Simply cool, the lifestyle of the Swedes. Relaxed, family-friendly and always stylish. Let’s just watch this for our lives now!
Everyone screams hygge and wants to do the same as the Danes. The relaxed lifestyle of the Scandinavians is simply enviable. But the Swedes have it too. No wonder, because the lightness seems given to them. The compatibility of work and family is successful, stress and pressure to perform seem alien. Everything seems easypeasy relaxed, peaceful and pretty.
HOW DO THEY DO THIS? We take a closer look and reveal the Swedish secrets for so much coolness and good vibes.
We can learn these 7 things from the Swedes
1. Everything LAGOM?
Lagom is the basis of Swedish life and means something like “take it easy, don’t overdo it” and “just right of everything, not too much and not too little”. For example: Lagom is the moment in eating when you are full but not yet overeating. This can also be applied to the rest of life. Modest, not boastful, ambitious, not ambitious, collective, not always striving to outdo the other…
2. Snack in moderation
Crazy, these slip-up strategies of the Swedes. Snacking is on Fridays and Saturdays. This idea was introduced to protect against tooth decay for Sweden’s offspring. Fredagsmys That’s what the Swedes call chips and dip on Friday, which they like to eat with family and friends. If you like it classic, you can also make tacos — Mexican fast food is one of Sweden’s favorite dishes. Lordagsgodis are the Saturday sweets. But of course there are also small loopholes to circumvent the restriction: for example the lilla lordaga little Saturday: It’s on a Wednesday and allows the little ones to have a few small sweets.
3. Plan the weekend
Long queues in the supermarket are stressful for everyone, including in Sweden. Us of course anyway, so we look at the planning strategy of the Swedes. Go shopping BEFORE the weekend and plan well. So you have the weekend free for activities with friends and family!
4. Sing!
The Swede likes to sing, especially in connection with alcohol. Apparently, people in Sweden drink less, but then more. There are certain songs close at hand that one belts out on occasions such as the Midsommarfest until the voice fails. We like to watch the cheerful trilling, everyone decides for themselves whether it ends up under the table.
5. Dancing!
This doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with alcohol, but with SPORT. The Swedes just like to dance, it makes you just as happy as singing. One dance discipline is particularly popular in fitness studios: the Jympa. All age groups jump, dance and run together to Abba and other hits.
6. Always polite, punctual and discreet
Anyone who has ever holidayed in Sweden will be amazed by the politeness of the people there. Taking bad moods out on others? Terrible for the Swedes. They don’t like bad behavior at all, which also includes wearing street shoes in the apartment and being bossy in discussions. Even when eating, one always pays attention to the decency that is left over. Punctuality is also important to them, as is discretion.
7. Do FIKA!
That’s almost the most important thing we can learn from the people of Sweden. Rushing from A to B, breathless from the excess of stress hormones and a quick cup of coffee? nothing there FIKA is announced, which means something like a break, coffee and cake in a relaxed atmosphere. Did you have a busy appointment? First coffee with Kladdkaka (chocolate cake)! The bike ride to work is exhausting? A clear case for coffee with Kanelbulle (cinnamon buns)! And when things get really tough: coffee with semlor (particles with a filling)! That’s how we’re going to do it from now on, isn’t it?