The Swede-ish Podcast

Nicole 'Stikki Nikki' Emson built her business of organic gelato with a baby on her hip and a waffle cone box. Now Stikki Nikki is a household name in Stockholm with 8 stores and counting. Foreign born female entrepreneurship, defined.

Can we just take a moment to fan-girl? I am so chuffed to have been able to interview Nikki, as a female immigrant and amazing entrepreneur. Nicole started her business, Stikki Nikki Organic Gelato, 8 years ago with a little kiosk next to the water in Stockholm. The business is now 8 sites and counting, with one of the strongest brand concepts going.

 

So, how did it all start? Where did the idea come from? How did it evolve and what are Nikki’s hopes for the future? Plus, listen out for an AMAZING EXCLUSIVE TO LITTLEBEARABROAD, which won’t be released for another 6 months on Social Media.

Last day of the season is 30th September! But,  you can get your hands on Christmas flavours for a couple of weeks

 

Feature image of Nikki by: Daniel Lagerborn

 

 

 

Jo quit her corporate fitness job in Sydney, moving to Stockholm for love and established the business of her dreams, functional training in a female friendly environment.

In this week’s episode, I met Jo Hall, a native Australian who settled in Stockholm almost 10 years ago with her, now, wife.

 

Jo quit her corporate fitness job in Sydney, moving to Stockholm for love and established the business of her dreams, functional training in a female friendly environment. I talked with Jo about creating safe spaces for women and life lessons in Swedish bureaucracy.

 

If you’d like to know more about Good to Go, Jo’s functional training gym and gym classes, do head to her website and Instagram pages, below:

 

http://goodtogo.se

@goodtogocoaching

Photographer, Parisa Walklett, whose latest photography project, Female Immigrant Makers in Sweden, #FIMIS, is smashing the stereotypes found in the media of female immigrants (lazy, stupid, only able to cook or clean) in an intimate photography series of artists, jewellery designers, toy-makers, bakers, and stationery designers, from all over the world who call Sweden home.

The ingrained stereotypes of female immigrants in Sweden are perpetuated by the media and politicians. But, Parisa Walklett, photographer and content creator, is determined to change that. Parisa’s latest photographic project, Female Immigrant Makers in Sweden #FIMIS, is smashing the stereotypes found in the media of female immigrants (lazy, stupid, only able to cook or clean) in an intimate photography series of artists, jewellery designers, toy-makers, bakers, stationery designers, from all over the world who call Sweden home. By offering a glimpse into their world of creativity and past the veil of labels to see how much these individuals are contributing to Swedish society.

 

If you’d like to know more about #FIMIS, please visit Parisa’s Instagram account on her handle @Parisa.

Or, check out her website http://parisalondon.format.com.

 

In our first episode of the podcast Jill interviews Natasha Webster. Originally from Canada, Natasha is an academic, feminist and migration researcher at Stockholm University.

In our first episode of the podcast, Jill interviews Natasha Webster, post-doctoral researcher at Stockholm University in the Human Geography Dept.

 

 

Natasha’s interest in gender, entrepreneurship, migration and work-life practices offers a fascinating insight into the roles gender play in migration. Her own personal experiences of moving from Canada also played a large part in why she does what she does, today.

 

In the episode we mentioned a couple of resources that people can go to for more information about some of the topics that we covered.

 

* The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fond

* Mångkulturellt Centrum 

The Swede Life Podcast is an anthology of life abroad. The female narrative. In this podcast, listen to interviews of women from all over the world and their unique perspective on the migrant (economic, or otherwise) narrative of life in Sweden. Jill, the host of the podcast, gives a short introduction to why and where […]

The Swede Life Podcast is an anthology of life abroad. The female narrative. In this podcast, listen to interviews of women from all over the world and their unique perspective on the migrant (economic, or otherwise) narrative of life in Sweden.

Jill, the host of the podcast, gives a short introduction to why and where this concept came from.