Og lidt om Sverige på hovedet.

Når jeg nu roser det Svenske system, skal jeg nok på samme tidspunkt komme med en anden advarsel – om et tåbeligt regelsæt der findes her i Sverige.
Jeg bor i en by der hedder Oxie – og til min togstation koster taxien (200SEK) for at komme til toget. Hvis jeg ankommer med toget og skal [...]

Skatten Ned – Svenskerne gør det !!

Tænk sig, dette Social Demokratiske samfund jeg bor i (Sverige) har taget en kæmpe beslutning – Fradraget for at have et arbejde er sat op – således at en ansat i Sverige med en indkost på ca 40.000 pr måned (Svenske) får cirka 1000 kroner mere udbetalt pr måned.
Tænk sig – fradraget gælder ”kun for [...]

Summertime, anything better?

Having spent a few years abroad – I still have to say that what we see these days (in both Sweden and Denmark) is the start of something hopefully excellent; a wonderful hot summer.
I loved my 4 years in Singapore, I love the time spend in Asia and their wonderful Climate, but days like what [...]

The public system

Basically, since our family is Danish/Russian it’s no surprise that we had to approach the Swedish public system, to get the paperwork done.
Law-obedient citizens as yourself; we went to the immigration services, to secure a permit to stay for my wife, knowing the difficult procedure from Denmark (It took us 14 months to get [...]

Kindergarten

Our youngest son (Max) is attending a kindergarten here in Oxie. I have to praise our lucky star – that we were able to get him in there, since this place is really something special.
Having a kid, who was only able to speak English, it was a very (unexpected) nice surprise (or luck) to [...]

Lunch in Swedish Schools

Having two kids, it shouldn’t be a surprise that this was also investigated and information was retrieved even before moving here, but let me share the experience so far.
First of all – the Swedish society seems to appreciate the kids more than done in Denmark. Something as simple as a breakfast – is given [...]

Travelling

Daily trip on the train, well – this is the challenge that we all would face. I would not be in the situation that I would complain about the service; I don’t like travelling with an eye on the clock, so it doesn’t bother me (that much) if the train is 5 minutes delayed.
But, to [...]

Moving to Sweden

Just to give you a little background of the situation here. First of all – when Sweden and Denmark made the “Øresundsregion” – no one had expected the changes it gave to our region.
Well, they made a bridge (Huge bridge) and was hoping to secure a better foundation for the business in the region, but [...]

Øst, vest – svensken er bedst

Nyhedsavisen havde her i maj måned en artikel serie der sammenligner Danmark med Sverige.
Det er jo dejligt at læse hvorfor vores nye hjemland er så meget bedre end det vi er rejst fra (:-)), jeg syntes nok den burde læses med lidt ironi, men på visse punkter er [...]

Swedish Defence Day

Spending time in Sweden these days – its a wonderful season and the weather behaves – so you don’t even miss the swimming pools of Singapore – well, perhaps just a little bit.