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Hello everyone out there in the very larg world!

It's me from the tiny piece of land called Sweden!

Yesterday i had a lesson i German were German students in about my age (16) answeared a few questions about Sweden.

They sucked, they didn't know a blody thing!

Is it the same everywhere else?

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).

I don't have any foughts that come to mind....:rolleyes:

umm. . . one of your citizens invented dynamite?
you've been part of denmark before?
vikings?
cold?
lakes?

neutral

Hello everyone out there in the very larg world!

It's me from the tiny piece of land called Sweden!

Yesterday i had a lesson i German were German students in about my age (16) answeared a few questions about Sweden.

They sucked, they didn't know a blody thing!

Is it the same everywhere else?

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).
Surely!
Sverige is Sweden in Swedish
Kro/ne is the currency. About 10 to a dollar last time I checked.
Damn I'm having a mental block on the capital...
You guys were neutral in WW2...or so they say and accepted(thanks a bunch!) quite a number of jews chased by hitler.
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize! ;)
I have a few Nobel Prize stamps you guys issued/

From what I remember, it's too cold, and alcohol is a bloody fortune. It seemed really pretty though.

You have Krona for currency.

Sweden has Fass, and hasn't been internationally relevent since their empire imploded centuries ago.
They're also beside Finland a totally awesome place that waged the Winter War against the Soviets in the late 30's. Inspite of being massively outnumbered, they managed to hold out against Soviet aggression and hold most of their land.
So, yeah, Finland kicks ass.

Your chefs are incomprehensible and incompetent, but still very funny.

Børk! Børk! Børk!

You're right next to us and you don't have any fjords;)

Sweden has Fass, and hasn't been internationally relevent since their empire imploded centuries ago.
They're also beside Finland a totally awesome place that waged the Winter War against the Soviets in the late 30's. Inspite of being massively outnumbered, they managed to hold out against Soviet aggression and hold most of their land.
So, yeah, Finland kicks ass.

The fact that Sweden has Fass makes them all the more relevent.

You're right next to us and you don't have any fjords;)

I loce the fjords.

Y'all have a huge tax rate, but damn near everything is government subsidised or free...

Although if you have a secondary job, the tax rate is as close to 100% as makes no difference, so it's pointless to have 2 jobs.

Your government recently made a decleration to have the country running on a totaly renewable energy scheme in place by, like, 2030 or something.

Top Gear tells me your country HATES the automobile.

Around 1650 they conquered Poland. And in doing so helped finish of a major central european power, that got eaten up by Prussia, Russia and Austria-Hungaria, and consequently forgotten.
Abba and Ace of Base are from Sweden, I think.
There's lots of Swedes of course, who are all blond and living in Saunas. And they wear viking helmets and occasionally go out to pillage northern England. :p

Hello everyone out there in the very larg world!

It's me from the tiny piece of land called Sweden!

Yesterday i had a lesson i German were German students in about my age (16) answeared a few questions about Sweden.

They sucked, they didn't know a blody thing!

Is it the same everywhere else?

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).
I thought Scandinavians all were experts in English.

You have one hell of a bikini team.:D

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).
Sweden makes power systems hardware. I work on some of it. Pretty solid stuff.

EDIT: The Finns write better manuals though. You don't have to wade through bad grammar.

The fact that Sweden has Fass makes them all the more relevent.
It makes them relevent to Fass and the few sad Fassist that roam NS, but that is the full extent that such matters.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there aren't any really good restaurants. The swedes have to work on that, and spend less time exporting pine flooring.

Well, there are, er... were Vikings. I'm pretty sure the Vikings are all gone now.

Part of Scandinavian peninsula.

Oh and I think cross country skiing is big.

Volvo
Saab
Freddie Ljungberg
Zlatan Ibrahimovich
Olaf Melberg (sp?)
Henrik Larsson
Bikini Team (actually, put that one at the top)
lots of lakes and pine trees
vikings

I miss Fass. Where has he been? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM, SWEDEN!!!??:mad:

They are world leaders in flight attendants and meatballs. They do not get credit for their bikini team however (which is finally swedish I understand) because Americans had to invent that too.

Heh... I know a lot about Sweden!

The Grand Duchy of Sweden consists of the remniscences of a great empire that 1000 years ago stretched itselt from the Caspian Sea right up to the Polar region. Today, Sweden consists of three important regions: Norrland, Stockholm, and Bergen, the last of which is also the capital city of the country. Other important swedish cities include Västerås, Kiruna, Ingenstans and Istanbul.

