Apples from China? All will be explained. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/SvD/TT & Vegard Grøtt/NTB Scanpix It's well known that Swedes like to throw English words into their conversations, but plenty of other ...

It originates from the Old Swedish word iærn, which in turn comes from Old Norse járn, which has its roots in a Proto-Germanic word, the same word English iron and German Eisen come from. It can be ...

Today brought the news that Google has officially objected to one of the best words that has ever graced this planet: ogooglebar, which translates -- if such a glorious word must be subjugated to the ...

Swedish has been sounding more and more English in recent years. In this two-part report, we will look at the phenomenon from different angles. The first part is about language politics--just what ...