Swedish is a wonderful, melodic but often deeply odd language full of strange phrases and words that are seemingly impossible for a human being to pronounce. So, let’s not beat about the bush ...

Kaka is the Swedish word for cake, but when is a kaka a cake and when is it a biscuit? Kaka came into Swedish from Old Norse, and has its roots in a Proto-Indo-European word meaning “ball-shaped ...

Confusingly, the Swedish word "kiss" translates to "pee," so beware of that one too. If you think this sounds like something famously foul-mouthed TV chef Gordon Ramsay might say, you could not be ...

Swedish is very effective when it comes to talking about time. Today's word of the day will help you to be specific about past events. Förrgår is one of a number of Swedish words that can relate to a ...

Incidentally, the Swedish word for "six" is "sex", which is pretty weird in itself… In Britain, brought up on Wind in the Willows and Rupert Bear, we tend to view badgers as cuddly or even wise ...

On Friday, Swedish media documented the pair’s warm meeting that ended in a hug in the concrete hallways of the Bell Centre in Montreal. However, Garpenlov didn’t retract his words when given ...