I spend my days drinking coffee and speaking Swedish. What a wonderful life! I love to meet new people and every month a few new students write to me and ask for a fika meeting, where we talk about Sweden and Swedish culture. If you are interested in a Swedish fika, please write to me […]
In my Swedish course you don’t only learn about the Swedish language, I will also tell you a lot about Swedish and Nordic culture, Swedish food, Swedish traditions, Swedish nature, Swedish mythology, Swedish politics, Swedish history and Swedish music. I have lived in Taiwan for many years and LOVE Taiwan! And I also LOVE to […]
We are now editing our second film in the @loveghostfilm serie. It’s called Ghostlove and is about a foreign man who is forced to marry his dead girlfriend, according to the Tao tradition. The film is filmed in Taipei and has many beautiful scenes from old buildings, parks and temples. #Ghostlove #film #Taipei
I am spending one month in Sweden this summer! The weather is very hot, almost like in Taiwan. It feels great to be back to the Swedish Westcoast and walking around on this beautiful island called Tjorn. Eating Swedish fresh fish, is also wonderful! My favorite fish is called rodspatta and it is a flat […]
When I was a child, my favorite book was Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Now, I’m not a child anymore and my favorite book is still Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren is one of the most if not THE most important cultural personality in Sweden during all times. She fought for the rights of both children […]
We have started to film Ghostlove here in Taipei. Ghostlove is a short film about a mother who wants to persuade her dead daughter’s boyfriend to marry her daughter. We film everything outside so have to struggle with lots of outside noises such as birds singing, people laughing and shouting and even some park workers […]
Our Nordic-Taiwanese film production team is ready to film again. This time, we will film a short film about our LoveGhost called Ghostlove. It’s about an American man who is scared to marry his dead girl friend, who is now a ghost. Does it sound complicated? Well, life is an amazing story and often quite […]
Sometimes, I teach Swedish songs. This photo is from a concert in Kaohsiung, with a Taiwanese chorus who likes to sing Nordic folkssongs. We have so many songs and stories in our culture and it’s such a joy to share them with everyone! I love to sing! When we sing, it feels like we are […]
Christina studied Swedish with me for six months before she went to Sweden. Now, she studies economy in Stockholm in Sweden and also writes a blog about her life there. Happy reading! The blog is in Chinese. If you want to read it in English, try to use google translate. #Swedish #learnSwedish https://ohfatfat.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/%E7%95%B6%E4%BD%A0%E6%88%90%E7%82%BA%E4%B8%80%E5%80%8B%E7%91%
I was invited to celebrate Christmas at the Taiwanese parliament this year! So happy to see everyone singing, dancing and wishing everybody a really Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! In Sweden, we celebrate Yuletide, which is an old pagan tradition to celebrate that the sun is turning and will come back and that […]