{"id":322,"date":"2004-01-26T00:32:20","date_gmt":"2004-01-26T07:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2004-01-26T00:32:20","modified_gmt":"2004-01-26T07:32:20","slug":"bloggosfarens-evolution-i-sverige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2004\/01\/bloggosfarens-evolution-i-sverige\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggosf\u00e4rens evolution i Sverige"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the right, I try to express in Swedish how surprised I am at the speed with which the Swedish blogosphere has evolved over the past few months, and then proceed to list some examples.
 
There’s a singer-songwriter who’s been a fair bit on the radio here and I assumed she was the latest in a long line of fine American imports, with a slight mid-western twang and catchy tunes that remind of Jewel, Traci Chapman, or a young Stevie Nicks. Imagine my surprise, then, when I found her blog<\/a>. Though Elin Sigvardsson is from the Swedish backwoods and has never lived in the US, she has the American folk-rock singer-songwriter act down with such precision that it’s uncanny.
 
She’s very very good. This is the video<\/a> of her best-known song, but check out her voice here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
 
She also illustrates a larger point. Swedes soak up American popular culture with admirable ferocity. Sex and the City<\/em> and Friends<\/em> are obligatory viewing. You will find at least one article a day about New York in the papers. The end result is that Swedes like Elin can show up on American shores fully formed, like the alien in Species<\/a>, and begin their conquest with nary a hiccup. I think this national trait accounts for a large part of Sweden’s international competitiveness. Where it comes from, I have no clue as of yet.<\/span>Jag \u00e4r f\u00f6rv\u00e5nad hur mycket har vuxit den svenska bloggosf\u00e4ren de senaste m\u00e5nader. Och det har gjort underverk f\u00f6r min svenska, fast\u00e4n jag \u00e4r lat. Jag f\u00f6ljer tidningar, men tycker att l\u00e4sa webbloggar \u00e4r roligare f\u00f6r dem som l\u00e4r sig svenska. S\u00e5, tack till alla.<\/p>\n

Jag \u00e4r nyfiken: Bloggar den senaste gruppen bloggare p\u00e5 grund av artikeln<\/a> i Internetworld i december? Det verkar som om de senaste bloggarna skriver mindre om blogg som fenomen men anv\u00e4nder bloggen helt enkelt som instrument f\u00f6r att g\u00f6ra det som de gillar om. Det betyder att svenska bloggosf\u00e4ren kommer att bli mer mogen.<\/p>\n

Till exempel, vi har nu en svensk Mac-blogg: Macfeber<\/a>. Vi har bloggare som skriver om vardags familje-saker, Lileks<\/a>-stil, t ex den lilla familjen<\/a>, som jag ocks\u00e5 tycker har en otroligt bra design. Vi har kulturbloggar, t ex Bjorn Fritz’s webblogg<\/a> och 45rpm<\/a>. Och vi har fler politisk inst\u00e4llda bloggare, Blind H\u00f6na<\/a>-stil, men kanske inte med samma perspektiv: Gudmunson<\/a> \u00e4r den mest envisa av dem. Vi har \u00e4ven en artist som anv\u00e4nder bloggen f\u00f6r att ber\u00e4tta deras tidningar och konsertdatumen: Elin Sigvardsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Min nya favorit f\u00f6r svensk design \u00e4r blog.hertze.com<\/a>. J\u00e4tte enkelt. J\u00e4tte snyggt. Och jag tycker om de l\u00e4nkf\u00f6rklaringar p\u00e5 h\u00f6ger sida. Men vad mer beh\u00f6ver vi p\u00e5 svensk bloggosf\u00e4r? Jag skulle vilja se en Stockholm version av Gothamist<\/a> eller Gawker<\/a>, som skriver om vad h\u00e4nder i staden. Och Sverige har inga riktiga gruppbloggar. Kanske n\u00e4sta g\u00e5ng att vi har en bloggmiddag kan vi prata om det.<\/p>\n

(Om du har en pl\u00f6tslig l\u00e4ngtan om att korrigera n\u00e5got h\u00e4r ovan, det f\u00e5r du.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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