nordstjernan The Swedish Newspaper of America
Published by Swedish News. Volume 144 No. 02, January 30, 2016. Price per copy $2.50
This Week, Page 2, 8
The Sami National Day is coming up on Feb. 6 coinciding with what may be the world’s coldest market now in its 411th year.
Sweden, Page 2, 3
Photo: Nils Boldt
Southern Sweden is the next hot spot for farm fresh food / Samis celebrate in the cold for the 411th year / Some cancer patients benefit from Swedish treatment / Sweden is well represented at the Oscars this year / 18 Swedish museums with free admission
The Swedish Institute in Paris; a bastion of Swedish culture since 1965. A Swedish-American visits Paris to find Sweden in the City of Light. The real Paris, that is, not the three towns in Sweden named “Little Paris” (p9) for obvious and sometimes not so obvious reasons. / Page 4
News in Brief, Page 3
For any number of reasons, the ox weeks we presently “enjoy”, are well named.
Perspectives, Page 3
What is there not to love about skärmförbud?
A Swedish spin on living
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by Dori Kelly & Staff guest@nordstjernan.com
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If this is how you feel this time of the year, you are not alone.
Dashboard, Page 8, 9
Just in time for its 10th anniversary, Malmö’sTurning Torso received an award by CTUBH.
Photo: David Castor
Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Rome the Coliseum, and Sweden, since 2005, has a landmark distinguishing her southern shores. And just in time for its 10th anniversary, Turning Torso received an award by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Their 10 Year Award goes to HSB Turning Torso, the tall, white structure, which seems to stand alone in the western harbor of Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city. During the 1980s the harbor was in an economic slump after shipyards and factories closed but the area has been redeveloped into a dynamic spot to live and work. HSB Turning Torso, designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, is a multiuse luxurious residential and commercial
A Swedish king proves one can have too much of a good thing / The ultimate winter luminary / Three Swedish cities known as Little Paris / Falling in love with fika / receive the 2016 Gift of the Year / Memorable Lucia programs / Swedes are taking Hollywood by storm
Preparations for Lent
February 10 is Ash Wednesday this year, marking the beginning of Lent. In Christianity, Lent is the 40-day period from Ash Wednesday to Easter. When it was first observed in the 4th century, its focus was on self-examination and self-denial in preparation for Easter, and Christians used fasting as a demonstration of this process. Over the centuries, rules for fasting have relaxed a bit, though the Catholic Church still recognizes Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all Fridays during Lent as fasting days. Sweden, although Evangelical Lutheran in tradition since the Reformation of the 1500s is today considered a secular country but has not abstained from the / Pages 8, 11 excesses of food before Lenten fasts.
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