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Angelique’s Scandinavian Adventures

🇬🇧 Weeks 🇬🇧
This is gonna be the collection of work-related weekly updates on my work-life-balance act during my internship in Stockholm. This is for you to keep track of what I am doing and follow me around as I try to navigate my tasks in this new enviornment.


Week 23 - Final Interview Edits, Spa Days & a Very Good Bye-to-Sweden Weekend
Week 23 had that strange feeling of being both super productive and very close to the finish line. The office was getting quieter and quieter, the last interview edits were finally coming together, and at the same time I was slowly starting to feel that strange mix of excitement and sadness that comes with knowing your time somewhere is almost up. Still, it was a very good week — full of work, little adventures, and some really lovely ways to celebrate the final stretch. Mond
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Jul 143 min read


Week 22 - Concerts, Vet runs and lots of Emotions
Week 22 was one of those weeks that somehow managed to be everything at once: quiet, stressful, exciting, emotional, and surprisingly productive. The office kept emptying out as more and more people headed off on vacation or switched to working from home, so the whole place started to feel a little ghostly. On the bright side, I had my videos, my inbox, and a lot of editing to keep me busy — and that turned out to be a very good thing. Monday, 29th of June 2026, started with
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Jul 143 min read


Week 21 - Heat, emails and slow summer pace
I don’t want to bore you with the details, because honestly, Week 21 was the same thing every day in the best and most repetitive way possible. With barely anyone in the office after Midsommar, the work-week was mostly filled with international emails, getting the Swedish course lists set up and sent out, and trying to stay productive while Stockholm did its best impression of a heatwave. Error messages - too hot It was “only” around 30 degrees, so it could have been worse —
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Jul 142 min read


Week 20 - Back to video edits, Midsummer magic, and a house full of family
Week 20 felt like a little reset after the previous week’s inbox marathon. Malin was back from vacation, which meant I could finally update her on everything that had been going on while she was away. The work was still busy, of course, but there was a slightly calmer feeling to it — or maybe I was just getting better at pretending not to be overwhelmed. Monday, 15th of June, was my last day of being fully in charge of the international email, and I also finished up the Excel
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Jul 142 min read


Week 19 - "Interim Coordinator" Mode, Surprise Visitors, butterflies and sharks
Week 19 felt like one of those weeks where you can really tell that the internship is in full swing now. Malin was on vacation, which meant that my inbox suddenly became my kingdom, my battlefield, and my personal stress test all at once. I was officially the person keeping an eye on international emails, which sounds very professional and calm until you realize it also means spam, questions, forwarding, deleted chaos, and the occasional “I think this can wait until next week
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Jul 143 min read


Week 18 - TimeEdit, daily tasks and Arts & Crafts
Week 18 was one of those weeks where work tasks, small projects, and a few personal surprises all slid together into a full but enjoyable rhythm. There were emails, edits, a national day, and me going full “grandma mode” with embroidery, which is definitely not what I expected from myself this year. Monday was a fairly calm start to the week. I added some more courses to TimeEdit, had a few extra responsibilities when it came to international emails, and joined a Zoom meeting
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Jun 112 min read


Week 17 - Fika, Farewell and Family
Week 17 was one of those weeks that somehow managed to be emotional, full, slightly chaotic, and 100% memorable. There were goodbyes, surprise family visits, work tasks that kept running quietly in the background, and one very unexpected tattoo situation that definitely deserves its own paragraph. Monday, 25th of May. The week started a little slower, which was honestly a relief. I spent the day getting a few things ready for the farewell fika and keeping an eye on the intern
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Jun 113 min read


Week 16 - Entry Exams, Dalahästar & a Very Social Weekend
Week 16 was one of those weeks where the days just kept piling up without really giving me time to breathe. The main theme was the music teacher entry exams at KMH, which basically meant I was glued to the info desk from Monday to Thursday, welcoming and directing students while also trying to remember which hallway was which. But honestly? Between all the chaos, there were some really beautiful moments that made the week feel super special. Wake-Up-Drink and morning Fika On
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Jun 93 min read


Week 15 - Cameras, Course Bookings & One Last Swedish Class
After a few weeks of settling into a steady rhythm, Week 15 brought a nice mix of finishing things, learning new tricks, and suddenly feeling a little more like I knew what I was doing. Mostly. Monday, 11th of May, started with my last Swedish class, which honestly felt a little bittersweet. To make it better, we had a guest speaker talking about music in Sweden, which was such a fitting way to wrap everything up. It felt like a nice final chapter — language learning, music,
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Jun 92 min read


