A touch of Sweden

Lagom
Not too much and not too little. Yes, you know the idea, but you don't have one little word for it.

Hotdog with shrimpsalad
Meat and seafood at the same time.

Swedish weapon industry
Bofors sell weapons to any country as long as they promise not to use them.

Ombudsman
A man or a woman appointed by the government to protect the people against the government.

Mr and Mrs Svensson
Volvo, two children and a dog.

Klämdag
An excuse not to work. It means if one or two days are squeezed in between holidays, they are klämdagar, squeeze-days, and why should we work on those days when we don't work on the holidays surrounding them.

Kask
50 percent coffee and 50 percent vodka. Coffeebreak and party at the same time

Allemansrätt
The "all mans right" Gives everyone in Sweden freedom to walk around on everyones properties. As long as you dont walk into a "Militärt skyddsområde" which means Military Protected Area of course.

Industrisemester
July is not a good choice if you want to visit Sweden in business. Sweden is closed for vacation. But come back in August and we'll help you again.

Radhus
A swedish semidetached house is as near as lagom you can come in real estate in Sweden.

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