Swedes In Australia

05/11/2020

https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/australia-canberra/current-affairs/news/the-embassys-phone-lines-are-currently-down/

The Embassy can be contacted on tel +61 (0) 403 765 418 during our opening hours;Monday - Thursday 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00Friday 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-15.00 

28/01/2017

Happy Straya Day everyone! These guys would be welcome to come visit Sweden anytime (nice catch of the beer afterwards).

10/01/2017

Är du en svensk Australien-vän? Träffa andra medlemmar i vår nya Facebook-grupp!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/svenskariaustralien/

24/08/2016

# New Australian Ambassador to Sweden Announced
We are happy to welcome Mr Jonathan Kenna as Australia's next Ambassador to Sweden, and thank the outgoing ambassador, Mr Gerald Thomson, for his great work bringing Sweden and Australia ever closer together since 2013.

http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160824.aspx

31/05/2016

A great piece on Channel 7 on the growth of Aussie Rules Football in Sweden. We (SwedesInAustralia.com) were very proud sponsors of the Swedish National AFL Team - The Swedish Elks - when they played in the the International Championships in Melbourne last year, and it's awesome to see the continued rise of footy in Sweden. Great work by the team behind AFL Sweden to build up a solid following for the sport in Sweden.

Go and give a "Like" to these guys at once:
* Swedish Elks on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/swedishelks/
* AFL Sweden on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/aflsweden/

For more information on AFL in Sweden, and to find a club near you, visit http://www.aflsweden.se/.

24/05/2016

Playing around with MapFrappe - a pretty cool Google Maps service - allows one to overlay different parts of the world for size comparisons. Very useful if you're an expat Swede with only a rough idea of how large Australia is.

For all you Swedes visiting Sydney; here is first greater Sydney outlined in purple, and then that outline is overlaid on top of Stockholm, Malmö/Copenhagen, and Gothenburg.

For comparison, the population of the cities + satellite towns are:
* Greater Sydney: circa 5 million;
* Greater Stockholm: circa 2.2 million;
* Greater Copenhagen and Skåne: circa 3.9 million;
* Greater Gothenburg: circa 1 million.

http://mapfrappe.com/

16/05/2016

So; in case you missed this weekend's Eurovision Final, the highlights were:

1: The Swedish jury and public gave Australia their highest score in the voting (just like last year). Straya; 12 points!
2: Dami kicked ass and pretty much locked in Australia now being a permanent fixture in the contest.
3: This interval act might have been the most gloriously over-the-top song of the whole evening...

https://youtu.be/aMgW54HBOS0?t=1m17s

Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede find out how to create the perfect Eurovision Song Contest songs

12/05/2016

IT’S official: Our favourite European country, Australia, is through to the Eurovision Grand Final. For the next week, we are no longer Swedes in Australia, but Strayans taking over Sweden. Bring the pain to those dirty good-for-nothing Swedes, Dami! .

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/damis-through-to-eurovision-grand-final/news-story/2973853f8ff07d807fbe8c50bc2babbb

IT’S official: Everybody’s favourite European country, Australia, is through to the Eurovision Grand Final.

03/05/2016

Some useful tips as we gear up for Eurovision. For those of you not quite fluent in Swedish; here are the Swedish idioms they're referring to:

* To beat around the bush = Att gå som katten runt het gröt
* No worries = Ingen ko på isen
* They're wasted = De är på kanelen
* To seek revenge = Att ge igen för gammal ost
* You have a skeleton in your closet = Du har inte rent mjöl i påsen
* There's something fishy going on here! = Här ligger en hund begravd!
* You're raging mad! = Du är skogstokig!

(And if you use these old-style idioms in actual conversation, most Swedes born 1950 and later will think that you've taken dad-joking to the next level.)

23/04/2016

"From Swedish backpacker to Australian hero".

Swedish backpacker Robin Lassinniemi is the man of the moment after saving the victim of a coward's punch from being killed by the train. What a legend. Wherever you are, Robin, we hope people are coming up shouting you beers all night.

A Swedish backpacker has been identified as the Good Samaritan who dragged an injured young man from rail tracks, minutes before a train arrived.

11/04/2016

On Instagram? Do like Ebba Sofie Björk and follow+tag our community Instagram account to be part of our community feed: https://www.instagram.com/swedesinoz/

Because there's no place we would rather be☀️🇦🇺🇦🇺 Share your adventure with us by tagging and in the photo📸

This amazing photo is taken by: ✨


Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BEBQrIhr7Gx/

29/03/2016

You're following our community Instagram account , aren't you? Every week we re-post some of the coolest photos from the Swedish-Australian community, such as this one from Cornelia Biller in Surfers Paradise. Follow us at http://instagram.com/swedesinoz, and tag your photos and to be featured in the feed.

