Döstädning · Swedish death cleaning
Sort a lifetime of things, gently, one room at a time.
The Swedish way to leave a calm home and clear instructions, so your family never has to guess. A large-type illustrated guide in 15 short chapters, with a printable workbook.
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- 15short chapters in five parts
- about160pages in large type
- about45printable workbook pages
- 7days to change your mind
Så går det till · How it works
Nothing to wait for, nothing to ship.
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$27, by card or another method shown at the secure checkout.
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The guide and the workbook open at once. The link also arrives by email.
Read a chapter, print a page
Fifteen minutes at a time, starting with the easiest room.
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Inuti · Look inside
Real pages, set in large type on purpose.
Comfortable to read on a tablet, a phone or a printed page. Tap any page to see it full size.
The coverLarge type, illustrated, with the printable workbook alongside. Page 7: the contentsFifteen short chapters in five parts, from why it matters to keeping it clear. Page 31: a chapter openerEvery chapter opens with a photograph and one plain promise. Page 32: a short story, then the methodEach chapter starts with a brief scene, labelled as an illustration. Page 35: the room-order mapTen rooms in the order that makes sorting easiest. Garage first, photographs last. Page 60: a script boxThe exact words to offer a gift, and to take a polite “no, thank you”. Workbook page 18: a room checklistTick boxes for the garage. Print as many copies as you need.
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Ordningen · The order of rooms
Why Swedes start with the garage, not the photographs.
The garage, the attic and the spare room hold the most things and the fewest memories. Each rusty rake is a decision with no feeling attached, and fifty of those build the habit you need for the letters and photographs later.
Chapter 4 walks through all ten rooms in this order, with a map of the house and the three most common surprises in each room.
- 1Garage
- 2Attic
- 3Guest room
- 4Closets
- 5Kitchen
- 6Living room
- 7Bathroom
- 8Bedroom
- 9Papers
- 10Photos
Om oss · Who is behind this
Hi, I am Anders.
I live in a small red timber house in the Swedish countryside and make the videos on The Swedish Way. This guide puts the most useful ideas from them in order: sorting a house one room at a time, giving things away while you can see them enjoyed, and talking with your family about what matters.
Facts in the guide are checked against public sources, listed with dates at the back.
Löftet · The promise
Read it for a week. If it is not for you, you get your money back.
Write to support@theswedishway.shop within 7 days with the email address you used. No reason needed, and you can keep the files.
The Swedish Way
Frågor · Questions
Before you buy
Is it a printed book or a download?
A download. You get PDF files straight away; nothing is shipped. The pictures of a book and a tablet show the cover and the pages.
Is the type really large?
Yes. The guide is set in large type on a 6 by 9 inch page, so it reads comfortably on a tablet or a phone. The workbook comes in standard and large print.
I have never opened a PDF. Is it hard?
No. Tap the download link and the guide opens, on an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Windows or Mac computer. Our questions page has step-by-step help for each.
What if it is not for me?
Write to us within 7 days and you get your money back. See the refund promise.
Start with the first room this week.
The guide and the printable workbook, $27, with a 7-day money-back promise.