Names

For whatever reason, I did not expect names in Sweden to be significantly different than names I have seen my entire life in North America.  Well let me tell you how wrong my expectations were.  Really wrong.

Some of the Swedish names that I am becoming familiar with, but which I would not see in the States are:

Male names: 

Gören
Jörgen
Per
Per Inga
Jon (pronounced Yon)
Christer
Bengt
Arne
Mattias
Roland
Anton
Tobias
Torkel
Magnus
Johan
Kalle
Mats
Johan


Female names: 

Ida
Eva, Eva, Eva (there are a lot of Evas!!)
Åsa
Karin
Maja
Brigitta
Lena
Agenta
Catarina
Malin
Inger
Ulrika

Another note is that Swede's typically do not use nick names.  They go by their full given name.

This Spring and Summer, Coca Cola has had a fun promotion.  Each bottle and can of the sweet crisp beverage has either a person's name on it, or a title - like friend, buddy, Mom, or Dad.  It's pretty fun to drink out of bottle with your name on it.  Sadly, the closest I could get to "Carolyn" was "Caroline". Silly Sweden.  Silly Coke.  ; )

Ängelholm

One more time - lucky you!

I am happy to share the folk school.  Basically, this was a place where one received education, both academic and practical, and where one also received care. 

Teaching healthy living.  

Exercise, bath, sauna, and swim.  BTW fellow American, are you noticing something is missing?  I am not seeing any clothes in three of the four pictures...Just sayin'.  BTW: I was walking with a friend of mine several months ago.  We passed a city school.  She told me that there are bathing facilities in the basement and that many years ago, children were required to come to the school on Saturdays for their weekly bath/shower.  

Children received medical and dental care. 

Lessons in stitchery, weaving, shoe making, exercise, taxidermy (?) and more.

A tellurium to conceptualize planetary movement.

Penmanship

Made a mistake?  Not a problem.  

Just erase the chalk with your rabbit's foot eraser!!!

I am pretty sure that this is the daily schedule from 1850.

Once upon a time Swedish students learned German as their second language.  

That changed sometime after WW II.  

English lessons!

Christianity and History

Technology.

I took this photo for my family.  

We had one almost just like this in our home in Western New York.  

I love this.  It is how I learn best.  

Basically, they took a food, let' say, 100 gm's of egg, and broke it down into its components:

 X amt. of fat (in one test tube) X amt. of protein in another test tube etc. 

Wonderful!

Anyway - so here you have the Swedish folk school.  At least from 1847 - 1980.