You will never get bored if you're surrounded by creative people.... Or just very keen to invent a new kind of yoga 😄👍🏻 Looks like a crazy fun day in paradise ☀️🌴 Photo:


Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDhChokr7NB/

20/03/2016

One of the more awesome things to come out of Sweden recently; the Wintergatan Marble Machine. Enjoy the tunes and have a lovely Monday, Straya!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

Get the audio track "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan: https://wintergatan.bandcamp.com/track/marble-machine Marble Machine built and composed by Martin Molin ...

02/02/2016

On January 24 we organised a Swedish-Australian harbour cruise to celebrate that our Facebook group "Svenskar i Sydney" had reached 10.000 members. And because we felt like throwing a massive party! :)

Around 140 Sydney long-timers and new arrivals met up, and good times were had by all.

Thanks to all the volunteers, staff, and fabulous and beatiful guests who made our first Harbour Cruise a great success. We are already planning to make this a yearly event, and to set up something similar again for next year.

Thanks everyone for coming and for being part of the community!
-Anders Liljeqvist
http://www.swedesinaustralia.com

A special thanks to Brian Borglund who pulled everything together on short notice!

23/01/2016

So we may have rented a boat. And a photo booth. And some DJ equipment. And two DJs, and lighting, and are looking forward to see 150 people come join us on the harbour tomorrow afternoon. And there is a guest list waiting for us at Cargo Bar in Darling Harbour afterwards.

If you have tomorrow evening (24/1) free and are in Sydney, we still have 40 or so tickets left on the boat. Great if you are the type of person who enjoys hanging out with cool and hip Swedish-Australians on the water. Or if you just want to start your Straya Day celebrations a tad early. Dresscode: sandals and socks.

https://swedesinaustralia.wufoo.com/forms/svenskar-i-sydney-10k-partaj/

See yous!
-Anders.

24/05/2015

Without spoiling the result for those of you waiting to see the Eurovision final on SBS tonight; we have to say that the most delightful thing in the final was seeing how Sweden and Australia both voted for the other to win.

(Photo Credit: 's Instagram)

14/02/2015

We recently had the priviledge to interview Pär Ahlberger, Sweden's new ambassador to Australia.

Great guy and a driving force to further strengthen the already solid relationship between our two countries.

(Article in Swedish):
http://www.swedesinaustralia.com/interview-ambassador-ahlberger/

Also, happy Valentine's day, a.k.a. "Alla Hjärtans Dag"! :-)

09/08/2014

On Sunday 11:30am Eastern Standard Time (Melbourne/Sydney), Sweden will take on NZ in Melbourne. For those of you who can't make it to the game, AFL will be live streaming the match here: http://www.afleurope.org/afl-announces-live-streaming/

Earlier today, Swedish coach McClaer named the round 1 line-up:
https://www.facebook.com/swedishelks/photos/a.134528029959845.37583.134518083294173/702799946465981/?type=1&fref=nf

Karn you Elks!

AFL Announces Live Streaming31/07/2014In a first for the AFL International Cup we are pleased to advise that we will be streaming matches LIVE! The following matches will be streamed live and will also be available on demand to watch at later date (details on how to view to follow).All matches on M…

30/07/2014

http://www.businessinsider.com/reasons-we-love-sweden-2014-7

Just found this gem on the official Sweden.se twitter feed (). Could someone put together a follow-up article titelled "48 Reasons why Sweden & Australia are the most delightful countries on Earth"? ;P

For those of you back in Scandinavia; enjoy your summer holidays everyone!

Or: Why I'm going back to Stockholm.

22/07/2014

Are you a Swedish citizen living in or visiting Australia? In that case, you might want to head to the embassy or nearest consulate to cast your vote in the Swedish general elections come late August.

The general elections will be held in Sweden on 14 September. Swedish citizens residing in or visiting Australia and New Zealand will be able to vote as from 21 August for about two weeks at the Embassy in Sweden and at the honorary consulates in Sydney, Brisbane and Wellington as well as at the Church of Sweden in Melbourne.

Please check the website below for information for dates and opening hours as these vary from city to city;

Australia:
http://www.val.se/val/val2014/rostmottagning/utlandsmyndighet/6.html

New Zealand:
http://www.val.se/val/val2014/rostmottagning/utlandsmyndighet/92.html

Please note that the Consulate in Brisbane is moving, contact the Consulate for more information closer to the date; [email protected]

Voting can also be done by postal votes and postal vote envelopes can now be ordered from the above, first date of voting by post is 31 July. The consulate in Perth also has some postal votes to send out.

