Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.

I detta avsnitt berättar Erik för Jonathan om diktaren och skalden Carl Michael Bellman. Vad tyckte kungen om Bellman och hur hade "gamla" Kalle det med ekonomin egentligen? Det och mycket mer i dagens avsnitt!

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Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.

Jonathan follows up Erik's Greta Garbo lesson with a lesson about a character famously played by Greta Garbo. Yes, it's time to learn about Drottning Kristina! She was a young queen that was raised to rule, then famously abdicated her throne. Listen in to find out what happened to people that crossed this masculine woman that despised marriage in another hilarious episode of Teach Me Sweden. Enjoy!

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Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.

Denna vecka berättar Erik för Jonathan om legenden Greta Garbo som skulle börja som butiksbiträde och hamna mitt i Hollywoods tidiga glansdagar. Från stumfilm till ljudfilm förblir hon en av tidernas största filmstjärnor.

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Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.

In this episode, Jon teaches Erik about the history of potatoes in Sweden. You'll learn about the original use of this Peruvian night treasure when they came to Uppsala and how the government pushed to get Swedes to trust this root vegetable enough to eat it. Will the Swedes start eating it before it's too late? What will it take for the Swedes to really start to appreciate the potato? Listen in and laugh while you learn.

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Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.

I veckans avsnitt berättar Erik för Jonathan om Gustav IV Adolf. Sonen till kungen Gustav III (eller stallmästare Munch?).

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Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.

In this episode, Jon teaches Erik about writer Fredrika Bremer. A trailblazing figure, Fredrika wrote about people dealing with everyday issues. She went from writing anonymously to being world-renowned and traveling throughout different regions to learn about the world.

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Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.

I veckans avsnitt berättar Erik för Jonathan om hur vårt fantastiska alkohol-monopol blev till!

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Jonathan quizzes Erik on all of the Swedish he's taught him thus far. Did Erik retain any knowledge? Has Jonathan been a good teacher? Did Jonathan make his questions too hard? Too easy? All will be revealed in this special episode of Teach Me Sweden.

Enjoy the rest of this podcast (and much more cool stuff) by supporting us at patreon.com/teachmesweden.

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Erik quizzes Jonathan on all of the Swedish he's taught him thus far. Did Jonathan retain any knowledge? Has Erik been a good teacher? Is Erik too nice to tell Jonathan how bad he's really doing on this quiz? All will be revealed in this special episode of Teach Me Sweden.

Enjoy the rest of this podcast (and much more cool stuff) by supporting us at patreon.com/teachmesweden.

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Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.

In this episode, Jon teaches Erik about Jonas Falk, a man who felt for years that he could change his life for the better if he pulled off the simple task of robbing the postman. You'll learn about how hard times, prison life under life-threatening circumstances, Erik's quick math capabilities (or lack thereof), the beauty of a relationship between a step-father and step-son and more. Listen in and laugh while you learn!

Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/teachmesweden.

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