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Getting ready to election 2010

30 weeks to the 2010 election and polls are starting to fill the media. Every month the poll of all polls will show the two blocks and will be updated with the latest results on the Election 2010 page.

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They are Sweden’s bloggers of the year

The Swedish blogosphere and social media had its night of glory at Stora Bloggpriset in Stockholm. Aftonbladet and Blogportalen awarded Sweden’s best bloggers in 7 categories.
Culture and entertainment
Blogger: Navid Modiri, 27, from Göteborg.
Blog: 365 saker
Politics and society
Blogger: Gun Svensson, 72, Norrtälje.
Blog: Farmor Gun i Norrtälje
Design
Namn: Emma Fexeus, 30, Stockholm.
Blog: Emmas designblogg
Gadgets
Namn: Mattias Karlsson, 35, Jönköping.
Blog: [...]

All stays in the family

An Oedipal complex or just a good taste in women? Aftonbladet “discovered” a resemblance of prince Carl Philip’s girlfriend, Sofia Hellqvist, to his mother. Apparently Sofia Hellqvist has the same body figure as queen Silvia has. More than that they both similar interests, philanthropy, traveling and music.
According to relation expert Eva Rusz the first relation [...]

Quality of Life Index: Sweden only 30

According to a survey by the magazine International Living Sweden is ranked in the 30th place in the Quality of Life Index with 71 points out of 100. The survey done in 194 countries gave the first place to France (82 pts.) while Somalia ranked in the 194th place (30pts.).
The survey measured 9 factors: Cost [...]

Now you can eat fat without worries

SVT is reporting in a perfect timing before Jul that food fat is not the cause for accumulation of body fat. According to a British research it is not the fat in our food that makes us fat.
The study followed eating habits of 90,000 people in Denmark, The Netherlands, UK , Germany and Italy. Results [...]

Vacuuming 50 öre away

Next Autumn the 50 öre coin is going to be taken out of trade and won’t be used any more. 5 years ago when the silver 50 öre coin was taken away of trade 250 milion coins were not returned to the national bank (Riksbank). 125 milion kronas became useless.
Tomorrow a new campaign called Dammsug [...]

Youtube and Facebook running strong in Sweden

As 2009 is coming to its end it is time to see which are the most popular search terms in Sweden. Google’s top list of searches terms can give an interesting insight on the trends and interests of the Swedish people.
So what the numbers can say about us? First, we are not so good with [...]

Drinking less alcohol, buying more at Systembolaget

Alcohol consumption in Sweden is decreasing, according to SoRAD’s report ”Tal om alkohol 2008”. As found in their report, alcohol consumption among adults (age 15 and above) had decreased from its highest level in 2004 from 10.5 liters to 9.4 liters. But on the same time Systembolaget had increased its sales while smuggling and alcohol [...]

No to citizenship course

Folkpartiet (aka Liberala Partiet) rejected today the citizenship course law. At their annual conference in Växjö the delegates decided to reject the law that force new immigrants to do a course about Sweden.
The law suggestion was first introduced by the integration minister Nyamko Sabuni and was meant to give new immigrants an opportunity to get [...]