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[lillahimmel]

Hello! Someone sent me a request for recommendations regarding Swedish literature/shows/series. So, I thought I would share it with everyone just in case. Now I don't really know what level of beginner you are (imo there's several steps for that!) but I'll try nonetheless ☺️

Last edit: 2025/05/09

I always recommend to watch or read things that are well-known for you to begin with, like for example Disney shows or movies you already know, right, but dubbed! That way you know what the story and details are about as is, and it's a great tool to get used to a language. To make it more advanced you can skip the subtitles.

Some Disney examples would be

Aladdin

Kim Possible

Lilo & Stitch

Recess

Tangled

But honestly, there's a lot of different animated and non-animated productions that we have dubbed, whether it's from Disney or Dreamworks or whatnot. Like Shrek have a dub, Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, and so on.

Now material that are actually Swedish from the start!

Old tv shows for kids:

Bamse

About a bear called Bamse, and he grows mighty strong by his grandmother's honey. It's basically a story about him, his family and his friends.

Doktor Mugg

*"Muggen" is slang for toilet, so it's not a show about mugs and kitchenware but toilet villain and silly macho hero!

Eva & Adam

Romantic comedy about school and friends in elementary/primary school.

Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (Five ants are more than four elephants)

There are three hosts and they have sketches and songs while also educating the viewer about the alphabet, numbers and other things.

Tillbaka till Vintergatan (Back to the Milky Way)

Basically a space adventure about astronauts and aliens.

Vi på Saltkråkan (Seacrow Island)

Astrid Lindgren made plenty books that turned into tv-shows at the time, this one is about a small island and the people living there and their everyday life.

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Eva & Adam have books as well (never read them myself, but they exist) and Bamse used to serialise comic magazines and I loved them as a kid back in the day.

Tv shows for adults:

*Disclaimer: Some of these I haven't really watched myself but I know a lot of people enjoy them, so therefore they're included in the list!

Farmen (The Farm)

It's about a certain amount of participators that are supposed to live like farmers in the 1800s for a couple of weeks. So they don't have running water or electricity, and so on.

Frostbiten (Frostbitten)

Documentary about life in the North Arctic. The host and viewer meet people that live in the world’s most isolated places and about temperatures dropping as low as -60°C degrees.

Första dejten (The first date)

Reality show about singles that get matched by the tv show itself and they meetup at this bar. It's based on the British series called First Dates.

Robinson

Survival game on an island for participators. I believe every country have one of these, just like Idol and × Got Talent.

Another thing I recommend is children's books, or picture books, and they're great if you're a beginner. For classic children's literature go to my #Swedish-literature posts! I haven't updated them with more authors though, so besides Astrid Lindgren & Elsa Beskow, there are plenty more!

📬Some oldies

Adjö, herr Muffin (Goodbye Mr Muffin) by Ulf Nilsson, Anna-Clara Tidholm

Petter och hans fyra getter (Petter and his four goats) by Einar Norelius

Picture books series✨️

Emma by Gunilla Wilde

Kotten by Lena Anderson (*The title and name of the character would be translated as "the (pine) cone" and it's a wordplay of the Swedish word for hedgehog which is "igelkott")

Mamma Mu och Kråkan (Mamma Moo and Crow) by Jujja Weislander, Sven Nordqvist

Pettson och Findus (Pettson and Findus) by Sven Nordqvist

Let's see, a few recent picture books are:

Jag vill ha min hatt (I want my hat back) by Jon Klassen

Sigrid och natten (Sigrid and the night) by Jöns Möllgren

Siv sover vilse (Siv sleeps herself lost) by Pija Lindenbaum

I think it's probably Pettson and Findus, and Goodbye Mr Muffin that tends to lean towards more text in their books. BUT I'm not entirely sure, so take it with a grain of salt! If you want books that are more heavy in text, I recommend the posts I mentioned earlier since I list some more of them there. They are still children's books but for older ages. There are books for ages 9-12 year old, which should be more challenging, but that one I would need to make a separate post for another day. Do tell me if that's something interesting for you, and I will compile a little list! Anyways, I hope this was helpful in any way for you and others! 💗

[rawazoir]

Hello!! I saw your Two Time design and it's gorgeous!! If it's alright, could I use the idea of the burnt scar on the back of them as apart of my fanfic?

Yeah sure

I don't think the scar is particularly orginal idea or anything ya don't really need to ask permission for that!

