Okay, this may be a long shot but:

Any Swedish professors out there? I'd love to meet/follow you, especially if you're in the fields of design, art/design history, or law.

#sverige #svensk #svenska

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@design_law i'm swedish, not from sweden, not a professor. strong in art/design/art history. my wife is a lawyer. :)
@imklg Happy to meet you!
@design_law here's a work in progress, a stub really, by way of introduction to my interests. ucbprogram.com/dec...
Deconstructing Movement or Why Primitives

Over the decades of training and teaching I have generally held that constant change is important and have tried to avoid the traps of sentimentality and routine. As I have codified these experiences into concrete and transmissible methods, students ask for simplification. I try, but really, I feel that simplifiction is the most compelling trap of all. I'll do it, but will also show how seeking simplification while also embracing complexity and uncertainty is better.

@design_law Lycke till med at lera svenska! Jag kan dessvärre inta hjälpa deg på detta område, manglar också professor delen.
@design_law varför lär du dig svenska? Jag gör det också.

@gluejar For fun, mostly, and because it amuses my grandma, whose grandparents were all Swedish immigrants.

(I only just started in January, so I can't reply yet på svenksa)

@design_law that's a good reason
@gluejar Tack! Och du?
@design_law I was fluent when I was 4 years old, but I forgot it all. I can fool swedes with my 3 sentences of perfect swedish with a vaguely northern accent.
@design_law Netflix har några bra svensk serier. Har du sett "Kärlek och Anarki"?
@gluejar Yes, loved it. I'm currently working my way through all of the Netflix Swedish content
@gluejar They've got a new Swedish movie out this week, if you haven't seen it. "One More Time" - basically nostalgic Millennial "Groundhog Day." Very fun (and good if you want to learn the Swedish birthday song)
@design_law I know the first verse, mostly. My aunt tried to teach me more verses, which get raunchier with every verse, but they never stuck.
@design_law watched it. Hit by a truck seems to be a Swedish movie trope. Annoyed at the subtitles for the song. https://www.tumblr.com/svenskalangblr/643932527470477312/happy-birthday is a decent glossing of the lyrics. But a sweet movie.
Happy Birthday!

Time to talk about the birthday song! The song is called “Ja, må du leva” (yes, may you live). You often replace the “du” for “han” (he), “hon” (she), or “hen” (gender neutral). The song is about h…

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@gluejar @design_law If you haven’t already, check out SVT (Öppet arkiv is great https://www.svtplay.se/kategori/oppet-arkiv ) and SR.se
Öppet arkiv

Streama svenska program från tv:s början fram till 2000-talet. Gör en nostalgisk resa genom tv-historien bland barnprogram, kriminalserier, humorprogram och dokumentärer. Titlar i Öppet arkivs utbud speglar sin tids språkbruk, värderingar och historiska sammanhang. I år firar Öppet arkiv 10 år!

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Svenska krusbär – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Bo Strömstedt läser, minns och berättar om stora ögonblick och lustfylla stunder med svenska poeter och deras texter. Denna gång: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.

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@thelovebing @design_law Kan bara ses i Sverige
@design_law @gluejar Seems certain programs are restricted abroad. Not all.

@gluejar @design_law Oh, forgot this. Live and direct, a perfectly balanced excitement/zen experience

https://www.svtplay.se/den-stora-algvandringen

Den stora älgvandringen

I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att komma till sommarens rika betesmarker. For several thousand years the moose have walked the same path to get to the rich pastures of summer. Follow the walk live from Kullberg in the north of Sweden. Älgvandringen 2026 startar den 22 april.

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@design_law and "En man som heter ÖVE' IS HILARIOUS!
@gluejar Loved that, too. So, so good. Amazon Prime actually has surprisingly good Swedish content...if you can find it. I love that Netflix lets you search by original language.
@design_law you might consider connecting with the Swedish members of the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue:
Sveriges Konsumenter (The Swedish Consumers’ Association)
Sveriges Konsumenter i Samverkan (SKIS – The Swedish Consumer Coalition)
Swedish Consumer Co-operatives (KF)
@design_law you may want to keep an eye on https://social.sunet.se/about , it's an instance run by the Swedish academic IT authority Sunet.
Sunet Social

En Mastodonserver för högre utbildning och forskning i Sverige. Tillhandahålls av Sunet (Swedish University Computer Network)

Mastodon hosted on social.sunet.se
@design_law I recently had a very pleasant and informative exchange with @joseftaalbi from #LundUniversity, Sweden after commenting on a post of his.
@design_law I used to teach interaction design for 25 years. Retired 2020. Still working with innovation and IP from time to time.