Thank you, Erika and Ellinor for the “fika” today. We had a great experience hosting these two Swedish students at SoST. Ms. Erika Rebhan and Ms. Ellinor Wahnström are MSc students from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. They have been in Fiji for over a month to work on their MSc thesis “Emergency supply of energy during natural disasters in Fiji”, which is being co-supervised by Dr. Ramendra Prasad from the Department of Science.
Erika and Ellinor threw a traditional Swedish “fika” for SoST colleagues to thank them for the assistance they provided during their stay here in Fiji. A “fika” is a very common concept in Sweden. During a Swedish “fika” people drink coffee or tea, eat pastries and socialize. In most Swedish workplaces it is therefore customary to have a “fika” at least once per day.
There was much laughter and chatter in today’s “fika’ with everyone absolutely enjoying the tasty Swedish pastries such as Kӓrleksmums, Chockladbollar and Kanelnullar. We wish the best to Erika & Ellinor for their MSc studies and for all their future endeavors.