Americans Sweden’s President Lauren Ell was featured in Norrbotten-based media outlet NSD on August 8, 2026 to discuss cleaning up trash in her community of Skaulo with her family to keep the area cleaner. A problem increasingly discussed in the Norrbotten region is birds taking trash out of the community recycle bins and leaving it …
I attended a ceremony in Gällivare, Sweden on Saturday, November 8, 2025 to be recognized for obtaining Swedish citizenship. The event was held at the city’s high school, otherwise known as “Kunskapshuset.” I had actually obtained citizenship the year prior in 2024 but received an invitation to this event over a year later in 2025. …
Americans Sweden was recently featured in Dagens Nyheter, one of the largest media outlets in Sweden, on November 30, 2024. The piece was mainly about the life of Lauren Ell, the founder of Americans Sweden, who has lived in Skaulo, Sweden since 2016 with her Swedish partner. The reporter was interested to know how Ell …
American Sweden’s Founder Lauren Ell hosted a small gathering in Gällivare, Sweden on June 15, 2024 for Loneliness Awareness Week, an international event that was founded in England to draw attention to the subject of loneliness. Loneliness is a topic that continues to receive more discussion as increasing numbers of people all over the world …
Major international media outlet The World published a piece on November 30, 2023 discussing the antisocial climate in Sweden. Americans Sweden’s founder Lauren Ell was featured in the piece. The piece focused on a social campaign called “Säg hej!” (“Say hi!”) that is currently being hosted by Luleå municipality in Sweden. The campaign has received …
Americans Sweden congratulates President and Founder Lauren Ell on the birth of her first child in the far north of Sweden in October 2019. Her baby girl, Kajsa, was born healthy and has been growing fast! She will be five months at the beginning of March. She is already holding up her head, rolling on …
Hello! I decided to share background detail about myself to give more insight about why I started the organization Americans Sweden. My name is Lauren Ell. I am born and raised in Southern California, and am currently in my early 30s. I have been living in Sweden for over two years with my Swedish partner …
