“How Ikea became Sweden’s National brand,” a PolyMatter video by Evan Edinger.
_____________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-xG4
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
There’s a McDonald’s restaurant in Sweden that serves thousands every day — thousands of bees. The tiny apian eater, designed and built by award winning set designer Nicklas Nilsson, was purchased by a McD franchisee in Sweden at a charity auction. Several Swedish McDonald’s restaurants have rooftop beehives and bee-friendly landscaping.
More:
“McDonald’s just opened a tiny restaurant for bees — here’s what it’s like inside,” Meredith Cash, Business Insider
_____________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-tau
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
_____________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-sq1
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
_____________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-qvS
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
_____________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-p1X
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“For What It’s Worth,” written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson and performed by them with their group The Cardigans. Not to be confused with the Buffalo Springfield tune.
The Cardigans website.
More:
“Cult heroes: the Cardigans – a platinum-selling anomaly,” Daniel Martin, The Guardian
_________________________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-nM6
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“Changes,” performed by The Cardigans. The song was written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, who recorded it as Black Sabbath in 1972.
The Cardigans website.
More:
“Cult heroes: the Cardigans – a platinum-selling anomaly,” Daniel Martin, The Guardian
_________________________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-nM2
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
“Happy New Year,” from ABBA in 1980. written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
_____________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-mT9
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Sweden-based Ikea has 332 stores in 38 countries. Primarily known for assemble-yourself furniture, the firm also sells food products. Swedish Meatballs (köttbullar) are pretty famous, and IKEA’s are too, now that some were discovered to contain horsemeat.
Ikea’s equine meatballs were made in Sweden but first detected in the Czech Republic. The firm has reined in sales in 21 European countries.
Related: New catalog!
______________________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-g1v
Image (“Swedish Dala Horse Meatballs“) by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Sweden, land of August Strindberg, Jenny Lind, Ingmar Bergman, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Birgit Nilsson, will have a new cultural institution this spring. The ABBA Museum opens in Stockholm on May 7th.
______________________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-fUD
Image by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
NotionsCapital 