Oct 27, 2014 | Allt för Sverige, Behind the Scenes
(After the great response I got from my little “behind the scenes” essay from episode 1, several people asked whether I would be willing to do the same for other episodes too. So here are some of my favorite memories from our time in Småland. Don’t...
Oct 22, 2014 | Allt för Sverige
Published in Land magazine, #43, Oct 17, 2014. By Torbjörn Österholm. Translated from the original Swedish. View the Swedish version online at tidningenland.se New TV-star Katie Malik seeks her Swedish roots “My relative fled to America in the middle of the...
Oct 21, 2014 | Allt för Sverige, Behind the Scenes
There are many vivid memories I have from that first week in Sweden that I have spent the past few months unsuccessfully attempting to capture in writing. I think it took reliving the experience through watching the episode to make all the thoughts that were swimming...
Oct 20, 2014 | Allt för Sverige
Today was a very successful livechat with the readers of the regional Skåne newspaper, Skånska Dagbladet. It was a lot of fun to see everyone’s questions! And my castmate John Olson even crashed with a question of his own – it made my day to see his name...
Oct 19, 2014 | Allt för Sverige
It’s here! Season four of Sweden’s hit reality TV show “Allt för Sverige” airs today at 8:00 PM (that’s 11:00 AM PST). For those who aren’t familiar with the show, Allt för Sverige is about ten Americans with Swedish heritage...
Oct 14, 2014 | Allt för Sverige
Published in Hemmets Journal magazine on October 7, 2014. By Johan Rystad. Translated from the original Swedish. Reprinted with permission from Hemmets Journal. On my next visit to Sweden I’ll know the language When Katie was a kid tossed on her...