Hi ale1981 and thanks for the welcome.
I am originally from the North West of England. I go back now and again as I have kids and grankids. Social media ain't the same as seeing them live is it!
The differences between the UK and Sweden, thats a difficult one to be honest and I have never thought about it but i'll try and answer.
1: The soil is full of stone and I mean FULL!! The farmers all use some kind of fork on their tractors rounnd here and take out as many as they can before they plant seeds. Stll I have a few borders made from the stone I found in the ground!
2: The winters can be severe, just like the last one. It snowed on the 15th Dec and the snow stayed on the ground until the end of March. God was I sick of that stuff! The summers don't seem to be as long either. Last year I remember the end of Sept we had the first frost.
3: Someone said the weather here is roughly the same as in Scotland, so plant and grow things 1 month later than usual. All I know is it's very similar to the NW of England, rain, rain and rain, then rain
No, we have had a rather good summer again this year with alot of sun.
4: Most things don't seem to grow as tall or as big as the same in the UK. Potatoes for instance. Sweden is a potato country but they are tiny in comparrison to the UK. I have grown them myself and they are small. I keep saying I will get 10 kilos from the UK, bring them over and plant them!
Most other things seem to be the same. We have the same flowers, herbs and shrubs etc and the same pests with slugs, sawfly, greenfly and others plus some really wonderful wildlife (checkout my blog)