Sweden remains one of the last true communist countries along with Cuba, Norway and Vietnam, although practical power in Sweden is held by the evil Finnish-minded Grand Vizier, Ingvar Kamprad.

Random facts:
* The official language in Sweden is the universal language Transpiranto, constructed in 1905 by Ludwig Hagwald from Läspeskolan in Grönköping.
* IKEA is a huge swedish company that makes and sell flat-pack furniture. The name IKEA is actually Swedish for 'Give us your wallet'.
* The royal residence of the Swedish king has only furnitures from IKEA.
* The Swedish national anthem is called Sommartider, and is written by the artist known as Gyllene Tider.
* Sweden has no military forces. Well, no sober military forces anyway.
* Sweden is the homeland of the great Moose and the majority of Swedes are dependent on it for their survival.
* The yearly moosehunt is a folk feast heavily regulated by govermental legislation. Each county, every village, down to the very individual landowner gets a statistically based yearly quota on how many moose they have the right to shoot. For the avarage landowner this counts down to 0.0342 moose.

And, of course, the Swedish flag:
http://uncyclopedia.org/images/c/c8/Swedishflag_P.jpg

And yes, I still do get all my facts from uncyclopedia... :D

Together with Finland, they look like a huge penis on the Euro coins..
This won't be remedied untill Norway joins the EU.

I miss Fass.
Try post searching. It's what I do when I get that certain craving.

Also, Sweden..it's got a very blonde language. And elks. No need to know much more.

Eh?

Well I liked Stockholm.

Can't remember the toy line but I picked up a pullstring ladybug toy that was a rerelease of one they made 40 years ago. My kid adored it!

Try post searching. It's what I do when I get that certain craving.

Also, Sweden..it's got a very blonde language. And elks. No need to know much more.

Hey! Do you have something against us blondes?

Hey! Do you have something against us blondes?
Yeah...the carpet never matches the drapes:(

Hey! Do you have something against us blondes?
If you happen to speak Swedish, I'll forgive you.

Yeah...the carpet never matches the drapes:(

Wait, what do you mean?

Yeah...the carpet never matches the drapes:(Not a problem if they don't have a carpet though.

Besides, I though black went with anything..

If you happen to speak Swedish, I'll forgive you.

Nope, I'm an American, and as an American I only speak English...Its one of our God given rights as Americans..."Thou shall not learneth any foreign toungues"....although I do speak a little Spanish, since I live in South Florida.

Not a problem if they don't have a carpet though.

Besides, I though black went with anything..

What are you guys talking about?

Its one of our God given rights as Americans..."Thou shall not learneth any foreign toungues"...
..and never completely conquer your own, either.
It's nice to see people trying to appease the Brits, but there are places where even those don't stuff "u"s, believe it or not.

What are you guys talking about?

Seems like someones Stockholm syndrome is flaring up again... ;)

What are you guys talking about?Home decoration. What did you think we were talking about?

Home decoration. What did you think we were talking about?

Wait, are you guys talking about pubes?

I have never known anyone with blonde pubes. I know a couple natural blondes (I am one myself) and pubes tend to go from dark brown to black.....I guess red in red heads. But seriously...blondes dont have blonde pubes...atleast as far as I know.

svweeden is in the northern latitudes and therefor cool enough to be comfortable for my long green bushy fur. it is therefore a place i would love to someday visit. i know the railway system is called svenski yarvigs (fonnetic spelling, actualy swenski jarvigs, if i remember right).
the trains are the most reason i would want to go anywhere to see and ride. that's about it. pinin for the fjords, and chevvies. jk ...

(oh and the constitutional monarchs are cool, like the ones in holland, but need to support elfwood and vcl with royal grants and recognition)

i also know there's a server in building q (actualy two of them, accross the hall from each other) on the campus of the university at lincoping that supports some very cool and wonderful websited, and that the building itself was donated to the computer club by a neighboring community.

(well that info is a couple of years old now, and i stumbled accross it on the web. also i don't speak a word of svenski but know several americans whose grandparents came from there. they tend to be tall. and one claims to be stubborn).

as a guess that's probably as much or more then a lot of people 'know'

oh there was a girl from there who was an artist i met on the web and
never got to meet in real life who died in a car wreck who used to make
pictures of these aquatic anthros she made up herself that were kind of
like squid or octopi or something.

we had a conversation about gaudi's arcitecture in barsalona spain where i guess some class she was taking went on a field trip by bus

=^^=
.../\...