Information about the elections can be found on the Embassy website (in Swedish);

http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Canberra/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Allmanna-valen-2014-sys/

and general information about the elections can be found on Valmyndigheten’s website, www.val.se .

If you have any questions or receive queries about the elections, please contact Katarina Prime-Linnmarker at the Embassy ([email protected]) or the Embassy ([email protected]) .

You can also follow the Embassy on Facebook and Twitter for updates and information about the elections:
Embassy of Sweden in Canberra
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Embassy-of-Sweden-in-Canberra/147927932036088
Twitter -

19/07/2014

The Swedish national AFL team is coming to battle it out in Melbourne as part of the AFL 2014 International Cup. Today we have the pleasure of publishing the schedule for all the Swedish games.

Come support our national team The Swedish Elks as they take on the mighty Kiwis, Finns and Canucks!

# Full schedule here:
http://www.afl.com.au/global/AFLIC14/fixture

# AFL International Cup 2014, all Sweden games
# # NZ v Sweden
Sunday, August 10, 11:30am
Western Oval, Royal Park, Parkville

# # Sweden v Finland
Wednesday, August 13, 1:30pm
McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Parkville

# # Canada v Sweden
Saturday, August 16, 11:45am
Ben Kavanagh Reserve, McDonald St, Mordialloc, VIC, 3195

# # (Semi Finals)
Sessions from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Tuesday, August 19
The Ovals in Royal Park, Parkville

# # (Playoffs)
Sessions from 09:00 am to 3:00 pm. Friday, August 22
The Ovals in Royal Park, Parkville

# # Men's IC14 Grand Final
Saturday, August 22, 4:50pm
MCG

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SwedesInAustralia.com is delighted to be sponsoring the Elks' tour down under and we are very much keeping our fingers crossed.

Have a great weekend everyone!
- Anders Liljeqvist, http://www.swedesinaustralia.com

AFL.com.au

10/07/2014

Will you be in Melbourne the weekend of August 9-10? Come watch our Swedish national AFL team - The Swedish Elks - battle it out against other invited international teams as part of the AFL's International Cup 2014. In the first pool play Sweden will face fierce resistance from New Zealand, Canada and Finland.

You can find the full match program here:
http://www.afl.com.au/global/AFLIC14

And: we are very happy to announce that SwedesInAustralia.com is one of the proud sponsors of the national team - Go Elks!

AFL Sweden - The official body for Australian Football in Sweden

22/06/2014

Here are a few photos from 2 different midsummer events in Sydney's Swedish-Australian community;

1) First, the annual midsummer party c/o SACC YP (The Swedish-Australian Young Professionals chapter of the Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce),

2) Second, the more family focussed celebrations in Frenchs Forest c/o SiS - Svenskor i Sydney and Café Svensson & Svenska Kyrkan i Sydney.

Big thanks to all the arrangers! :)

14/06/2014

Frilansjobb finnes: Vill du hjälpa till att skriva rese-artiklar för SwedesInAustralia.com?

Har du rest runt i Australien? Gillar du att skriva och fota? Vill du tjäna lite extra pengar som reseskribent och fotograf? Vill du få titeln "reseskribent" på ditt CV?

Jag (Anders Liljeqvist) letar efter att sätta ihop ett team med trevliga människor som vill hjälpa mig skriva ihop 20-30 artiklar om de mest populära turistdestinationerna i Australien. Målet är att komplettera mina nuvarande artiklar på sajten (som bara handlar om saker som visum, jobb och vardag) med ytterligare material med fokus på resor och turister.

På länken nedan har jag skrivit ihop en kort jobbannons som sammanfattar vad jag vill ha hjälp med och hur jag tänker mig att uppdraget kan fungera. Om du är intresserad av att vara med på ett hörn så får du gärna läsa igenom annonsen och sedan slänga iväg ett mail till mig.

Trevlig helg!
-Anders Liljeqvist, (som tyvärr inte har tid att själv resa landet runt)

http://www.swedesinaustralia.com/jobb-reseskribent-fotograf/

Välkommen till SwedesInAustralia.com Välkommen till min sajt för svenska Australien-vänner! Om du är på väg till Australien för studier, jobb eller på working holiday är det här sajten för dig. Jag heter Anders Liljeqvist och bor i Sydney sedan 7 år tillbaka. För att hjälpa dig att enkelt flytta til…