Kategoriarkiv: Bhutan and Sweden

About 3 years ago I was asked to go to Bhutan to work as a welding teacher by the University of Jönköping. The question came from the association’s chairman Alf Persson through the university. Due to Corona it was quiet … Fortsätt läsa →

The Erasmus+ exchange between Uppsala University, the Department of Information Technology and the College of Science and Technology in Phuentsholing continued last autumn. The four new students were treated to Swedish fika at the well-known Landings patisserie in Uppsala. And … Fortsätt läsa →

Bengt ”Beppe” G. Karlsson, professor of social anthropology in Stockholm, with long-term research and teaching in northeastern India, was in Bhutan on a consulting mission in 2015 . He has not been back yet, but in 2020 during the Covid … Fortsätt läsa →

Johan Westman, formerly at Taktse College of Language and Culture Studies, Samtse College of Education/Lu Rig Music Center and Thimphu is now at the College of Education in Paro, where he teaches music at Heritage Education and Professional Centre. He … Fortsätt läsa →

Our solar drying project, which is financed with Sida’s development research funds, aims to use solar energy to dry crops in an environmentally friendly way. This means, among other things, that the technology must be: easy to use, fit in … Fortsätt läsa →

Bhutan has for many years tried to reform vocational training and encourage young people to apply for these instead of aiming for desk jobs, preferably in administration, more prestigious. The lack of professionals and craftsmen, especially in the construction industry, … Fortsätt läsa →

As researchers, we travel to different countries for conferences and research exchanges without anyone finding it particularly exciting, but when we tell them that we have been to Bhutan, people raise their eyebrows and ask curious questions. In September 2022, … Fortsätt läsa →

Last spring, two teachers from Paro College of Education visited Malmö a planning trip for continued exchange funded by the Linneaus-Palme program. A similar journey in the opposite direction was recently made by university assistant professors Åsa Roosqvist and Cecilia … Fortsätt läsa →

Kuzuzangpo (Greetings) to Sweden from Bhutan! This is our first oversea travel since the Covid-19 pandemic, but our second visit to Lund University as a Teacher exchange, supported by the ongoing Linnaeus-Palme partnership Project. On September 6, after arriving in … Fortsätt läsa →

It was a nice trip on the 22nd of February 2022 amidst a pandemic from Thimphu to Lund, Sweden. Finally, landed at the Malmo municipality airport. It took around 40 minutes to reach Lund university and met with my previously … Fortsätt läsa →

A present stay, tons of friends and loads of memories, defines Sweden best to me. Facilities and infrastructure so spontaneous and advanced you would feel like you just stepped in a time machine. I have experienced most unusual dawn and … Fortsätt läsa →

My stay in Sweden was overall a wonderful experience, it showed me many new things. Above all, I loved how things were well planned and organized. It was amazing to see how they would plan their schedules weeks and months … Fortsätt läsa →

My first impression of Sweden was that it was cold, so cold that I could not even stand outside without shivering. I felt it was a bit ironic because I came from a very high and cold place myself. I … Fortsätt läsa →

Academic contacts with Bhutan have developed very positively in recent years, and continue with several new projects and exchanges between universities in Sweden and Bhutan. Lund University – Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) A new project ”Reduction of crop losses … Fortsätt läsa →

President Dr Dorji Thinley and Dean of Academic Affairs Karma Yeshey visited Malmö University in May to plan together for collaboration between Paro College of Education and Malmö University, similar to what has existed for a couple of years with … Fortsätt läsa →

Dekar Wangchuk (left) and Lhakpa Tempa Waiba (right) from the College of Science and Technology came to Lund in February for a 3.5-month Linnaeus-Palme exchange with Lund University. Lhakpa has worked there to mathematically simulate the dynamic heat transfer in … Fortsätt läsa →

After two years of only virtual exchanges, the physical exchange has started again. Four students from the College of Science and Technology in Phuentsholing came to Uppsala in January to study during the spring semester at the Department of Information … Fortsätt läsa →

The exchanges of students and teachers between Uppsala University and the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) have been temporarily dormant and replaced with other, more pandemic-appropriate, forms of cooperation. Perhaps the most important is that seven students from the College … Fortsätt läsa →

Johan is as far as known the only Swede currently living in Bhutan, and probably also the one who has lived the longest in the country (since December 2011). For the past five years, he worked at Samtse College of … Fortsätt läsa →

Of course, it sounds a little strange that the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Lund University works with drying fruit. How did this come about? Shouldn’t we be drawing houses? For a long time, my department, Energy and … Fortsätt läsa →

From the air Sweden below is a vast stretch of wilderness dotted by countless water bodies. On earth, the natural wealth and blessings of the forests of Sweden is yours to discover. And also the Swedish custom of Allemansrätt. Allemansrätt … Fortsätt läsa →

Last November, after a meeting in Thimphu, I was on the road back to my workplace at Sherubtse College, Trashigang. The journey from the capital takes two days across the beautiful valleys of central Bhutan on the tortuous East-West national … Fortsätt läsa →

I graduated this year in June 2020 from Örebro University, Sweden. My master’s program in information security management was a two-year program comprising 120 credits. We were the first batch of information security students in Örebro and were thus unique … Fortsätt läsa →

Martin Söderman from Stockholm and Beenu Chhetri from Phuentsholing were married in Phuentsholing in February, luckily before the Covid-19 lockdowns and border closures. We wish the couple all the best for a happy and healthy future!

In the hierarchy of Bhutanese food, chilies sit in the stratosphere. A shortage of the fiery spice will dominate the news. The cliché goes, in Bhutan, chilies are not a spice but a vegetable. According to Bhutan’s National biodiversity Centre, … Fortsätt läsa →