Seems like someones Stockholm syndrome is flaring up again... ;)

Whats Stockholm syndrome...I've never even been to Sweden.

Also, Sweden..it's got a very blonde language. And elks. No need to know much more.
Elks... Mercedes.... if anyone can follow me here.
(come to think of it, I don't think anyone can, really...)
hehe...Hätt ich mir ja denken können, dass dich ein Schwedenfädchen magisch anzieht
Right. Sweden. Beautiful country, most handsome guys and great shopping.
What else could one ask for? ;)

Wait, are you guys talking about pubes?Yes, congratulations, you succesfully decrypted the euphemism :)

I have never known anyone with blonde pubes. I know a couple natural blondes (I am one myself) and pubes tend to go from dark brown to black.....I guess red in red heads. But seriously...blondes dont have blonde pubes...atleast as far as I know.I wouldn't know from experience.
But I thought the natural colour was the same as the eyebrows, which are blond for some blondes.. I don't think I much care one way or the other. But it's always fun to talk about :p

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).

They make the best sex toys. :)

Whats Stockholm syndrome...I've never even been to Sweden.

Don't worry, it's a global thing, it happens all over the world. You may even experience it in the US. Some famous rich people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst) have at least.

Maybe you've heard of the Helsinki syndrome instead? It's the same as Stockholm syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome), only you have to be drunk as well. :D
You shouldn't trust a word I say here, but the links are correct...

Elks... Mercedes.... if anyone can follow me here.
(come to think of it, I don't think anyone can, really...)
hehe...Hätt ich mir ja denken können, dass dich ein Schwedenfädchen magisch anzieht


Of course I follow you. How could you think this would, er, throw me off the course?
huh? [unschuldiges nichtwissen prevails]

I have never known anyone with blonde pubes. I know a couple natural blondes (I am one myself) and pubes tend to go from dark brown to black.....I guess red in red heads. But seriously...blondes dont have blonde pubes...atleast as far as I know.

Keep looking. If ye seek ye shall find.

Of course I follow you. How could you think this would, er, throw me off the course?
huh? [unschuldiges nichtwissen prevails]
Wasn't quite sure whether others had made that same "elk test" connection... ;)
I'll stand with what I said... Sweden is perfect in so many ways...
only downside is would be the cold and dark in winter...
Ist doch so, nicht? Da ruft man 'Schweden' und du kommst gleich angerannt : D
...oder willst du etwa sagen du würdest dich nicht mehr an die Schweden-WG Idee erinnern? Wär ich ja zutiefst verletzt. ; )

Its in Scandinavia, once controlled most of Finland, Timber, hydropower, and iron ore are the main exports, Air force is called Flygvapnet....
(Somebody please follow on!)

Also, Sweden..it's got a very blonde language. And elks. No need to know much more.
Elks... Mercedes.... if anyone can follow me here.
(come to think of it, I don't think anyone can, really...)
Hello? Of course we can. Elchtest is a word for posterity. Also, just to be a total smart-ass, moose is the word you guys are looking for.

Moose is also what comes to my mind first re. Sweden. Must be those ubiquitous moose-shaped car stickers.
Also mosquitoes. Expensive alcohol. Hence, drunk Swedish tourists. Great welfare state. An amazing number of hot new bands. The Swedish chef from the Muppet Show (or was he Danish? :eek: Dunno.). IKEA. Knäckebrot (crispy bread). Yellow & blue. Used to have a good national soccer team. Vodka. Red painted wooden houses. Lakes. Too many trees for my taste.

Yes, congratulations, you succesfully decrypted the euphemism :)

I wouldn't know from experience.
But I thought the natural colour was the same as the eyebrows, which are blond for some blondes.. I don't think I much care one way or the other. But it's always fun to talk about :p

Well...I'm confused now. My girlfriend...who I will use as an example because she is the blondest person I know...literally, has very light blonde head hair...naturally....she has blonde arm hair, blonde leg hair (though she shaves) yet she has dark pubes and dark eye brows....But she is still a natural blonde...how does this work?

