Hej – and welcome to your weekly ScandiKitchen lesson.
There are many ways to talk about the sun and the heat – here, we teach you some of the Nordic sayings and idioms.
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Sun spots
In Swedish, even the sun has spots means that nothing is perfect (även solen har fläckar).
Sunbathing
In Danish and Norwegian, when you sunbathe, you lick the sun (slikke sol).
Sun god
Baldur is the Norse god of summer and light. He is the son of Odin and Frigg. He is so attractive that light shines all around him. He met his end by being shot with a mistletoe arrow (it was Loki who done it).
Melted sun
If something disappears quickly, you can say like butter in the sun (smör i solen)
Farty sun
In Finland, if they want to say that something vanished into thin air, they might say Disappear like a fart in the Sahara (Kadota kuin pieru Saharaan).
Sun shine
If you talk about the sun, it shines – similar to ‘speak of the devil’ (når man taler om solen, skinner den).
Sun cat
The Swedish word Solkatt (Sun cat) refers to when sun reflects on an object, e.g. your watch. The word comes from the patterns of how the light move when reflected, reminding of those from a cat.
More Sun
Currently, in the Northern parts of the Nordics, there’s no darkness. The sun doesn’t set beyond the horizon and you can do gardening at 11 pm (should you want to).
Goodies
