By Magda | Published:
August 1, 2011
Hej allihopa!
It’s opening day here at Sjölunden today- we welcomed 31 2-week villagers to the program. Our credit villagers had a relaxing weekend, but they were definitely ready to get back into the swing of things today, and to welcome the new participants. Tonight we are learning all about how camp works through our own version of ‘Minute to win it’. Spännande!
We’ve set up the new link to photos for this session (2011 WB82 and WB64 Pics) so be sure to check each day. We usually post after evening program, so you’ll find something new each morning when you check our website. When you see our slideshow, you will also notice a link that says ‘view all’. If you click that, you will be brought to our Picasa album, where you can scroll through the photos and even grab them for your own printing needs.
Vi ses!
Magda
By Magda | Published:
July 27, 2011
Hej allihopa!
Ojdå! Whoops! We’ve had some technical difficulties! Our pictures now seem to be working again, so check it out! Maybe it was all the påskkärringar (Easter witches) that were running around here last night? After our Easter market, the witches came out and led us on a ghost hunt! Alfred Nobel, Ingrid Bergman, Carl von Linné and several other ghosts were wandering around Stockholm last night. We interviewed them to learn about their lives, but maybe they were messing with your computers?
We also realized our email service to villagers wasn’t working, and today we discovered a bunch of emails that were waiting to be distributed. We are handing those out to villagers today, and we apologize for the delay.
Tonight is Restaurang och Bio - restaurant and movie night! Hopefully those photos will work flawlessly the first time!
Vi ses!
Magda
By Magda | Published:
July 23, 2011
Hej allihopa!
Our first week of camp is wrapping up here at Sjölunden. We’ve survived the heatwave and today we are actually wearing pants and sweatshirts. Can you believe it?!? Our first week was full of activity- we spent a lot of time at the beach keeping cool, and yesterday we enjoyed Jul complete with a visit from St. Lucia and Kalle Anka skits in the evening. I hope you’ve been checking out our blog each day and enjoy our photos.
The credit program has been very busy this first week, and they’ve even created their own website and blog. You may want to bookmark this website: http://sjolundencredit2011.webnode.com/
Vi hörs!
Magda
By Magda | Published:
July 18, 2011
Hej allihopa!
Today we welcomed our 2-weekers and credit students to Sjölunden 2011! It was a hot and sunny day, but that didn’t slow us down. After moving into our cabins and getting familiar with how camp works, we enjoyed an exciting game of Familje Fejden- also known as Family Feud! The villagers answered questions about Sjölunden in their family groups. We ended the evening with a camp fire and s’mores down by the lake. The temperatures are finally cooling down, and I think the village will sleep soundly tonight.
We hope to have our photos posted tomorrow for you to see. Unfortunately we have had a few techincal difficulties (a storm knocked out our wireless internet last night, so we only have a couple computers online right now- and we wanted to prioritize the quality of the program). But tomorrow we will work to get those pictures posted. For now, you should be able to find our new staff photos posted under the Staff tab. Enjoy!
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Magda
By Magda | Published:
June 15, 2011
Hej allihopa!
I just spent a couple wonderful weeks in Sweden, thinking about our own little Swedish village back in Minnesota. Everywhere I looked, I saw Sjölunden. In the signs, in nature and in the food. I wanted to share a few images from Sweden with you. Do they look familiar?
Korvkiosk
Stranden
If you’re like me, you are gearing up for camp and getting excited by these pictures. Enjoy these weeks of summer before camp begins. Vi ses snart!
Magda
By Magda | Published:
November 24, 2010
Hej allihopa!
Looking for something fun to do in the Twin Cities? The Nordic Lights Film Festival is happening right now at the Parkview Theater in Minneapolis. I will be there tonight (Nov. 24th) to catch Millenium- the new documentary about Swedish author Stieg Larsson (starts at 4), and then Laban the little ghost- a FREE childrens’ film at 5.30pm. At 7pm Nordic Shorts II will showcase short films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Oh, and I’ll be singing with the ASI Cloudberries in between these films too.
I hope to see you there!
Vi ses!
Magda
By Magda | Published:
August 16, 2010
Hej allihopa!
It’s Monday again, which means new villagers arrived today at Sjölunden. We welcomed 30 one-week villagers, and 3 families coming from Virginia, Seattle and Illinois! This week is going to be full of fun and excitement aimed at younger learners and families. We are excited to be offering great activities such as vävning (weaving) and Swedish sports such as brännboll and handboll. We are also planning on baking a lot of goodies!
I know many of our villagers from earlier in the summer are going to be checking the website for lots of great photos. Keep coming back to our website for news and pictures from camp. I also am pleased to announce that fuldans is now again available as an application in Facebook- so be sure to check it out! It’s hilarious!
Even though the weather has cooled down, the fun continues here at Sjölunden!
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Magda
By Magda | Published:
August 6, 2010
Hej allihopa!
Last night we enjoyed melodifestivalen, the Swedish version of the Eurovision song contest. Each cabin got to choose a song sung at camp, as well as a musical style, and then they prepared a performance of that song. The villagers were incredibly creative! We enjoyed an opera, a musical, some hard rock and some country. The costumes were fantastic too- you can see how great we looked under the pictures for yesterday.
Today is Jul (Christmas) and our village is decorated for the occasion. The choir group came around to our cabins last night and performed the traditional Luciatåg with classic songs such as Staffan var en stalledräng and Nu tändas tusen juleljus. We are looking forward to a wonderful Julbord for lunch, and while the forecast does not call for any snow today, we can really feel jul in the air!
Time passes quickly here at Sjölunden- can you believe it’s almost time for Midsommar already?!?
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Magda
By Magda | Published:
July 30, 2010
Hej allihopa!
It’s our last full day with our two-weekers here at Sjölunden. Last night we had a very enjoyable and relaxing Kulturnatt. In towns like Uppsala and Lund, Kulturnatt is a special evening when artists of all kinds share their work with the public. There will be concerts, improv shows, theater performances and more. Museums stay open late, cafes serve up their finest and the streets are buzzing with culture-goers. Last night, we highlighted the works of our villagers. We showecased painting, drawings, textile designs and film. We also enjoyed a fantastic performance by Kaj and Fritjof at the end of the evening. After such an easygoing evening, I am anticipating a wilder night tonight. It’s disco night here at Sjölunden- and the villagers and staff have been practicing their dance moves all week long.
Tomorrow morning we will say good bye to our 2-week villagers at our closing program, which begins at 10am. Please plan to arrive between 9:30 and 10:00 to pick up your child. We will open our store after the program in case you want to do some shopping.
Vi ses!
Magda