Sweden

- excellent trance music (IMO)
- excellent elektronic music software/hardware companies/produkts
- beautiful in 2-3 seasons
- massage
- sexy as hell accent
- chocolate? maybe?
- uhhhh.. over by Finland
- cold (but where i live is colder)
- uhhhhhhhhh........ moose or elk or something
- hmmmmmmm.. i'd like to see it some day
- those Swedish foam beds :)

Well...I'm confused now. My girlfriend...who I will use as an example because she is the blondest person I know...literally, has very light blonde head hair...naturally....she has blonde arm hair, blonde leg hair (though she shaves) yet she has dark pubes and dark eye brows....But she is still a natural blonde...how does this work?

melanocytes.. different shades of melanin. don't know why though.

I'll stand with what I said... Sweden is perfect in so many ways...
only downside is would be the cold and dark in winter...
Ist doch so, nicht? Da ruft man 'Schweden' und du kommst gleich angerannt : D
...oder willst du etwa sagen du würdest dich nicht mehr an die Schweden-WG Idee erinnern? Wär ich ja zutiefst verletzt. ; )
what she said..
and: downside? you, young lady, need to learn some more! (and spend less time in barna)
hab cih etwa vergessen, nen zwinkersmiley hinzusetzen? woe upon me! ich gebs ja zu, ich hab da so n ding für schweden..

Hello? Of course we can. Elchtest is a word for posterity. Also, just to be a total smart-ass, moose is the word you guys are looking for.

Moose is also what comes to my mind first re. Sweden. Must be those ubiquitous moose-shaped car stickers.
Also mosquitoes. Expensive alcohol. Hence, drunk Swedish tourists. Great welfare state. An amazing number of hot new bands. The Swedish chef from the Muppet Show (or was he Danish? :eek: Dunno.). IKEA. Knäckebrot (crispy bread). Yellow & blue. Used to have a good national soccer team. Vodka. Red painted wooden houses. Lakes. Too many trees for my taste.
Haha...it will haunt us until the end of our days...
But in Europe it'll stay 'elk' test...if I'm not very much mistaken both forms are accepted, while moose definitely is an American term.
...am I right?

...and I love the stickers, got one myself, but unfortunately no car to put it on ;)

Vegetarianistica']melanocytes.. different shades of melanin. don't know why though.

hmm...strange....I'd really like some proof that there are any blondes with blonde pubic hairs...I thought this sort of head hair matching pubes was only applicable for red heads.

oh yeah, no one mentioned The Hives. ya know, that rock band.
notice i don't label them indie or anything. that would just be flaming someone who takes offence at misleabled things. OCD!! OCD!!

tyrannosaurus hives

But in Europe it'll stay 'elk' test...if I'm not very much mistaken both forms are accepted, while moose definitely is an American term.
...am I right?
:eek: Holy elk, you are right! I had no idea. Shows you where I got my English.
NS General - learn something new every day!

Good thing, too, because now I don't have to get annoyed any longer by people confusing the two. I'll just sit back all relaxed and think "They're not stupid, they're just using it the European way." Brilliant. :p

if I'm not very much mistaken both forms are accepted, while moose definitely is an American term.
...am I right?
there is discussion about this..and both sides are formally correct. some do as you say, and some make the distinction of elks being red deer, rendering wittig right. as I just *love* the word elk, and moose sounds way too much like apfelmus, I'll stick with elk. pah.

[okay, I'll link already..

moose / alces alces (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=moose)
elk / Cervus elaphus / red deer / wapiti (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=elk)
...and I love the stickers, got one myself, but unfortunately no car to put it on ;)
*dackelblick*

hmm...strange....I'd really like some proof that there are any blondes with blonde pubic hairs...I thought this sort of head hair matching pubes was only applicable for red heads.

i believe that all pubes are of the same/similar color.

Vegetarianistica']i believe that all pubes are of the same/similar color.
I know you to be wrong.

I know you to be wrong.

i take yer word for it.

Vegetarianistica']i take yer word for it.

I know red heads have red pubes.

Brown and black haired people have black pubes.

And blondes have either black or dark brown pubes.

I have NEVER heard of blonde pubes.

rendering wittig right
Oh no you di'int!


And don't even think about using this again:
*dackelblick*
Won't help you now. Not with me it won't.

Oh no you di'int!
I oh so did. And will again. Your own fault, y'know.

Won't help you now. Not with me it won't.
Suuuure.

