Recent content by Laurelindo

Swedish and Norwegian are very similar to each other, I've been in Norway myself several times and can effortlessly speak with the natives there. In fact, sometimes a Norwegian sentence will even look exactly as it would in Swedish. Also in the village where I live we have a fairly isolated...

Yes, "du är välkommen" would sound pretty odd if spoken as such in Swedish (although of course "you are always welcome here" works well among close friends, "du är alltid välkommen här"). The normal way to respond to someone when they thank you for something in Swedish is "ingen orsak" - this...