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Katharine Trigarszky

Pension superpower

She’s a self-proclaimed pensions nerd and now Kat Trigarszky wants everyone to have access to their financial superpower. Welcome to your future financial autonomy.

Planning a birthday party during the coronavirus

Celebrating birthdays in the time of a pandemic – yeesh! Need some tips? Kat Trigarszky’s got the low down.

How to survive Melodifestivalen

“The problem is that Melodifestivalen is a big deal is Sweden. And it becomes a major topic in the playground each year. Which means that we are forced to watch it, each Saturday night, each February.”

How to apply for school

Once you have chosen your top picks, just how do you go about actually applying?

Starting school in Sweden

Our LBA mini-blogger, Kat Trigarszky, offers her top tips on starting school for 7 year + in Sweden.

To all the cakes I’ve loved before

What’s your favourite cake? Did you know there is probably a day dedicated to it? Kat Trigarszky peels back the cream layers on Sweden’s obsession with celebrating cake.

Making the most of the library

According to Cicero, if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. I’m not sure about the garden part (I’m happy enough just to be a crazy plant lady in an apartment), but I’m with him on the library.

A Parent’s A-Z of life in Sweden

Home, sweet home?

“There’s nothing like being verbally insulted in your home country and told you don’t belong to reinforce that growing feeling you already have. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky here in Sweden that no one has ever shouted at me to go home. An added factor to this “where is home?” conundrum…”

Keeping school kids entertained this winter

It’s tricky keeping kids entertained in the dark. This month, Kat kicks off her mini-blog for Littlebearabroad with her recommendations to beat the winter blues in Stockholm with school aged kids.

Hi, I’m Kat

Hello, I’m Kat, mamma to two active boys and something of a Stockholm veteran, having lived here for a decade now.