Also, it's Alinania I'm trying to get, not you. So, you know..

I oh so did. And will again. Your own fault, y'know.
So, adding insult to self-inflicted injury, are we?


Also, it's Alinania I'm trying to get, not you. So, you know..
I know. Which might be the reason why I wrote And don't even think about using this again: [- snip sarcastic puppydog eyes -]
Won't help you now. Not with me it won't.
You could say I was taking precautions.

Together with Finland, they look like a huge penis on the Euro coins..
This won't be remedied untill Norway joins the EU.

Of all good reasons why we don't join the EU, this is the best one.

Sverige, Sverige älskade vän
En tiger som skäms
Jag vet hur det känns
När allvaret har blivit ett skämt
När tystnaden skräms
Vad är det som hänt

Välkommen, välkommen hit
Vem du än är var du än är

Duka din veranda till fest
För en långväga gäst
I landet lagom är bäst
Vi skålar för en midsommar till
Färsk potatis och sill
Som om tiden stått still

Välkommen, välkommen hit
Vem du än är var du än är

Regnet slår mot rutorna nu
Men natten är ljus i ett land utan ljud
Och glasen glittrar tyst på vårt bord
Lika tomma som ord
Visst är kärleken stor

Välkommen, välkommen hit
Vem du än är var du än är
Välkommen, välkommen hit
Vem du än är var du än är

- Kent

Nope, I'm an American, and as an American I only speak English...Its one of our God given rights as Americans..."Thou shall not learneth any foreign toungues"....although I do speak a little Spanish, since I live in South Florida.
You, my friend, are a horrible representative of America.
På grund av du kan inte tala svenska.
Porque hablas español no muy bueno.
:)

Sweden has a much better education system than ours here in the states. And that is most definetly not beuno.

Sweden did _almost_ conquer Poland in XVII century and invaders managed to plunder it before they were driven out. Nevertheless it was only contributing factor in the fall of the Polish/Lithuanian kingdom which was ripped apart by its neigbours less than 150 years later.
They used to make the best car ever, Saab 900 Turbo (1978-1992, R.I.P.) but the company was bought by GM :(.
They have insane union rights.
You don't spank your kid in Sweden if you want to keep it.
Two richest Swedes became two richest English (well, richest english subject) to evade taxes.
Astrid Lindgren, Alfred Nobel, ABBA
Beer is called öl in Sweden :D

And Öl is oil in german. Isn't that weird?

I was kind of scared for a while when all the discussion was about pubes. Is that what people associate with Sweden? :cool:

Whenever someone says 'Sweden' I immediately think of that Stranglers song, 'Sweden' which opens with:
Let me tell you about Sweden
Only country where the clouds are interesting
Which is probably being a bit harsh, especially as I've never been there. But I just can't help it. Those lyrics have been burned into my brain and are undeniably linked forever after with the country.
I really want to go there to see it's interesting clouds!

I think Sweden is a Baltic nation that began a successful form of socialist government in 1932 following 60 years of successful capitalist expansion. It's strong economy and neutrality in the two World Wars made it among the wealthiest nations n the world and capable of supporting a wide range of popular social programs. It is beginning to face some problems with unemployment and unassimilated immigrants.

That's off the top of my head.

Oh and my Saab is a disaster.



Hello everyone out there in the very larg world!

It's me from the tiny piece of land called Sweden!

Yesterday i had a lesson i German were German students in about my age (16) answeared a few questions about Sweden.

They sucked, they didn't know a blody thing!

Is it the same everywhere else?

So post whatever you think about Sweden...Like how many elks there are, what kind of currency we have or whatever you want (about Sweden).

Gay central of the north. About one third of Umeå people are reportedly bi-, or homosexual.

Sided with the Nazis in WW2, and was a potential target for an Allied attack, but this attack was called off.

Swedes honestly believe they have the highest morals in the world. Seriously, this is just silly, but true.

It's a class society; it's very important which social class you belong to. Yet they're in the most loud-mouthed denial about this. For example; I'd somewhat understand discrimination against Middle Easterners (since this happens everywhere in Europe), but people of Finnish (Western democracy) origin have to lie they're from Northern Sweden in order to get a job.

Really broken English and they don't know it. The parent post is the perfect example.

High-quality industry. ASEA developed the European power distribution system. Car industry, with more than one company (Volvo, SAAB).

Swedish fighter planes are known in the industry as "firecrackers".