To read the whole post, check out “How to find a job in Sweden from abroad” on the Expat Blog at Sweden.se. If you want to live in Sweden and you’re not an EU or Swiss citizen, you’ve got basically three options: one, study; two, have a lasting and genuine relationship with someone else who…
Author Archives: Kate
Airport Days
I’m sitting on the bus from Malmö Airport to Lund now, thank goodness, because I am one tired chiquita. Two days of teaching nonstop is totally exhausting! It went well, though, and I’m really happy I got the chance to work with such interesting people. At the end of my trip, I got a little…
15 Ways To Say I Love You In Swedish | The Expat Blog
Click here to read 15 Ways to Say I Love You in Swedish on the Expat Blog at Sweden.se We Americans are known for throwing around the word “love” to mean everything from “This is an amazing sandwich” (I LOVE JIMMY JOHN’S!) to “I want to spend the rest of my life with you” (I love you). We think this is normal,…
Off to Stockholm, sort of
I’m headed off to kind of Stockholm right now for a two day business trip… Very exciting, mostly because the seminar I’m leading will be interesting and a new experience for me, but a little disappointing because I’ll be sooooo close to Stockholm and yet still not there. I was also a tiny bit disappointed…
Life in Sweden, as usual? | The Expat Blog
When I think about the events of 2012 so far, what strikes me most is how normal it all feels. A friend asked me recently when you stop being an expat and start being something else. I’m not sure that I have a good answer to that yet, but I think I’m on my way to whatever…
No Shoes Indoors! | The Expat Blog
To read the whole post, check out “No Shoes Indoors” on The Expat Blog at Sweden.se Finally, you arrive in Sweden. Maybe you’re meeting someone—maybe an old friend. A friend who could be more than a friend. A lover. You’re welcomed at the airport, and on the trip towards his or her home, you’re almost…
Balmy Wintertime Malmö
I’ve been saying that the weather has been pretty mild here, and now I have proof. All you naysayers who were like, Kate has finally lost her marbles once and for all, poor thing thinks that it’s warm in Sweden during the winter. Next thing you know, she’ll be telling us that there aren’t any…
“American Soda”
Simon and I went for a quick grocery run on our way home today and came across this at the ICA Malmborgs in Lund. Simon pointed out that the list of American sodas should probably be a lot longer than this, but I guess Vanilla Coke and Mountain Dew are extra-American. Speaking of which, does anyone…
5 things that are already making my 2012 fantastic | The Expat Blog
Click here to read the whole article on the Expat Blog at Sweden.se I love the idea of New Year’s resolutions. Keeping them is another thing altogether. I don’t think I’ve ever kept a New Year’s resolution that has been life-changing… or kept one at all, if we’re being honest. I’m much better with Lenten promises. It’s really hard…
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…
Yesterday, I was featured on the Displaced Nation’s series on expat writers around the world. What an honor! You can check out my interview here: 12 NOMADS OF CHRISTMAS: Kate Reuterswärd, American expat in Sweden (12/12) The Displaced Nation is an online blog/magazine dedicated to writing by “expats, global nomads, armchair travelers and the like.”…