29 Dec 2024
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ABBA Piano Stars in New Book by Björn Ulvaeus

Legendary ABBA singer/songwriter Björn Ulvaeus has stepped into the world of literature with a book aimed at children, telling the story of the instrument that many of ABBA’s greatest hits were composed on. The new book is called The Little White Piano and is aimed at children from 7 years of age and up. Ulvaeus and […]

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Books Culture

Books for January: Great reads you’re not going to want to miss

With the warm weather still in the distance there’s plenty of time to curl up with a great book while we wait (and wait) for the warmer weather to arrive. We’ve done a lot of reading during the cold, dark winter and plan on doing plenty more.  Here’s five great reads for January, from mystery […]

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Books Design Lifestyle

Northern delights: interior design from a Scandinavian perspective

With interest in Scandi design rising internationally, YLC’s Emma Ladlow catches up with Swedish interior design stylist and blogger Emma Fexeus, the author of a new book on Scandinavian style, published in March. Although Scandinavian design has long been known for being minimal, simple and functional it was perhaps Sweden’s interior and furniture design that […]

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Books Lifestyle

Our favourite Swedish crime novels

A great way to learn about your new city is to read a few novels about city life. The most famous Swedish novels are by the crime authors Stieg Larsson, John Ajvide Lindqvist and Henning Mankell. I highly recommend the works of these authors. Here’s the first part of our Swedish book recommendation list. We […]

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Books Lifestyle

Our favourite Stockholm travel guides

It’s always hard to figure out what travel guide will fit a particular trip and person? What has the most interesting content for you and your trip? Should you purchase a traditional paper guide, download an eBook or choose a mobile app? We have chosen our favourite Swedish / Stockholm travel guides. Here’s what we […]

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Books Lifestyle

Bookshops in Stockholm

For those who are sick of shopping for books online and have mastered the ‘internal compass setting’ to successfully navigate yourself around the city! lol there are many bookshops in Stockholm that sell a range of…

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