Week 14 - Simple Days, Special Moments
This week started with genuinely heartwarming news—and honestly, it kind of set the tone for everything that followed. Monday, May 4th began with the announcement that Ida, one of my colleagues, had her baby! A healthy baby boy—who, from what I heard, was a little too eager to meet his mom. Such a lovely way to start the week. The rest of the day was filled with more routine tasks: keeping an eye on the international email, reminding students to accept or decline their offere
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Jun 92 min read


Week 13- Coordination, Cinema and C-crets (Secrets)
This week had a bit of everything: some productivity, some calm moments, and a small highlight towards the end… but we’ll get to that. Let’s start with Monday, April 27th. A classic “back to business” kind of day. Keeping an eye on the international email (as always) and finally finishing the backlog of blog posts. I’m slowly but surely catching up, which honestly feels like a personal achievement at this point. I also had my Swedish class, where we got the final notes for ou
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Jun 92 min read


Week 12 - From Emails to Erasmus Stories and back
Some weeks are full of small tasks—this one had a bit of a main event: the Study-Abroad-Fika. And yes… I was part of the program. Let’s start with Monday, April 20th. A classic “keeping an eye on the international email” kind of day—which, at this point, has become my version of a comfort activity. You never really know what’s going to pop up there. The highlight of the day was my meeting with George. We talked about his Erasmus experience and filmed a video for the website,
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Jun 93 min read


Week 11 - recharged and in charge
April 13th-19th
Week 11 was one of those weeks where meetings, deadlines, and creative work all seemed to happen at once. I was finishing videos, attending meetings, updating student lists, and also trying to catch up on my blog again after a few months of barely keeping up with it. A lot was happening, but in a good, forward-moving kind of way.
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Apr 272 min read


Week 10 - shortest work-week yet
April 6th-12th
Week 10 felt like a softer week overall, because Easter break shifted the work rhythm a little and gave the days a more flexible shape. Even so, there was still plenty to do, especially with video editing and keeping track of the international email, so it was not exactly a full holiday week either.
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Apr 272 min read


Week 9 - Easter preperations and acceptance letters
March 30th-April 5th
Week 9 was very much a decision-making week. Erasmus applications were moving toward their final outcomes, which meant letters, Excel tables, emails, and a lot of careful checking. It was busy, but also satisfying in that “okay, now things are actually being finished” sort of way.
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Apr 272 min read


Week 8 - Behind the Scenes
March 23rd-29th
Week 8 was a little more office-focused again, but in a way that felt productive rather than repetitive. There were lots of different smaller tasks, a few bigger project-related jobs, and just enough variety to keep the week moving nicely from one day to the next.
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Apr 242 min read


Week 7 - Flyers, Fika, and Focus
March 16th-22rd
This week felt like one of those in-between weeks where the work becomes familiar enough that you stop panicking about every little thing, but busy enough that you still never quite sit still. I was moving between Infodesk-duty, emails, flyers, presentations, and the usual daily office rhythm, which made the week feel full without being completely overwhelming.
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Apr 242 min read


Week 6 - "Vet du vard du ska liksom?"*
March 9th-13th
After the rush of Erasmus deadlines, this week finally settled into a more structured rhythm. There was still plenty to do, of course, but this week felt more like learning the ropes in different corners of the office — the kind of week where you slowly start understanding not just what to do, but why everything is happening in the first place.
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Apr 233 min read


Week 5 - deadlines and students
March 2nd-8th
After a week full of routines, repetition, and Fika-fueled focus, March suddenly brought a bit more chaos — in the best possible way. It was one of those weeks where the inbox never really stopped, deadlines kept creeping closer, and somehow every day still found a way to be a little different from the last.
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Apr 232 min read


Week 4: Last Week of Winter & Upcoming Deadlines
This week was all about one thing: the application deadline for international students applying through Erasmus. The vibe? Emails, Excel, and a lot of copy‑paste magic. Monday, the main task of the week was checking Erasmus applications. Over and over. And over. I spent most of the day going through each application: making sure all information was there while copying names, emails, home universities, coordinators, YouTube links and programmes into my beautiful pastel‑coloure
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Apr 233 min read
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