Mikaela's invention When Mikaela Taraldsson got tired of never getting the last of the yogurt out... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Dead lynx found in hunting tower A dead lynx was recently found in a hunting tower in Botkyrka municipality (in... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

What do you know about Andersonville? At one time, it was the the center for the second biggest Swedish community... READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Crime in Sweden - real and fiction...
Swedish crime is on everyone's lips and it makes one wonder: is Sweden really as violent and crime infested as the books depict? READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

May in Swedish History: May 1986
The musical "Chess" opens in London�s West End with Swedish singers Tommy Korberg, Bjorn Skifs in the leading roles. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Ascension Day
Swedes take religious holiday lightly, but take time off work seriously. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

Film director Levan Akin The swedish film director Levan Akin and his first feature film "Katinkas Kalas" (Certain People) in New York. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NORDSTJERNAN »

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