{"id":6267,"date":"2012-03-11T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arhammar.se\/blog\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:39:38","slug":"i-was-sweden-for-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arhammar.se\/blog\/i-was-sweden-for-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"I was @Sweden for a week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Anders<\/p>\n

Fr\u00e5n och med m\u00e5ndag morgon 12 mars 2012, klockan nio, var jag Sverige p\u00e5 Twitter. I en vecka var jag en del av det Sverigepussel som formas p\u00e5 Twitter, d\u00e4r en dynamisk, personlig bild av Sverige byggs, bit f\u00f6r bit.
\nJag var mig sj\u00e4lv, inte n\u00e5got annat. Under en vecka var mitt liv synligt f\u00f6r hela v\u00e4rlden, framf\u00f6rallt f\u00f6r de n\u00e4ra 30 tusen som f\u00f6ljde @sweden p\u00e5 twitter. S\u00e5 h\u00e4r stog det om mig p\u00e5 engelska:<\/p>\n

I m an experienced writer, journalist and photographer, 60 years of age, who just left a secure job and threw myself out in a less secure, but hopefully more exciting world of freelance. I have a passion for incorporating new and old media.
\nWhen I called myself a journalist for the first time, 50 years ago, it was on a plane to Addis Abeba, and I was ten years old. Back then, Paul McCartney and John Lennon just had formed a band, and we for sure hadn't put a man on the moon yet. Well, I wasn't really working for a paper, but I knew I was a journalist. Since then, I have been writing with pen and paper, a bunch of typewriters, word processors, and all kinds of Macs, about a wide range of topics from cars to travel to music to religion to medicin.
\nFather of four, grandpa of six. Old enough to know my dreams, young enough to fulfill them.
\nI\u00b4m a blogger on www.arhammar.se\/blog<\/a> and love to start new projects. My latest is Hello again<\/a>, a page where I tie together time and place, today and yesterday, just for the fun of it.
\nI normally tweet as @arhammar<\/a> but for one week I\u2019ll be @Sweden. I\u00b4m eager and curious to know more about you. Hopefully, both me and you'll learn more about each other after this week. To quote an earlier curator: \u201dHow cool is that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Och p\u00e5 svenska:<\/strong>
\nJag \u00e4r en erfaren f\u00f6rfattare, journalist och fotograf, 60 \u00e5r, som nyss l\u00e4mnat ett s\u00e4kert jobb och kastat mig ut i en mindre s\u00e4ker, men f\u00f6rhoppningsvis mer sp\u00e4nnande v\u00e4rld av frilansande. Jag har en passion f\u00f6r att kombinera nya och gamla medier.
\nN\u00e4r jag kallade mig sj\u00e4lv journalist f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen f\u00f6r 50 \u00e5r sedan, var det p\u00e5 ett plan till Addis Abeba, och jag var tio \u00e5r gammal. D\u00e5 hade Paul McCartney och John Lennon just bildat ett band, och vi hade inte placerat en m\u00e4nniska p\u00e5 m\u00e5nen \u00e4nnu. Jag hade inte b\u00f6rjat arbeta f\u00f6r en tidning, men jag visste att jag ville bli journalist. Sedan dess har jag skrivit med penna och papper, p\u00e5 ett g\u00e4ng skrivmaskiner, ordbehandlare och alla typer av Mac-datorer, och skrivit om allt fr\u00e5n bilar till politik, resor, musik, religion och medicin.
\nJag \u00e4r far till fyra, far- och morfar till sex. Gammal nog att veta mina dr\u00f6mmar, ung nog f\u00f6r att uppfylla dem.
\nJag bloggar p\u00e5 www.arhammar.se\/blog<\/a> och \u00e4lskar att starta nya projekt. Mitt senaste \u00e4r hejigen<\/a>, en sida d\u00e4r jag knyter ihop tid och plats, idag och ig\u00e5r, bara f\u00f6r skojs skull.
\nJag twittrar normalt som @arhammar men f\u00f6r en vecka kommer jag att vara @Sweden. Jag \u00e4r ivrig och nyfiken p\u00e5 att veta mer om dig. F\u00f6rhoppningsvis kommer b\u00e5de jag och du l\u00e4ra oss mer om varandra efter denna vecka. F\u00f6r att citera en tidigare curator: \"Hur coolt \u00e4r inte det?\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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