[neurodivergent-mermaid]

helloo ^u^

I was wondering what sorts of things you like! I know you like Hunger Games but I am curious if you have other things you like to watch or do :3!!!

Sorry if this is weird I just think you are a cool person and was curious ^_^'

Hi!! :D. Thank you for asking! It's not weird at all it is very nice!

I like to play the hunger games on roblox

I like my favourite teddy

I like the shows: gordimor gibbons life on normal street, just add magic, H20 just add water and superstore :D (it was once my hyperfixation for months actually and i spent every second sitting on the sofa watching it! I even sleep on the sofa i had it on throughout my sleep, i have the fourth episodes lines almost memorised!!)

I like playing with my dolls i have a collection and lots of doll things but its very tiring to play so i only do when i have enough energy so once or twice every many months

I recently have had a but more energy, so i am enjoying playing games with my mum and other parent and sometimes brother! :D, we play cops and robbers and uno!! :D

Thank you lots for asking thats so kind!

[burning-thistles-bt]

Firestar is better than me because I would lose my temper and just take my family and friends and leave

he truly is the strongest boi even if he dissolves into a puddle of tears.

ESPECIALLY when he dissolves into a puddle of tears.

truly wet kitten.

[ramixha]

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[firealder2005]

my eyesight aint great so for the longest time I thought your pfp was a squirrel somehow 😔

haaahhaahah nope! :3

just a couple of kittens with lightsabers

...though they do look like squirrels if you squint

[thecuriousinferno]

I've since changed my mind, Frieren is peak

LOL as you should!!!!! I will never be over The Scene with Aura. You know…That One

[noodles-and-tea]

Don’t worry, bud, Bruce will get it eventually…

[theseourbodies]

have you read this? https://archiveofourown.org/series/4615840

I sure had not before you sent it to me but now I'm NECK DEEP bro. I'm so obsessed with all the really interesting JAYVIK LIVE scenarios that people have written/drawn and this one is so FUN and exactly my kind of FUCKED UP. I really like it so far, thanks!

[tortleofwar]

Hi dear

Hello! I hope you are enjoying the page

[rawazoir]

Do you ever have a problem like:

Oh I ship these two characters BUT I CAN'T DRAW THESE LITTLE SHI-

Dark Cacao's design is too complicated for me, his armor ughhh.

(Also I like ur art)

(Live laugh cry purelily)

Thats aactually me with EVERY character ever, thats why I procrastinating even drawing them lol

(aww ty!!!!!!)

(doomed cookies be like pfff)

[bob-artist]

Since the Canada griffin was proudly mentioned recently I figure it can’t hurt to ask if you do happen to have plans to design Canada griffin goslings at some point in the future? (muse permitting)

I DO NOW.

I present to you

honklings

[burning-thistles-bt]

This is how chapter 170 went, right?

BRILLIANT PERFECT 100% NO NOTES

🎶RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON OURSELVES!🎶

(EPIC: The Ocean Sage drops Christmas Day mark your calendars)

[ramixha]

Hello, I hope you and your family are well. Can you please help me recycle the post on my account? 🌺 And help rescue my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏 Thank you.

https://gofund.me/bc721399

Hello, I do hope that you and your family are well too. 🤲

[spinejackel]

What are dead man walking tornadoes? :O

it’s a multi-vortex tornado. i dont remember the tribe it originates from (i think it was cherokee), but there’s a native american legend…? saying? that goes “if you see a man in a tornado, you are about to die.”

the most infamous shot of a dead man walking tornado hit jarrell, texas in 1997

it did so much damage to the town it caused the scale that tornados are measured by, the fijita scale, undergo revisions, and it made anchoring buildings in the tornado alley region pretty much mandatory. (it took the entire town off the map. only those who had taken shelter outside of the town or in underground bunkers survived.)

two more examples of dead man walking tornadoes looking like a person are a tornado from 2011 that hit cullman, alabama

and a tornado from 1975 that hit xenia, ohio

edit: it has been brought to my attention that the native american “legend” part of this post was a rumor spread by a documentary.

i have been asked to remove it, but i believe in letting my errors stand because i’m not perfect. i make mistakes

[chloesimaginationthings]

Was dissecting the SOTM trailer and apparently your monty is a mm member comic is now canon

ANOTHER WIN FOR MONTY ENJOYERS!!!

(Original comic)