Window 17. Today’s word is ‘Årets julklapp‘ which translates as ‘Christmas present of the year.’
Every year, Sweden’s trade research institute nominates an item that is the ‘Christmas present of the year’. This item should have sold in large quantities and/or represent current trends in Swedish society.
The first item to be granted this status was in 1988 and it was the baking machine. Since then, various items have been the CD player, VR glasses, the tablet, the spike mat, the book, the food home delivery service, the robot hoover, the woolly hat and the wok.
So this year, what is it?
Reflecting rising living costs, inflation and recession, this year’s present encourages cheap entertainment – it is a board game (or other forms of ‘parlour game’.
Watching the Swedes 