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A bit off-topic, but if you verlanize the Swedish word 'lagom', you get the Norwegian and perhaps Swedish as well...
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Sweden has a culture of modesty: the ultimate goal is to be 'lagom' (meaning 'just right').
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Perhaps what is needed is an introduction of the Swedish concept "lagom" (just right) to the area of alcohol consumption.
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Google Chrome and the future of browsers | af Chris Messina – Et godt writeup omkring Google Chrome og dens betydning for browsermarkedet [...] deep. edition » Kroma dig lagom on Sep 2nd at 2pm
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The title "is a combination of two more or less 'untranslatable' words: lagom (just enough, just right) and duktig (clever, smart)."
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With good decisions, the near-future economy will more closely resemble the Swedish ideal of "just enough," or lagom - a cultural understanding that there is an ideal amount of energy and materials for any given purpose.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com ( 2010
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Varför vet vi inte, och det är tråkiga nyheter för alla som sett fram emot kakans återkomst lagom till vintern.
Nyheter från FZ.se Sebastian Lind 2010
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Vad ska man tycka för något smart och lagom kritiskt om en Acemoglu-artikel i AER undrar du.
Berghs Betraktelser 2009
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Vad ska man tycka för något smart och lagom kritiskt om en Acemoglu-artikel i AER undrar du.
Berghs Betraktelser 2009
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Unlike the idea that "just enough" means "it'll do" -- which suggests some sort of lacking -- lagom expresses that there is something that is "just right."
Fast Company 2009
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Look behind a cultural fad these days and you will likely find a Scandinavian, selling candles (hygge) or harping on about work-life balance (lagom).
Fjord focus: is Norway's friluftsliv the answer to surviving a second lockdown? Morwenna Ferrier 2020
pspealman commented on the word lagom
A Finnish term with no exact parallel in English but which is best approximated by the idea of an amount of something which is just right for what is needed. A equivalent of 'not too much, nor too little' achievement.
December 7, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word lagom
Swedish
December 7, 2008