Swedes abroad on Sweden

On a Facebook page for Swedes living abroad I found the greatest inspiration to a collection of illustrations about Sweden. 198 comments (gold mine) about how we Swedes living abroad see Sweden and Swedishness. My creative jumped up and did a high five with itself (?!) and out came 6 illustrations about my favorite observations from Sweden that I recognize and that I have been thinking to myself that maybe it is just me.. But obviously it is not just me, sooo many more also see this weird things even though we love Sweden ( for a week or two)
If you are Swede living in Sweden you can jump down to the last one because you will most probably not agree or understand the other once ( no offense) If you do read them anyways and think to yourself that I am not fair and don't have the right picture, that is ok and also typical Swedish.

Jag fann fantastisk inspiration på Facebook i ett forum för Svenskar bosatta utomlands. En tråd full av observationer ( 198 kommentarer!!!) som vi utlandssvenskar gjort när vi varit hemma i Sverige på semester. Den höga igenkänningsfaktorn fick mig att skratta och min kreativitet att hoppa högt. Det finns fler som ser vad jag har sett tänkte jag medan jag tecknade några ut av mina favorit svenska konstigheter. Är du svensk boende i Sverige känner du förmodligen inte alls igen bilden av Sverige mer än möjligtvis den första och sista bilden. Det är ok att du tycker att jag har helt fel bild, det är helt normal del av din svenskhet..

Jag spar Allsång på Skansen, Systembolaget, ny vecka ny diet & bubbelvatten i miljoner konsgjorda smaker till senare tillfälle. Förhoppningsvis kommer några av illustrationerna att publiceras senare i år i ett samarbete med en svensk/internationell projekt.

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