Tag: Sweden

Alone in the Bosom of Nature

World + People

Dreams and Visions

Alone in the Bosom of Nature

It is often said that Sweden is a ‘loners’ paradise’, but there is more to this than meets the eye. How, for example, is the Swedish concept of ‘solitude’ connected with time spent in nature?

Katarzyna Tubylewicz

Art + Stories

Fiction

Pukke

One of our authors imagines the encounters of various Swedes – and a Pole! – with a mythical imp known as Pukke.

Grzegorz Uzdański

Art + Stories

Experiences, Opinions

Fragile Women

Mathilda Gustavsson, author of “The Club”, talks about her journalistic work uncovering the Jean-Claude Arnault rape scandal at the heart of the Swedish Academy.

Paulina Małochleb

Liberal and Puritan

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Liberal and Puritan

Swedes are well-known across the world for their relaxed attitude to nakedness. Yet, in recent years, the Scandinavian country’s relationship with nudity has become more complex.

Katarzyna Tubylewicz

Carl and Karin Larsson’s Arcadia

Art + Stories

Art

Carl and Karin Larsson’s Arcadia

The home of Swedish artists Carl and Karin Larsson, called Lilla Hyttnäs, was an inspiration not only to the Larsson family, but to national design aesthetics in Sweden.

Agnieszka Drotkiewicz