WIN FUB Childrenswear from Nordic Kids

May 4, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

Traditional and beautiful, yet with a Scandinavian contemporary twist, FUB Childrenswear are once again one of the more popular brands for Spring Summer 2012. With soft 100% organic cotton and the usual subtle expression from this Danish brand includes dash of trendy primary colours like bright yellow, red and blue. From 6 months to 6 years old.



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Now you can WIN the FUB item of your choice!
Share this Facebook photo with your friends and make a comment on which FUB item you would like to receive if you win. One entrant will be chosen at random to receive their choice after the closing date. The competition ends Friday 11th May. Good luck everyone! To see all FUB in stock, head over to Nordic Kids / FUB

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New Brand Alert: Zum Zum Rata Dum Dum

May 3, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

Zum Zum Rata Dum Dum was founded by Mikaela Rahmqvist, a Swedish woman based in Hong Kong. The first collection consists of tees in 100% organic cotton with playful prints in certified colours. The Can’t you see collection is celebrating each step and milestone in a young child’s life, appreciating the importance of a happy childhood. The collection My Monkey, which also include the prints like My Diamond, My Love and My Sweetie emphasises the fact that each child deserves care and love, no matter what. And if a super cute soft organic tee is not tempting enough you should also know that 10% of all proceedings are donated to the charity Changing Young Lives Foundation that has helped unprivileged children in Hong Kong and China since 1950. We spotted the brand at the Scandinavian Minimall Pop-up Shop in London last week.
Here’s our snap shot, to share with you! Available online at Scandinavian Minimall.

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How to get a table at Noma Copenhagen, the worlds best restaurant

May 3, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

Restaurant magazine has announced The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants, Noma -once again taking the lead.
Last years position: 1 / Years on list: 7
The verdict: Noma’s innovative, inventive and ground-breaking approach to cooking has created a maelstrom in the culinary world. The restaurant, for example, has taken the tired old concept of the amuse bouche and turned it into a dazzling array of one-bite starters that are alone worth the air fare to Denmark. Through the use of innovative cooking methods, Rene Redzepi’s former warehouse on the dockside has changed diners’ perceptions of Nordic cuisine. It is a restaurant of extraordinary pedigree, where passion and honesty is reflected in every mouthful.
“We feel that the cooking at Noma is fairly ambitious but then again, Nordic cuisine must possess a certain purity, an essential simplicity, and we firmly believe that the Nordic cuisine has significant health benefits to offer as well.”




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Reserving a table at the highly awarded restaurant in the Danish capital can prove to be a challenge…
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Small Wings graphical prints and quirky details for SS12

May 2, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

We just love these look book photos of the Spring Summer 2012 collection by Danish brand Small Wings, shot on a sunny day in Copenhagen. Small Wings children’s clothes is combining clean shapes, quirky details and strong graphical prints influenced by modern art scenes, music and street life. From 3-12 year. Online shop apparently opening soon.


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Hevea -a world of natural baby products

May 1, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

Hevea is products for babies; pacifiers, teether and bath toys made of 100% natural rubber, which is a natural sap coming from the rubber tree. It’s also biodegradable.
We especially love the design of the Hevea bath toys, and the fact it’s made of 100% natural rubber and therefor is BPA, phthalates and PVC free, with no added colours or synthetics.

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Hevea pacifiers are tested to prove that they meet EU standard EN1400, US regulations CPSIA and AUS regulation AS 2432-1991. Hevea Teether and bathing toys comply with the EU safety standard EN71.
See the Hevea Store locator to find your nearest store, in Europe, America, Asia or Australia.

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Smoked Salmon and Watercress Salad with a Lemon-Caper Vinaigrette

May 1, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

This recipe is so quick and easy to make yet so elegant. I made it as a starter for our Sunday lunch with friends, and it got a lot of praise. I will be making it again perhaps even a larger portion too and have it as a light lunch on it’s own. The flavors are gorgeous and it looks so delicate with a great colour combination. And the best thing? Its a foolproof recipe!


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‘Little Kid in Me’ Photo competition

April 30, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

In collaboration with Kidsen, The ‘Little Kid in Me’ photo competition was launched a month ago. We’ve since then had lots of entrants via Kidsen on Facebook. And a lot of them really good, so it will be really hard to choose!
The top five pictures will be exhibited online and in store at Kidsen and Little Scandinavian blog. The winning picture will win the grand prize of a FREE professional photo shoot with talented children’s photographer Sophie Lechner King and a fabulous parent and child outfit from Kidsen’s gorgeous Spring Summer Collections.

Thank you to all that participated, voted and supported our photo competition. Now is the time to decide…

Here are a few of the lovely photos we have to decide between…

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Back to the original style, Mini A Ture SS12

April 30, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

We had our first daughter, Little B in 2001, the same year as Danish childrenswear label Mini A Ture was founded. A lovely little shop nearby us in Oslo used to stock Mini A Ture, so we’ve known the brand since its beginning and seen the developments along the years.
These days Anne Katrine Lemvigh Montag is the Head of Design at MINI A TURE and she’s successfully brought Mini A Ture back to their original style with her Spring Summer 12 collection: Beautiful children’s clothes in high quality fabrics with attention to detail. The clothes are also machine washable and very comfortable to wear.


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Photos from a London Scandi Pop-up Shop

April 29, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

For one day only, in collaboration with Yellow Lolly, we were very proud to invite people to a Scandi Pop-up shop in the heart of trendy Islington, London. The venue was Coexistence showroom, next to the restaurant Ottolenghi.
Yellow Lolly brought beautiful Scandinavian clothes from Mini A Ture, Ej Sikke Lej, Alba Baby, Rockefella, Katvig and Danafae. REN Skincare, Bageriet and Katvig sponsored the goodiebags and the Hackney based smokehouse Hansen & Lydersen provided sublime smoked salmon, served with bubbly drinks.
The customers were lovely readers of Little Scandinavian, customers of Yellow Lolly that made the trip, lots of supportive locals and passers by -even tourists. The children were playing with BRIO toys, skydiving into the balloons and enjoying their yellow lolly Saturday sweet, while the parents peacefully could browse the collection and secure some fabulous Scandinavian designer pieces for their little ones.
The Norwegian designer behind Lille Barn also popped in with her toddler twins, supporting the event. We also had a massive support from the Junior Magazine, fellow bloggers, Twitter friends and Facebook followers. Local mums spread the word too!

Despite the rain the shop was filled with people and as one dad with two young children commented;
No wonder a Scandi Kids clothes Pop-up shop is a success here in “Nappy Valley!”
Thank you to all that supported the event, that came by and enjoyed our Scandi Pop-up Shop as much as we did!

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Designers Remix’s Little Remix for SS12

April 27, 2012 by Scandinavian mum

Charlotte Eskildsen is known for all the right reasons; stylish, sleek and feminine fashion for women. With Little Remix she’s allowing her self to create wonderful pieces for little girls too, with a more playful and relaxed style. Little Remix SS12 is a limited collection and only available in selected stores. The past collections have been sold out fairly quickly. But they will be showing their SS13 at Playtime, so hopefully it will become more available from next year.
Meanwhile check out Little Remix online. Our favourite is the grey cotton Jr Delia Jumpsuit!

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