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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
dogdoc commented on the word lagom
not too little, not too much, just right
May 21, 2024