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I would like to tell you about X and Z, two highly-skilled IT consultants who are employed by my husband’s company. For many years X and Z have actively contributed to our country’s prosperity: they have paid their taxes and worked hard while at the same time being really nice, decent and honest people (you…

Congratulations Sweden! You just got yourself a brand new female entrepreneur. After having learned a thing or two about the laws, rules and regulations around running your own company I must say: you have made entrepreneurship more like a (barefoot) walk in the jungle instead of the park. But regardless of all that, I am…

Om krisen eller kriget kommer (If the crisis or the war comes) is the name of a brochure the swedish government recently sent to 4.8 million households in Sweden. The brochure aims to help people living in Sweden to be better prepared for serious accidents, extreme weather, IT attacks and military conflicts. It raises questions such…

Mom, you’re not supposed to stand there, said my daughter (13YO) upon arriving at the baggage belt at Arlanda airport. We had just landed in Sweden after having lived in Spain for six months and were waiting for our luggage. I have spent quite some time waiting by baggage belts at various airports around the…

In just a few days I’m moving back home and to be honest, a part of me is pretty scared about this. As wonderful as it will be to sleep in my own bed (Tempur rules!) and use my quality kitchen tools (bad knives are the worst!), there is a part of me that really…