In 'Vad är det för väder?' (What's the weather like?)

you will learn new words so that you can have simple conversations about the weather in Swedish.
you will practice ”the clock”. You get to listen to short dialogues and practice so that you understand what time is being talked about
you will learn some basic pronunciation.

The Northern Lights

The Northern Lights. Photo: Hjalmar Andersson/imagebank.sweden.se

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, is a natural light display that is frequent during the winter months in northern Sweden. Thanks to Sweden’s geographical proximity to the Arctic Circle and the magnetic north pole, a significant portion of the country lies within a zone, where solar particles collide with gases in the earth’s atmosphere to create these colorful ribbons of light. Usually red, green, or purple in color, they last anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. Your best chance of catching a glimpse of the Northern Lights is on cold winter nights when the sky is clear, dark with little to no moonlight, and cloudless.