Swedish Vocabulary: ‘Lagom’ Edition

We’ve been reading Linnea Dunne’s book, “Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living,” and we’ve found a few vocabulary words that piqued our interest.

Some of these words are literal translations, while others are untranslatable concepts that don’t really have an equal word in the English language.

Here’s your vocabulary lesson of the day. We’ve gone ahead and put words into two groups – “lagom” and “not so lagom.”

Lagom

Förankringsprocessen: a concept for running ideas by everyone impacted by them
Mjukisbyxor: soft trousers
Sambo: a partner you live with
Pyttipanna: a dish made up of leftovers
Tallriksmodellen: the plate model, the amounts of grains, fruits, veggies, etc., every plate needs to have
Loppis/loppmarknad: flea market
Husvagnssemester: a caravan holiday
Köpstopp: deciding not to buy anything for a period of time
Plastbanta: plastic detox