Category: About me

This day one year ago, I slowly but surely started preparing my arrival. I felt a mixture of extremely excited but also a little scared all at once. I moved abroad in 2015, and by now was used to being away from home. Still, I really had no idea what to expect from the first […]

When preparing to graduate, there are a couple of events that are planned to ensure you have a proper goodbye. One of them is the Graduation gala that was organised by our school.  One spring afternoon, prospect graduates gathered at one of Lund’s famous halls – the AF Borgen, to say goodbye one last time […]

[fiːka] 4 letters, 2 syllables, 1 word. Maybe THE most important Swedish word. Fika is much more than just having a cup of coffee and eating pastries. It is quality time with your family, friends, loved ones or colleagues. It is perfect to meet up with classmates, Swedes or anyone else you’d like to know […]

Sometimes, things are different. Different than you are used to from home. Different than expected. Different cause you have not even thought about it. I will share some of my “I wish I knew that earlier” in this blog post. Second hand shops It took me a while to pay my first visit to a […]

One of the most frequent questions that people ask is “How do I become a Study in Sweden digital ambassador? ” Today, this post attempts to answer that. One of the best decisions I made when I came to Sweden was to apply to become a Study in Sweden digital ambassador. I had been reading […]

Forget about Christmas, Midsommar is the holy day of the year in Sweden! When you read about Sweden and its culture in books, Christmas is often mentioned as the most important day of the year. After my first Midsommar in Sweden let me tell you something: those are lies! Sweden is a very dark country […]

If you’ve been following our Instagram this week, you’ll have seen our posts about sustainable transport. Here are the main ways I travel around my city and how I rate each transport method on my (pretty unscientific and mostly subjective) sustainability scale! Bike  Before I moved to Gothenburg, the thought of cycling in cities was […]

Master programmes in Sweden will have different regulations when it comes to the Master thesis project. Some of the variations include the number of credits awarded, the period of time for the thesis and the number of people allowed to collaborate. My 1 year Master programme has a 15 credit thesis that runs for 3 […]

It’s kind of insane how many programmes there are in English in Sweden. 933, to be precise. Because of this, many classes are made up of students from all over the world. That can be a lot to manage in a classroom setting, with many varied experiences of classroom participation, level of interaction with teachers […]