"I thought the Swedes were so hip and cool", a number of friends and colleagues have said to me, when I've told them about a fairly dark past, about how Swedes treated Indigenous people there, the Sami. With a number of parallels to what happened in Australia and many other countries, it's a very sad … Continue reading Scandinavian Film Festival
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A few months ago I bought a raincoat from Somedays, the terrific Swedish clothing store in Sydney's Surry Hills. It must have been an omen foretelling poor weather for this trip to Sweden. The weather hasn't been great, so far, on this trip to Sweden. In stark contrast to the first time I visited Sweden … Continue reading Nordiska Museet