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Lagom: The Swedish Word You Need to Understand Sweden

Lagom — "not too much, not too little" — is the key to reading Swedish culture. Here's what it means, where it comes from, and how you'll see it all over Gothenburg.








If you spend any time in Sweden, you will encounter fika. It will happen in offices, in homes, at cafés, in parks, at construction sites, in the middle of business meetings. It is one of the most consistent and genuinely…


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