I attended a ceremony in Gällivare, Sweden on Saturday, November 8, 2025 to be recognized for obtaining Swedish citizenship. The event was held at the city’s high school, otherwise known as “Kunskapshuset.” I had actually obtained citizenship the year prior in 2024 but received an invitation to this event over a year later in 2025. …
Americans Sweden was recently featured in Dagens Nyheter, one of the largest media outlets in Sweden, on November 30, 2024. The piece was mainly about the life of Lauren Ell, the founder of Americans Sweden, who has lived in Skaulo, Sweden since 2016 with her Swedish partner. The reporter was interested to know how Ell …
American Sweden’s Founder Lauren Ell hosted a small gathering in Gällivare, Sweden on June 15, 2024 for Loneliness Awareness Week, an international event that was founded in England to draw attention to the subject of loneliness. Loneliness is a topic that continues to receive more discussion as increasing numbers of people all over the world …
Americans Sweden hosted a casual meet and greet on May 9, 2024 at the Clarion Hotel in Luleå. We want to thank two journalists who attended the gathering and published two different pieces in two local papers about the organization. One journalist, Filip Öhman, represented Norrbottens-Kuriren. He noted that he focuses more specifically on news …
Americans Sweden recently hosted its first in-person meet and greet meetings in northern Sweden to connect with Americans in the region. The gatherings were a success! The first meeting was hosted on July 8, 2023 at the Pajala Marknad in Pajala, one of the largest summer markets in the far north of Sweden. Americans Sweden …
Americans Swedens’ founder, Lauren Ell, has started multiple projects in Sweden and the Nordic region to promote networking, communication and participation among locals and visitors. “No matter where I have lived I have always been interested in learning what is happening in the area,” Ell said. “I saw area for improvement where I am located …
Americans Sweden welcomes Americans living in Sweden to our upcoming virtual meetup to connect with each other and learn how they came to live in Sweden. We know not all Americans are living in Stockholm where most American-oriented meetings take place, so we are excited to be hosting a space where everyone can attend regardless …
I moved to Sweden from the United States in 2016 to live with my Swedish partner in a remote village in the far north. Although my partner has lived here his whole life and everyone practically knows each other, I have found it difficult to make friends with locals. After giving birth to my daughter …
Summer camp, especially for children, is very popular in the United States. So where are summer camps in Sweden? This is the first time we have started asking around about this subject. We have learned about two official camps, as well as an organization that offers summer camps at some of its sites. We hope …
Americans Sweden congratulates President and Founder Lauren Ell on the birth of her first child in the far north of Sweden in October 2019. Her baby girl, Kajsa, was born healthy and has been growing fast! She will be five months at the beginning of March. She is already holding up her head, rolling on …
