I love learning about history; how people have lived before, and how the world has evolved into the amazing, wonderful and crazy place it is today. Since I moved to Sweden 10 years ago, one of the ways I have improved my Swedish is by reading books in Swedish, often about Sweden and often about … Continue reading Reading tip: The Engineers by Gunnar Wetterberg
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V-Day
Today is V-Day. V for Vaccination. I’m getting my first jab of a Covid-19 vaccine today. The End is Near. Literally. The pandemic has forced many changes on society, a roller-coaster of emotions and changes. In the name of pandemic, freedom rights we had taken for granted were taken away from us in order to … Continue reading V-Day
The Call of Cthulhu
In the Year of the Covid, a group of gifted Swedes published a Swedish edition of Call of Cthulhu. However, it isn’t just a translation into Swedish of the game mechanics and the monster tables...
Did SoMe kill geek conversations?
I spent a lot of time on RPG forums back in the days before Facebook and SoMe stole most of the traffic though never quite delivering the same experience. Well, flame wars definitely happen also on SoMe, but I never quite saw the meticulously argued conversation about a niche topic between a few dedicated and … Continue reading Did SoMe kill geek conversations?
Fear sells
Living in Stockholm is dangerous, at least you can easily get that impression. No, today I’m not going to talk about Covid-19, today I’m going to talk about another danger. It lurks in the wilderness and jumps on you when you walk by and sucks your blood. It's less than 5 mm long. It's a ...
Caught a rat
This morning I caught a rat. We haven’t seen any for a long time, but yesterday I saw one in our winter garden* and set a trap. Rats was one of the surprises that came with moving to Stockholm. I guess it comes with many people living “close to nature”, with lakes and forests and … Continue reading Caught a rat
The best greens
Today's headline steal from Trump is that he contemplates buying Greenland from Denmark. Maybe he is playing the long game after all? Or maybe he just likes the photo opportunity when he invites world leaders from fossil fuel economies to play golf with him in front of a melting glacier. I visited Birka a few … Continue reading The best greens
Thoughts from a Dane in Stockholm
Sunrise as seen from the window in our kids room. Further north and further east than Copenhagen, Stockholm is sunnier and has longer days in the summer and shorter days in the winter. Copyright Frederik Jensen. I've decided to start blogging. Two and a half years ago, my wife and I decided to move from … Continue reading Thoughts from a Dane in Stockholm