Welcome to a new episode of Linnea&Lovisa, this time it’s in English (!) and recorded in a quiet, but oh so echoey, old factory in East London.

This time around we talk Christmas, of course, and what us Scandinavians get up to in the weeks leading up to it.

What is a Scandinavian Christmas Market like? Hanna gives us her report from this year’s Finnish and Norwegian market in Rotherhithe.

We also try our best to explain what Swedes do on the 13th of December each year and why it can involve a lot of fainting…

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#1 Christmas, Finland and Fainting Lucias

In this episode we talk about anything and everything to do with a Scandinavian Christmas - the gifts, the fashion and, of course, the obligatory television. Which, as it turns out, also says a lot about our personalities! 

Presented and produced by Hanna Månsson & Evy Al-Adhami Samuelsson

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#2 Homemade gifts, Scandi dress codes and Donald Duck

Linnea&Lovisa get ready for 2015 by listing all the great Scandinavian music and films to look out for this year. We also talk Valentines Day and being bitter.... Listen in. 

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