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I have finished my SFI and planned to go on to Swedish as a Second Language but I then got a job in a Garden Centre and have been there ever since. Its a bit expensive working in a garden centre - I think my wife is getting a bit fed up as I come home from work at least once a week with something or...

Min svenska är OK! I have lived here for 2.5 years now so I can get by. All the freebies that you can get from the forest is always a good bonus as well! Nothing better than meatballs with Canterall sauce and lingon jam.

Hi Lynne There seems to be lots of us Brits in Sweden - why do we put ourselves through it! We like you still have a meter of snow and -10 daytime and -20C nightime temperatures, although they have promised the ossibility of a couple of days of plus degrees at the weekend. Good luck - you'll need it...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. We are in Zone 3/4 so our climate is not as harsh as yours digger so we didn't get those late frosts you are refering to. I have only been here two growing seasons and so far so good - I would be devasatated if we had a frost in June. As for books - I haven't an...

Where I am February is when it starts getting lighter, we have about two hours difference form England - it's lighter an hour later in the morning and darker an hour sooner in the evenings. It's not too bad because we usually have snow Dec, Jan and Feb so it feels alot lighter anyway. I must admit I...

Hi, I have been 'lurking' for a while and finally now decided to sign up as I saw this particular post. I am also an Englishman in Sweden - whereabouts are you digger? I am in a town outside Karlstad. It is really tough here but with a bit of perserverance and alot of sitting looking out the window ...