Category: Sport

Last year I wrote a post about things I would miss about the Swedish winter. One of them was winter sports. Well, I had another go, this time in Österstund! Östersund, Jämtland Östersund is a town in Jämtland in the north of Sweden. The area is quite well-known in Sweden for winter sports, with the […]

2 weeks ago, the Lund Gents and Women Rugby teams commemorated the end to the season with an annual dinner at one Lund’s ritzy dinner halls. It was a memorable and intimate night where we celebrated rugby as a sport and it’s players. If you haven’t guessed it yet, I recently joined the Women’s Rugby […]

I woke up early one morning and peeked outside. The trees outside my window were still, not even the gentlest rustle of leaves could be heard. The sun had just risen, and the sky was dappled with some light clouds. Perfect! I didn’t have lectures that day so I decided to go outside and explore […]

In my native England, the most prominent football song is probably “Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home)“. Now for me, this is a problem. I have all of a sudden – inexplicably and with no precedent for this – become a huge fan of the World Cup (“VM”, på svenska). And when I think of the […]

Sustainability, environmentalism, and recycling are a big deal in Sweden. Bicycles are a very popular way to get around in Swedish towns and cities. What do you get when you put these two together? Let’s find out!

You can tell that the weather is glorious and I am overjoyed because of the frankly outrageous alliteration in the title of this piece. But it is true: the weather is absolutely incredible in Sweden right now! For three and a half weeks it has been gloriously sunny, warm and lively. In the daytime, students […]

The winter up north is famous for being cold, snowy and dark – what could there be to miss? Well, spring has just only just started but I’ve already found myself thinking of the things I’ll miss about winter. Here are five of them!

During January and February, I joined a crash course in bandy, which is a popular winter sport in Sweden. This sport is not originated from Sweden though, a source told me, probably from the UK. Nevertheless, bandy holds a special place in the Swedish society.

It seems like ski is the national sport of Sweden as I spotted so many people during my first ski trip. So, it does not come as a surprise to me when I found out that five out of seven medals which Sweden gets were from skiing. Let’s dig out more about Sweden in the […]